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Kinda cold in my bag
X-Force:
Lots of great comments and info.
One thing to add is make sure you store and wash your bag properly. Store bags hung up in a closet, usually inside out. Keeping bags in their stuff sack and even their storage bag compresses the insulation and ruins the loft stealing your insulation rating.
jrebel:
How do you fit in your bag. You need some....not to much....but some dead space that allows for loft and air to heat up. If the bag is to tight and you are flatten down the loft you loose a ton of R value. If it is too big your body heat cannot heat the dead space. Air is a wonderful insulator inside these bags. I slept with a quilt and Xped down mat in the Idaho back country and was hot.....like had to stick my legs out at times to cool off.
Alchase:
--- Quote from: X-Force on October 29, 2019, 08:12:45 PM ---Lots of great comments and info.
One thing to add is make sure you store and wash your bag properly. Store bags hung up in a closet, usually inside out. Keeping bags in their stuff sack and even their storage bag compresses the insulation and ruins the loft stealing your insulation rating.
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I air my bags out for a couple days, roll it up or stuff it depending, and don't think about it until a couple weeks before the next hunting season. Then I try to remember how funky I got last year, and do I need to wash it?
Nah, were good to go............. :chuckle:
Buckjunkie:
+3 on ratings. When I researched ratings they are for survival, not comfort. I bought -30 bags and the problem was solved down to 0 degrees.
When we hunt I temps colder than 0 we rent a house or stay in a motel.
Alchase:
--- Quote from: jrebel on October 29, 2019, 08:20:23 PM ---How do you fit in your bag. You need some....not to much....but some dead space that allows for loft and air to heat up. If the bag is to tight and you are flatten down the loft you loose a ton of R value. If it is too big your body heat cannot heat the dead space. Air is a wonderful insulator inside these bags. I slept with a quilt and Xped down mat in the Idaho back country and was hot.....like had to stick my legs out at times to cool off.
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I have to have that dead space, my feet constantly move. I can't do mummy bags, never could stand the straight jacket feel of them. I like extra wide bags that I can put my clothes in for the next day so they are nice and warm when I need to put them on. If 30 degrees or above, I am usually sleeping in just my boxers because I sleep so hot. When it gets In the twenties I put some long underwear or fleece pajamas and a beeny or do-rag on. If it gets real cold I will put on a hoodie.
Besides between my constant flip flopping from side to side I would strangle myself with a mummy bag.
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