Problem
You want a sleeping bag which does the job, not too heavy to carry, not too short, not too long. What are the options?
Answers
One sleeping bag or two?
1 A sleeping bag for one.
2 Two single sleeping bags for two people.
3 A sleeping bag for two. Disadvantage, may be heavier. One person does all the work of carrying. Advantage - give it to the porter or hardier trekker/climber and the novice need not carry it.
4 Two sleeping bags which zip together for a couple but separate when one of you is holidaying alone or you are in separate tents. (For example with men or more experienced climbers doing a longer trip or different route, or all females in one tent and all males in another).
Lightest / Heaviest?
Heaviest will do if you are driving to a destination. Or if using it inside a caravan and want to bring one piece bedding indoors to wash afterwards.
Lightest is obviously an advantage if you are carrying it.
Where to get advice?
Ask people who have done the trip before.
Ask the trip organisers.
Check the manufacturers' websites.
Check the camping and trekking forums using key words and phrases and questions.
Check general advice forums.
Check country forums.
Check mountain climbing forums.
Check product reviews on Amazon and other websites.
Story
Silk Sleeping Bag
I bought one of these. I kept it for years because I did not go camping and I did not want to give it to anybody else because it was dedicated and I thought it would get stained and easily torn by tossing and turning and sharp toe nails.
I finally confessed to my trekking family that I had it. They responded:
"It's a silk liner. You use them in places where you hire a sleeping bag and don't trust the hired item for cleanliness.
"Also some Youth Hostels tell you to bring your own sleeping bag liner.
"Regarding toe nails: The last thing we did before departing from home on our last trip was to cut our toe nails short and file off any sharp edges and corners."
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to posts.
You want a sleeping bag which does the job, not too heavy to carry, not too short, not too long. What are the options?
Answers
One sleeping bag or two?
1 A sleeping bag for one.
2 Two single sleeping bags for two people.
3 A sleeping bag for two. Disadvantage, may be heavier. One person does all the work of carrying. Advantage - give it to the porter or hardier trekker/climber and the novice need not carry it.
4 Two sleeping bags which zip together for a couple but separate when one of you is holidaying alone or you are in separate tents. (For example with men or more experienced climbers doing a longer trip or different route, or all females in one tent and all males in another).
Lightest / Heaviest?
Heaviest will do if you are driving to a destination. Or if using it inside a caravan and want to bring one piece bedding indoors to wash afterwards.
Lightest is obviously an advantage if you are carrying it.
Where to get advice?
Ask people who have done the trip before.
Ask the trip organisers.
Check the manufacturers' websites.
Check the camping and trekking forums using key words and phrases and questions.
Check general advice forums.
Check country forums.
Check mountain climbing forums.
Check product reviews on Amazon and other websites.
Story
Silk Sleeping Bag
I bought one of these. I kept it for years because I did not go camping and I did not want to give it to anybody else because it was dedicated and I thought it would get stained and easily torn by tossing and turning and sharp toe nails.
I finally confessed to my trekking family that I had it. They responded:
"It's a silk liner. You use them in places where you hire a sleeping bag and don't trust the hired item for cleanliness.
"Also some Youth Hostels tell you to bring your own sleeping bag liner.
"Regarding toe nails: The last thing we did before departing from home on our last trip was to cut our toe nails short and file off any sharp edges and corners."
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to posts.
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