Any suggestions on a reasonably priced lightweight and compact sleeping bag to be used while bike camping during the summer close to sea level?
Vann
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:50 am
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i suggest using the carcass of any woodland creature that happens to be in your way.
or
you can go on the trip with a really fat person and sleep between his/her folds.
(*quietly*....ask henry to go along)
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SeditiousCanary
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:00 am
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The North Face Blue Kazoo. You can even get it with left and right zip so you can join them. It's down filled, so make sure that isn't an issue first.
derrickito
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:09 am
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for summer, and not up in the mountains, you'll be more than warm enough with a 30+ degree bag.
down is the most compactible warm material, and is SUPER lightweight. but if it get's wet you're fucked. make sure it's in a watertight area on the bike (relatively) and try and use some kind of ground protection with it so at night you dont soak up water from below, even in a tent you'll get some percipitation on the inside.
i have two down bags, and two synthetic bags. my down bags compact down to almost nothing with the use of a compression sack, if the bags you are looking at dont come a compression sack definately check out getting a lightweight one
keep an eye on weight. dont go over 3 pounds. (i try to get it down as low to 2 as i can). things like extra side zippers only add on weight.
rei is a great place to try out any piece of gear. right inside the door to the left is their bag department. they'll let you try out and get inside as many bags as you want, put them in stuff sacks, throw them around, feel weight differences, etc. and they have the ground pads right next to them to check out as well.
//edit, i just wrote all that and realized i didnt recommend any bags. just guidelines for buying a good one. huzzah!
AlexWetmore
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:48 am
Joined: 30 Jul 2006Posts: 8Location: Ravenna
You should have no problem getting a 30 degree bag under 2lbs that is down filled. My old bag that met this description was a Marmot Arrayo. It was a great bag except that the rating should have been for 40 degrees so it would sometimes get a bit chilly.
My new bag is a Western Mountaineering Versalite. It might not meet the definition of reasonably priced (made in the US and the price reflects that), but it's very warm, compact, and light (20 degree bag and sub-2lbs).
Down is the way to go. It is lighter and compacts better than sythentic fills. The bags also last longer which in the long run makes them cheaper.
Marmot (Bellevue), Pro Mountain Sports (U District), and Second Ascent (Ballard) are all stores that I'd check out before or in addition to REI.
alex
SeditiousCanary
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:54 am
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SeditiousCanary wrote:
The North Face Blue Kazoo.
Has continious baffels, so you can shake the down to the bottom on hot days, and even it up on cold days. Thusly rendering the degree rating issue moot...
joeball
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:15 am
Joined: 24 Jul 2005Posts: 6037Location: Ether
Well thanks for some of your thoughts. I think I just need to take the time to go try a few bags in the stores I'm leaning towards a down bag. I don't really buy the common knowledge that down is worthless outside of the desert. Geese were water foul last I checked.
Another one i was considering was the Kelty Light year down series.
i think 150 is the very high end price i am considering at this time.
Nihilismus
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:39 am
Joined: 06 Aug 2006Posts: 14Location: Cascadia
check out feathered friends, they make their own down bags and carry several other brands. They are by far the best gear shop in town. They are located right next to the down town REI. Also GIjoes has some good cheaper stuff and their high end stuff is cheaper that REI. I got my summer bag there, Its not great quality but is 40 degrees 2 pounds and packs smaller than a loaf of wonderbread and was $20, i think it was called the patrol light its fine for anything not too X-TREME!. i recomend a 40+ bag in the summer to prevent overheating and soaking your bag with sweat but it depends opn how warm you sleep.
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