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Re: [at-l] silk bag liners

Silk bag liner ummm?? So does it conform to your body to keep you warm when
your bag is not warm enough for whatever reason? I know I did a winter
overnighter a couple of weeks ago with a Slumberjack 20 degree bag the temp
outside was close to 20 25 and I was  uncomfortable I just couldn't get the
edge off. I dont recommend the bag for that kind of weather. My next bag
will be a feather friend down  of some sort..VBG>
Skylar
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> From: Diana ^(raven)^ <raven@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
> To: AT beta <at-l@saffron.hack.net>
> Subject: Re: [at-l] silk bag liners
> Date: Monday, March 24, 1997 11:17 AM
> 
> B&KP wrote:
> 
> > I'd really like to get a silk liner for my bag (um, well, *when* I get
a
> > bag, that  is...) and saw one in my MEC catalog for between $46 (small)
and
> > $52 (long) Cdn. 
> 
> Wow - that's cheap!
> 
> > Says it's made specifically for MEC bags (they make their
> > own & sell W. Mountaineering) but I can't figure how it wouldn't work
for
> > any other bags since it looks like your typical mummy shape. 
> 
> Maybe their bags are cut narrower or wider, but I can't imagine that
> they wouldn't work with other bags. They probably are just made to fit
> the MEC ones better.
> 
>  My question
> > is, assuming there are different qualities of silk liners, would the
> > temperature rating vary greatly from brand to brand?  I don't know much
> > about how different qualities of silk liners compare, or even if there
*are*
> > different qualities of silk liners...  Help?? :)   
> 
> I can imagine that the temp ratings can vary a bit depending on the
> weave and the thickness of the weft and warp yarns (the strings that go
> up and down and side to side). I will also guess that most silk liners
> will be comperable because one of the main caveats is the low weight -
> too heavy a liner and there goes half the reason to buy one.
> As I said before, the ones from Design Salt only weigh about 4.7 ounces.
> If the MEC liners are about the same weight, they are probably pretty
> similar in quality (i'm not talking about the actual construction, but
> the quality of the fabric itself).
> 
> -- 
> Diana ^(raven)^ * raven@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
> http://www.geckoworld.com/~raven
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