RAB Neutrino Pro 700 Down Sleeping Bag
Posted by Trail Magazine Review on Mar 01, 2023
Rab's Neutrino hand-filled sleeping bags are always a safe bet for quality and performance. There are 10 products, each filled with 800 fill power goose down. The fill weight, however, increases in 100g increments from 200g to 900g. Eight bags are unisex, the 400 and 600 are available in women- specific versions too, and the 300, 500, 700 and 900 are 'pro' versions with a more weather-resistant Pe
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THERMAREST Parsec 0F Down Sleeping Bag
Posted by Trail Magazine Review on Mar 01, 2023
Therm-a-Rest makes the best sleeping bags on the market and the superb Parsec -18°C is no exception. It is warm, cosy, light, very packable, fully-featured and eco-conscious - aka it ticks all of the boxes. With a best-in-test -10°C comfort rating but clocking in at just 1155g (excludingcompression bag), it offers a phenomenal warmth-to-weight balance. This is achieved through clever 'heat-mapped
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Big Agnes Lost Ranger UL 3N1 15 Sleeping Bag Review - “I really liked the way the quilt attaches to your sleeping mat”
Posted by Mark Richardson on Feb 27, 2023
850 Fill Power down / -9 Comfort rating / Regular
Length / 1007grams
Inner bag weight 482grams / Outer Bag weight 530grams
Inner bag Fill Weight 227g / Outer bag Fill Weight
198grams
I have a natural aversion
to this type of product because multi-functional products often tend to be less
effective than individual products designed to fill a specific niche, however I
was v
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Marmot Hydrogen Down Sleeping Bag Review - ''I really like this bag, the wind resistance was a big win for me''
Posted by Andy Neil on Aug 16, 2022
Picking a
sleeping bag for a 2-week trip is a difficult one; the time of year, where
you are hiking, how changeable the weather is, and what altitude you are
camping at, should all be taken into account when choosing what bag to take on
a trip. May in Scotland is arguably the most unpredictable month, in the most
unpredictable of places, it could snow, and it could also be a heat wave,
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About Gruezi Bag and DownWool® Sleeping Bags
Aug 14, 2022
The natural high-end DownWool Insulation is a blend of 70% high-quality RDS-certified down, which provides high insulation, and 30% wool from the Alpine region, which acts like a lightweight natural air conditioner. The combination is perfect. Nothing insulates as well as high-quality down. The 30% wool content absorbs any moisture that arises and thus keeps the down naturally drier. Down has a ve
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About Thermarest
Posted by Mark Richardson on Jul 08, 2022
In 2022 Thermarest was 50 years old. They were the first to design a self inflating sleeping mat for backpackers, and have been innovating ever since. Thermarest, we salute you.
Sleeping Bag Size and Shape
May 24, 2022
What Size and Shape Sleeping Bag?The sleeping bag is a vital piece of kit in any camping set up but choosing one can be difficult. After you've decided on how much you want to spend, how cold you need it to be able to go down to and how much weight you're happy to carry there are still a lot of aspects to consider. Here we have tried to show some of the things you might want to consider in terms o
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EN Rating
May 24, 2022
The EN13537 Standard - EN13537 requires a thermal manikin test which produces four temperature results — upper limit, comfort, lower limit and extreme.These Interpret as:Upper Limit — the temperature at which a standard man can sleep without excessive perspiration. It is established with the hood and zippers open and with the arms outside of the bag.Comfort — the temperature at which a standard wo
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Knowledgebase Page - Sleeping Bag Features Page 2
May 24, 2022
Rectangular versus Mummy shapes - Most sleeping bags you will see on our website are Mummy shaped, this is because a close-fitting bag will be warmer for a given weight because there is less volume of air to move around carrying heat away with it, and a close-fitting bag weighs less than other shapes because there is no waste of material.Some people feel too restricted by a mummy bag and would r
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Sleeping Bag Features and Construction - Page 1
May 24, 2022
Zips - Most sleeping bags are fitted with a full-length zip that runs the length of the bag almost to the foot. These zips usually have a slider at each end, allowing you to ventilate the bag from the foot end if it's too warm for the conditions. Some manufacturers make bags with zips on either the left or the right-hand side. A left-hand zip is by your left hand as you lie in the bag on your ba
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Criterion Quantum 450 Sleeping Bag - Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Posted by Mark Richardson on May 10, 2022
Criterion has two particularly lightweight ranges of sleeping bags of interest to backpackers, they are the Ultralight range and the
Quantum range. The former uses 700 Fill Power down and the latter uses 870 Fill Power, therefore the Quantum range has the highest warmth to weight ratio of the two so is of most interest to us.
Down Quality
At 870 Fill Power Polish Goose down (in a r
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Big Agnes Lost Ranger Review - Trek Scotland
Posted by Trek Scotland on Apr 14, 2022
“The Lost Ranger 3N1 20° sleeping bag is part of our
latest evolution of the Big Agnes Sleep System. This modular bag design offers
just what you’d expect: three bag configurations in one simple, yet technical
sleep system.”
Combining sleeping bags has long been a choice of ours for a
few reasons, including boosting the warmth of an older bag extending its use,
or combining separat
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