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Post by High Sierra Fan on Oct 23, 2015 11:31:38 GMT -8
The Blue Kazoo is a mummy.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2015 12:55:42 GMT -8
Allrighty y'all first thing I'm Adam and I'm new here. My question is if anyone has any experience using a traditional rectangular sleeping bag like ones from Bass Pro? While I have good hiking and camping experience I have always used mummy bags and while I do love them my girlfriend and I want to do more winter hiking together where we would like to be able to zip out bags together. We did look at the two person bags but we didn't think we would like that as much. I'm looking for bags that are rated to 15 degrees because we hike in the NC mountains and I have liners that we could use to supplement if needed. If anyone has any experience here or a suggestion of a different sort I'd really appreciate the help. I like my wife. Heck, I love my wife. I love that she goes car camping with me, she goes backpacking with me, and she, even, goes on solo trips. For our first backpacking trip, I got her a nice down filled zero degree mummy bag, for her summer bag. It was mid June, on that first trip. Shortly after I set the tent up, some hail began to fall and then a bit of snow. She laid her sleeping bag on her sleeping pad, quickly climbed in and zipped herself in. A few hours later it looked like this: My advice is don't skimp or go with a gimmick setup with backpacking and getting your wife/g.f/partner their own gear; especially if you want her to continue to go backpacking. My wife, she was nice and toasty buried in her sleeping bag.
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Post by Westy on Oct 24, 2015 10:46:42 GMT -8
The Blue Kazoo is a mummy Yes the Blue Kazoo is a mummy, however the predecessor was rectangular with a square foot box.
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Post by Crockett on Oct 25, 2015 13:01:46 GMT -8
I guess this really doesn't help the original question but I really really miss my rectangular bags of my car camping days. Not only do I sleep on my stomach but mummy bags are so confining, almost claustrophobic (a bit of an exaggeration) for me but I use mummy bags anyway since they are lighter ones. Sigh.. Being a side sleeper who likes to flip sides numerous times during the night I, too, find mummy bags a little confining and have always opted for a barrel bag. Worth the compomise IMO. I don't own a quilt (yet) but in warmer weather I will usually just use my bag as one.
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Post by Crockett on Oct 25, 2015 13:14:58 GMT -8
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