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Elk hunt sleeping bag...what would you do?
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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 2423494" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>What Dean2 said about mattresses, they are crucial for a warm night's sleep.</p><p> </p><p>Look for AT LEAST an R 5 rating. Good mattresses, either full on winter air mattresses or winter foam-filled"self inflating" mattresses (much less money) are needed. If the manufacturer has no "R" rating skip it and look elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>And yeah, if you can afford it get a wider bag for cabins. Some makers sell "semi-mummy" bags that still have plenty pf room but with rounded foot shape instead of inefficient 90 degree angles.</p><p></p><p>But for tent camping be sure to get a warm MUMMY shaped bag and learn to sleep in it. A synthetic shell over a mummy bag can hold most of the moisture from your body and let it freeze <em>there</em> instead on just inside your bag's shell, where it can melt and wet the down, lowering R value greatly.</p><p></p><p>And<em> this</em> is why you need DWR treated down. It repels moisture in amazing fashion. I have tested loose North Face DWR treated down in a whiskey glass of water and its hydrophobic abilities are truly excellent over two weeks of repeated wetting with a sink spray nozzle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 2423494, member: 54178"] What Dean2 said about mattresses, they are crucial for a warm night's sleep. Look for AT LEAST an R 5 rating. Good mattresses, either full on winter air mattresses or winter foam-filled"self inflating" mattresses (much less money) are needed. If the manufacturer has no "R" rating skip it and look elsewhere. And yeah, if you can afford it get a wider bag for cabins. Some makers sell "semi-mummy" bags that still have plenty pf room but with rounded foot shape instead of inefficient 90 degree angles. But for tent camping be sure to get a warm MUMMY shaped bag and learn to sleep in it. A synthetic shell over a mummy bag can hold most of the moisture from your body and let it freeze [I]there[/I] instead on just inside your bag's shell, where it can melt and wet the down, lowering R value greatly. And[I] this[/I] is why you need DWR treated down. It repels moisture in amazing fashion. I have tested loose North Face DWR treated down in a whiskey glass of water and its hydrophobic abilities are truly excellent over two weeks of repeated wetting with a sink spray nozzle. [/QUOTE]
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