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must be good for at or lower than -20.

Good value, long life. Around $2-$300
Ice Tea
10:30:27 PM
1/13/04


Go to campmor they have more bags with lower degree ratings to choose from.
Tango
11:01:49 PM
1/13/04

What, is it FYAO planning time? Selling snow shoes and buying cold weather bags?
Pathman
11:03:09 PM
1/13/04


I like the TNF -40 polargaurd delta
Ice Tea
11:25:20 PM
1/13/04

Hmmm... if it were me and I didn't want to spend the $$ for a Marmot or Mountain Hardwear or TNF extreme cold weather bag, I'd go with the REI -25 EL Down bag, which is a 700-fill down bag coated with REI Elements for breathable water resistance. But it's a tad over $300. When you buy extreme gear (read EXPENSIVE gear), it's worth it to get a part-time job at an outdoor store so you can prodeal this stuff at more than 50% off.
Buck
12:28:13 AM
1/14/04

where u gettin that kinda money, boy? whorin urself out again?
ScorchFire
2:01:08 AM
1/14/04

Quick? Is this like the paper for your remedial English class and you need the bag today? Or do you have time to look for a good one?
denizen
8:30:42 AM
1/14/04

I got the Anita Bath 0/-20 down bag for $335 at sierra trading post. Not sure if they still have it, but so far I love it.
twigeater
8:36:25 AM
1/14/04


700-fill down bag coated with REI Elements - Buck

REI Elements!!!! I want my down clean! ;-)
StoveStomper
8:42:38 AM
1/14/04

Twiggie, the name of your sleeping bag still kills me. Anita Bath rotflmao!
LtHiker
8:50:41 AM
1/14/04

I need a bath
That's not a real brand is it?
I figured twiggy was just pulling a funny. ;-)
StoveStomper
8:55:54 AM
1/14/04

LOL! At the Carter Notch hut a woman asked me what I used for a bag (she was disgusted that her rental bag took up half of her pack) and I musta had to say "Anita Bath" three times, before I said "as in bathtub"

o(=D
twigeater
8:57:52 AM
1/14/04

Sd names there bags different names.

Just picture Twiggy saying that with her Maine accent.
LtHiker
8:58:38 AM
1/14/04

IT
Ebay.
One of the guys I know bought one of those -40 TNF bags you mentioned on ebay for $60. That sucker is HOT. It packs down to the size a VW bug though.

Maybe he might sell it to you. I'll ask.
humanpackmule
9:48:15 AM
1/14/04

No doubt I have researched this topic and i recently purchased a Marmot Hydrogen Down it is Baby!
lightpacker
10:03:49 AM
1/14/04

Might be a better idea to purchase a liner and cover for your existing sleeping bag (assuming of course you have one).

A good sleeping bag cover such as the Outdoor research windshear
redhawk
11:43:06 AM
1/14/04

quick...just one tinny question....
I have 2 down bags and a liner.

a 20 degree bag and a 15 degree bag. the liner suppose to give you an addtional 10 or 15 degree.

If I add all 3 of them together, what do you think the temp. rating would be?? (i just don't want to ever freeze)
Gemini
11:57:27 AM
1/14/04

20+15+10=45...You'll be good down to 45F, Gem...
Ghost of bitpusher
11:58:53 AM
1/14/04

huh?? something wrong with that... now if i have one bag that's good for 15 already...
Gemini
12:07:44 PM
1/14/04

Haaaahahahahahahahahaaaaaa!!!!!! That's a ghost joke.

It really depends on how well your bags fit into one another, Gem. If the insulation of your sleeping bags gets compressed, then it won't work as well, and therefore won't keep you as warm as it says. Of course, you have more layers of insulation as well, so that may offset the loss some. But combining all that isn't going to give you a -5F bag.

Instead of trying to stuff them into one another, you might try sleeping in the best-rated one with the liner, and opening the other one up and spreading it over you like a quilt, therefore getting around the compression issue.
Ghost of bitpusher
12:11:43 PM
1/14/04

I think trying to measure the loft of the things combined would give you a very rough guide of the warmth factor.
ynamiynami
12:35:13 PM
1/14/04

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