ErnieW
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I want to backpack
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Post by ErnieW on Jun 30, 2024 7:13:11 GMT -8
Honestly I look to my pad simply for comfort, it’s my sleeping bag that’s going to keep me alive and warm. The ground is an about 50F infinite heat sink. It will relentlessly suck heat out of your contact points unless something with R value slows it down. So maybe a bag can keep you overall warm by thoroughly stopping heat loss to the air but you will have cold spots underneath you.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Jun 30, 2024 12:49:02 GMT -8
I don’t know, HSF. THe nights when I’ve been truly cold, it made a lot of difference to get more insulation under me—and those date back to the days when I used a bag. The insulation in a down bag is pretty useless when flattened under you. I now use a NeoAir, which is not something I’d expect to be comfortable down much below freezing. To an extent, but after you’ve got some moderate degree of insulation under you dealing with, say, an ambient air temperature of, say the OP’s 50f is up to a sleeping bag,
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