Re: [at-l] sleeping bag

["Charles W. Davidson" <wb4pan@mindspring.com>]

Hi Gang,

	I received my Feathered Friends Hummingbird bag two days ago, after a 7
week wait for them to make it. I ordered 800 fill power down, 2 oz of
extra down, full length zipper so I can use it in warmer WX, removable
collar, PTFE coating, $423. They forgot to install the removable collar
:-( After two phone calls they gave me their Fed-Ex number so I can ship
it back at their cost for repair. They promise to return it in one week.
It comes with a stuff sack and a storage bag. In the stuff sack it
weighs 2# 2.5 oz without the removable collar. That is 8 oz lighter than
my North Face Blue Kazoo and over a pound lighter than my Super Kazoo.
This is their regular size bag. I am 6 foot tall and it just barely fits
length wise. All of the bags I mentioned above are very narrow cut. If
you are not as skinny as me you may want to have FF make the bag a
little bigger around.

chase


vkhalsa wrote:
> 
> thx for all your help with my last post! i've narrowed my bag down to
> the feathered friends hummingbird (20 degree bag) with the PTFE lite
> shell, it weighs 1lbs 13oz.  my question is should i upgrade to the 800+
> fill down from the 750+? (it's only 7 bucks or so more.)  my other
> question is:  how do i know if the sleeping bag will fit right?  the
> measurements on it are 58"/52"/38".  i could get the size up (the
> swallow) which is 60"/56"/38" but it weighs 4-5 more oz.  the total for
> the hummingbird comes to 389.70 with the removable collar. does anyone
> know if i could get a similar or better bag from somewhere that i could
> compare to this one?  and would this be a good choice for a year round
> bag for hiking sections of the AT?
> 
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