Winter camping essentials: Sleeping Bags
Posted: July 6th, 2010 | Author: Mitch | Filed under: Camping Gear | Tags: backpacking gear, Camping Gear, gear reviews, picking a sleeping bag, sleeping bag, sleeping bags, winter camping | 16 Comments »
MEC in Montreal offers a wide range of winter sleeping bags. Crawling into a sleeping bag that you know is going to be warm and comfortable is one of the singular pleasures of backcountry adventure. Just as a good sleeping bag can make for a good night’s sleep, an ill-suited one can spell discomfort or worse.
Western Mountaineering great bags that is the one i used in the Himalayas last year
Wow sleeping bags are expensive although I suppose you get what you pay for if you get cold might as well
i have the thermal light -15 field and stream bag it was on sale for 70 bucks i guess that means i am going to die in winter surivial ?
Its a comfort rating depends if you usually get cold although I would say you could add a bivi bag and fleece liner to increase temperature rating, get a bivi bag that breathes otherwise your sweat will freeze
Good tips.
Wear your poly or fleece thermals.
Eat a fatty meal before hitting the sack.
Fluff the bag up by giving it a good shaking.
heat up water and take it with you into the bag. It better not leak tho.
Put your feet in in your gloves.
The cheapest and highest quality bag will be a Canadian or U.S. military surplus bag. The U.S. bags are down and poly filled and rated to -20. Roomy and time test tough. $60 Used.
i saw you at mec in montreal hahaha
No Way that is so strange, Great Shop
i saw this gorgeous woman being filmed by some guy that should of bin me lol he was actually using a sony 5 mp hd video recorder i think lol i went and got the MEC Fleece Bag Liner Mummy … i love mec
i use the northface synthetiic sleeping bag cuz condensation is a BIG PROBLEM in the winter
and in rainy situation .
For those of us who doesn’t care to help the Western Mountaineering owner buy his next BMW, what below zero bag is best that costs under $500?
I don’t care if its a established name.
get a silk lining for in side the bag! keeps it clean and makes it a bit warmer.
It’s possible you will die, but that depends on more factors than just how much you paid for your bag. Not sure where your negative attitude is coming from, maybe its all the natural light. Down is expensive and has benifits, poly fill is cheap and has benefits. 850 down cost more than $30 US an ounce. There are a couple pounds in that bag, and the bag is made in the USA not in china as your bag is
bitch wanna put my dick in your mouth and asshoel ahahah
agree the current U.S. Military bags are the absolute best by a LOOOONG shot. I would take a Mil bag outside in a bivy cover before I’d take one of these under cover in a tent
Great video. Thanks.
warming up with star jumps before getting into your bag, would never have thought of that, good tip !
I hate to say it but sometimes you need to spend money on the right gear, especially with winter camping. A cold night could be disastrous if you’re not properly prepared. Sleeping bags come with temperature ratings so be sure to pay attention to that. Another option is to buy a liner for your bag if it’s not rated for a low enough temperature.
Down filled bags are generally regarded as the warmest bags but they can be insanely expensive. Synthetic bags are less warm but will offer better warmth if they do get wet when compared to down.
Somebody above mentioned condensation being a problem. I normally use an LCO candle lantern in my tent when I sleep. The candles are formulated to burn for about 8 or 9 hours and they offer two “pluses” from what I can tell. One is that they have a tendency to help with the condensation factor. I’m not just sure how well they work in the dead of winter but in the other three seasons they’re very effective. The other is that they can help to add a little warmth (albeit just a little) to your tent. Winter tents tend to be less vented than summer or three season tents so I think it would work to help add maybe a few degrees to the tent air. I’ve used these lanterns in three season tents in the colder temperatures and found that those tents are just too vented to benefit from any potential warmth a candle lantern may offer, although it still helped with the condensation.
So three things, The right bag, a liner, and a candle lantern.