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What Tent and sleeping bag combo?
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<blockquote data-quote="rain4est" data-source="post: 1664882" data-attributes="member: 51396"><p>Down should be next to your base layer/long-johns, not on the outside of regular pants. It needs to be closer to your skin. For sleeping bags, nothing beats down for high warmth to weight. When you reach in a good down bag for a minute or two - you can feel your own body heat reflecting back on your hand.</p><p></p><p>Remember that a 0/zero degree F bag means that you will not die in 0 degree weather, but you will most likely not be comfortable. That being said, I backpack hunt in Interior & Southeast Alaska through October in my Kuiu 15 degree water-resistant (Quixdown) down bag (~ 2 lbs). On the coldest nights (10-20 degrees F) here in Southeast Alaska, I usually put on a lightweight insulated jacket/puffy over my standard base layer to sleep better (like a Kuiu Snapshirt or Ultra Down Jacket). If I hunt in November/December, I break out my 0 degree Marmot Couloir down bag with a water resistant shell (~3 lbs).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rain4est, post: 1664882, member: 51396"] Down should be next to your base layer/long-johns, not on the outside of regular pants. It needs to be closer to your skin. For sleeping bags, nothing beats down for high warmth to weight. When you reach in a good down bag for a minute or two - you can feel your own body heat reflecting back on your hand. Remember that a 0/zero degree F bag means that you will not die in 0 degree weather, but you will most likely not be comfortable. That being said, I backpack hunt in Interior & Southeast Alaska through October in my Kuiu 15 degree water-resistant (Quixdown) down bag (~ 2 lbs). On the coldest nights (10-20 degrees F) here in Southeast Alaska, I usually put on a lightweight insulated jacket/puffy over my standard base layer to sleep better (like a Kuiu Snapshirt or Ultra Down Jacket). If I hunt in November/December, I break out my 0 degree Marmot Couloir down bag with a water resistant shell (~3 lbs). [/QUOTE]
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