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<blockquote data-quote="Daveinjax" data-source="post: 932331" data-attributes="member: 48429"><p>Western Mountaineering Kodiak bag and an Exped ul Downmat 7 or Exped ul Synmat 9. If you buy any other bag other than Western Mountaineering or Feathered Friends you need to subtract at least 20ºF off their rating to get a true comfort rating and probably more. The two bags mentioned are as good as is made and will last decades if taken care of. The new thing in down is waterproof treatment. Watch out for this as the waterproof will degrade over time and the treatment makes the down perform at a higher rating. Your waterproof down rated at 850 fill power is really 650 down treated. As the waterproof fades so does the down power fade. Not only do you loose the waterproof over time but insulation power too ! Plain old down works great and has not been improved with waterproofing imo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daveinjax, post: 932331, member: 48429"] Western Mountaineering Kodiak bag and an Exped ul Downmat 7 or Exped ul Synmat 9. If you buy any other bag other than Western Mountaineering or Feathered Friends you need to subtract at least 20ºF off their rating to get a true comfort rating and probably more. The two bags mentioned are as good as is made and will last decades if taken care of. The new thing in down is waterproof treatment. Watch out for this as the waterproof will degrade over time and the treatment makes the down perform at a higher rating. Your waterproof down rated at 850 fill power is really 650 down treated. As the waterproof fades so does the down power fade. Not only do you loose the waterproof over time but insulation power too ! Plain old down works great and has not been improved with waterproofing imo. [/QUOTE]
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