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Post by johntpenca on Jul 20, 2016 7:18:40 GMT -8
Sierra Trading Post usually has some good deals. They aren't Western Mountaineering or Feathered Friends, but they usually have Marmot and other quality bags for a good price. I have a marmot -20F bag I've used for 30 years.
Edit: As almostthere posted, a top flight bag will last forever if you can swing it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2016 5:49:42 GMT -8
I guess we all have different standards; I use a cheap Slumberjack Super Guide 30F bag. It was about a $40 bag, and I've used it about 10 years. It's not very good quality, and I wouldn't recommend it, although it's worked out okay for me.
I would consider the Marmots "really nice bags".
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Post by almostthere on Jul 21, 2016 7:39:24 GMT -8
I guess we all have different standards; I use a cheap Slumberjack Super Guide 30F bag. It was about a $40 bag, and I've used it about 10 years. It's not very good quality, and I wouldn't recommend it, although it's worked out okay for me. I would consider the Marmots "really nice bags". Some of the Marmots are really nice bags. The top of the line quality ones cost the same as Western Mountaineering, because you get what you pay for. I know people who use heavy as heck cheap bags, plenty of them, and yes, they do fine with them. That's why they keep using them. I use a 22 oz down quilt because it fit in a 40 liter search and rescue pack, takes up hardly any room, warm as anything, and I really like it that way --- no need for a 70 liter pack to carry it. And I'll be using it likely for the rest of my life since it will last that long despite constant use. I suspect that if I went once a year for a couple of nights, I might feel a heavy bag was adequate -- but I carry my gear and wear it out, a lot. That's the other part of gear economics -- if you LIVE IN IT there is a different sense of "cheap."
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Post by riversong on Aug 5, 2016 7:20:25 GMT -8
Enlightened Equipment has the total package: light, affordable, quality---hand-made in Minnesota. If you are a tosser and turner or sleep on your stomach, you can order it in wide and move around to your heart's content. I have 2 of them, and they are AWESOME bags. I pair it with a 25" insulated KLYMIT V pad. I hate mummy bags because they are claustrophbic. Quilts are versatile and function as a bag or even a blanket around camp if you are chilly. Cannot recommend EE enough - great product, excellent customer service, and you get the perfect quilt for YOU. ENIGMA or REVELATION are great choices.
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Post by tigger on Aug 5, 2016 9:47:33 GMT -8
Let's start with Down being the obvious choice for lightweight and compaction. There are levels of quality. I own a +40 down bag that I supplement with clothing to push down to 0F. I also recently purchased a 0F Enlightened Equipment Revelation quilt to be used in the Arctic for a month long stint. It performed perfectly this last spring on the Greenland ice sheet.
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Post by riversong on Aug 5, 2016 12:05:51 GMT -8
An Enlightened Equipment 10 degree bag with water resistant down is $260, so I believe it meets all three of your criteria. I sleep in light silk in my bag, and am warm right down to 10/20 degrees. I use it all three seasons because if it is warm, I simply kick my feet out, or just use my hammock as a sheet and sleep on top of the quilt if it turns out to be super warm. (Warm to me is above 50 at night.) I have not needed a hat unless it is 20 or cooler. :D
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