Post by: jeepster on December 23, 2014, 01:24:30 AM
My stuff is too big and bulky. We took a bus in to one spot here on the big island camped for the night, and got up early and walked all of highway 137 plus some, all in all 25 miles and some change in about 14 hours with a few stops along the way... Slept on a black sand beach, then hopped back on the bus home.
I have a Kelty chinook but it's more of a jeep camping sleeping bag, and I need something light and small, preferably a three season bag for mountain use, with primary usage being in the fall...
What works for you guys?
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 23, 2014, 05:08:48 AM
Post by: RadSav on December 23, 2014, 05:11:16 AM
Hearing great things from guide friends up north about the Kuiu down bags. I don't know anything about them. But usually if those guides like them after four solid months living out of a 2 man tent...it's worth taking note.
Post by: Forks on December 23, 2014, 06:58:51 AM
Post by: kentrek on December 23, 2014, 07:37:38 AM
Hearing great things from guide friends up north about the Kuiu down bags. I don't know anything about them. But usually if those guides like them after four solid months living out of a 2 man tent...it's worth taking note.
Unless a guy spent the 4 months in a bag it would be hard to justify a kuiu
But they do look awesome :chuckle:
Post by: bowhunterty on December 23, 2014, 08:10:05 AM
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Post by: jackelope on December 23, 2014, 10:23:45 PM
I use an Enlightened Equipment 10° quilt. It weighs just over a pound. I'll never go back to a sleeping bag.
I think I'm about to take that plunge.
Post by: HardCorpsHuntr on December 23, 2014, 10:57:14 PM
I would buy another.
http://www.mountainhardwear.com/spectre-long-OT8518.html?cgid=equipment-sleepingBags-5to20&dwvar_OT8518_variationColor=451#start=18 (http://www.mountainhardwear.com/spectre-long-OT8518.html?cgid=equipment-sleepingBags-5to20&dwvar_OT8518_variationColor=451#start=18)
Post by: jeepster on December 24, 2014, 01:27:33 AM
Hearing great things from guide friends up north about the Kuiu down bags. I don't know anything about them. But usually if those guides like them after four solid months living out of a 2 man tent...it's worth taking note.
Unless a guy spent the 4 months in a bag it would be hard to justify a kuiu
But they do look awesome :chuckle:
Depending what boat I am working on, I actually do sleep in my bag 3 to 8 months a year while working, and another month + of camping....
All in all, my Kelty chinook and I have slept together for... At least 5 years of nights sleeps combined in the 10 years I've owned it. so my bags do get their money's worth of usage....
With that being said, price does not really matter as I get a minimum of 4 months a year out of a bag between work and play, so what really matters is something that fits in my pack, doesn't kill my back, and is machine washable, yet dries easily if it gets wet, and I think the 15 degree mark is a good range.... A few times my friends and I have done some mid winter hikes and near froze and I know we hit single digits at night but between underarmor thermals and a bird dog in the bag, I was just fine.
If I am going to do serious winter camping, I have a military goose down mountain sleeping bag that goes in a goretex bivy sack and a polar fleece liner goes in the goose down bag, and I think that's good down to -20, but if I am going to be camping in such an extreme climate, I have my alaknak 12x12 with an awesome wood stove and chimney oven to keep me warm...
I am just tired of a super bulky bag taking up the majority of my pack, and at a minimum I think 30 degrees would be as high of a temp range as I'd be willing to go, but the priority is on size...
Post by: huntnnw on December 24, 2014, 06:17:44 AM
I use an Enlightened Equipment 10° quilt. It weighs just over a pound. I'll never go back to a sleeping bag.
Never heard of them till now :tup: this will be my next purchase for my pack
Post by: sirmissalot on December 24, 2014, 06:21:47 AM
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Post by: j_h_nimrod on December 24, 2014, 09:11:13 AM
Good luck, let us know what you decide on and how it works out for you.