Sleeping Bag Question

Our mummy sleeping bags were very useful camping in the mountains in Colorado. You lose a lot of heat through your head, and the mummy bag helps keep that heat in... that was especially important for us with our younger children. We bought theirs at Costco or Sams.. can't remember which. DH and I have left and right "mateable" mummy bags..

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I like the double zipper kind where you can use it to open a hole anywhere. Lets ra reach out with a foot and close the door! Or is that supposed to be the foot vent?

I have a Wiggies rectangular bag and love it, I can use it for a comforter too.

Them make a very good bag.

Dave

After spending a weekend shivering, I decided to buy a good sleeping bag. I had seen someone w/ a NorthFace 'Cat's Meow' so I bought one. I remember my wife griping about spending $119.00 on a sleeping bag [Herman's; They were sports!]...

Well the last time I looked they were around $180.00!

Mine has to be twenty-five years old and it is still as warm as the day I bought it. I use it alot when I go to the cabin. Both daughters used it for countless sleep overs and the worst thing that happened was my youngest lost the 'official' North Face stuff bag which I replaced w/ a generic bag.

In addition to packing better and taking up less room, mummy Bags have less interior space so your body doesn't have to heat as much air to keep you warm. The less you wear; the warmer the insulation can keep you. Stuff your clothing into your stuff sack to make a pillow. The foot of a mummy bag should have enough room to keep your boots warm...

After my divorce I reverted to my bachelor housekeeping choice of a heavy canvas wrap on my mattress and a sleeping bag. I have army surplus mummy, rectanglar and double occupant rectangle. All of my sleeping bags are rated at -20 F. In winter I keep my house at about 45 to 50 degrees when the lowest outside temps are in the teens and find that sleeping in my boxers in the rectanglar bag for two folding the excess over me as a comforter keeps me warm while also having room to keep my sweat pants and hoodie inside the bag to put on when I get ready to exit the bag and warm the small bathroom up to 70 degrees for throne sitting , showering and dressing.

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Lots of good advice above. I use a modified down filled mummy that provides a little more shoulder room, but it still keeps me warm even in the teens, which is about as low as I want to go for camping.

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You can actually go with a sleeping bag that is not rated as cold , then put fleece insert to give you the extra 15 degree .

If you are already cold before you want to crawl into your sleeping bag, warm something up (a hand-warmer, hot water bottle, a clean rock -- not hot, but quite warm) and take it to bed with you, putting it down by your feet. And wear a stocking cap to bed to keep your head warm.

Also make sure you have something between your bag and the cold earth -- you are compressing the insulation underneath you and the cold from the ground will chill you if you aren't insulated from it.

Kathleen

Yep, a pad is one of the most important pieces of equip to take with your sleeping bag.

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I once had a Slumberjack sleeping bag, which may still be available (ordered it from Campmor catalog, about 25 years ago). It was rated to 35 below, and I never once was uncomfortable in it. It was warm, but not so warm as to cause a sweat. The old style military bags were also warm and comfortable, but I busted the zipper out of every one I ever used. Half of the platoon always came back from the field with with failed zippers. After a while, we just started wrapping up in them, instead of zipping them up.

i like the extra large mummy bags... plenty of room to worm around in...

mummys keep you warmer to a lower temp.... my next bag will be a down... they weigh almost nothing and pack down to the size of a soccer ball or smaller

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THERES a GREAT bit of advice. there's a reason all the old timey stories had people wearing a cap to bed it makes a HUGE difference
Ive head of people that hiked the Appalachian trail with just a foot bag and hat for sleeping.

A very light mummy bag is great for back packing...

A larger bag is great for car camping.