I liked it right until my domesticated rat broke the zipper. But I utilised it only in cottage with Wooden stove and on canoe tours.
camp casey claimed: Just bought a ultima Thule wiggly bag, satisfied with it, my zero degree down quilt will fit in excess of it and can be clipped in place.
Northern In. About the river Nov 9, 2022 #27 Why dont you give it to @camp casey . He could weigh it , eliminate the feathers , exchange with down amd then report back again to us . Obviously currently being the hammocker that he's it could almost certainly end up as an underquilt or over quilt
However can’t decide when yours is from, just after receiving bleary-eyed thinking about badly mimeographed reports and each M-1949 label I can find my ideal guess is always that these ended up Section of a batch during the seventies for forest firefighters or a thing like that, making use of lighter pounds ripstop fabrics and with a label nevertheless utilizing the outdated FSN nomenclature, it's possible to distinguish them from military situation?
wiggys vs Other people I had a wiggy’s bag at the time (the ultima Thule) which was alleged to be heat down to -20, nonetheless it didn’t retain me heat below about twenty.
I was employing a self inflating (I've never uncovered a self inflating pad that really self inflates) Sea to Summit insulated pad. It's a very good, but bulky pad. Undecided what model.
I do think the identical remark relates to making use of a single to spice up the rating with the patrol bag, it works Alright if that's all you may have but you can find warmer lighter answers Should Sleeping Bag you have the expertise and opportunity and wherewithal.
I also appreciate The actual fact you can pull The 2 sides aside and the zipper just slides open up by alone (Or perhaps that one was a newer Variation?).
It isn't really a down bag just a cheap mass generated piece of kit to be used and tossed. This was an older Model of your bag but identical offer. It bought It is use and was tossed while in the bin. I saved the quilt though which was nevertheless serviceable.
That is definitely right, extra of a bedroll to obtain in the vehicle or carried by pack animal in my working experience. @Mcw, have you been able to weigh the one particular you have? I wonder the amount of the big difference that ripstop cloth makes?
Just my views and just like a former publish explained every one of us think of ourselves as "sniper" product until eventually we satisfy real snipers. I have acknowledged and satisfied some, we experienced a former Marine Pressure Recon sniper in my platoon during the 82d Airborne and he would convey to us unclassified war stories every now and then. That dude would visit the field Using the minimum comfort equipment of any one in the Battery.
But then I’ve never found any artificial bag that might maintain me heat inside the Wintertime time. I’m undecided why This is certainly but they just don’t do the job for me when it’s Considerably down below...
I utilised my aged EMS sleeping bag from highschool, it absolutely was a thirty degree bag when it had been new, back again in the '90s, but remaining old has missing a little loft. That combined with my wool bag as an inside liner was super snug.
Yukon, OK Jan nine, 2014 #seven Rusty, that MSDS is for butane. The head hotter which the OP is referring to isn't going to use butane. It utilizes the conventional zippo fluid. I do not see an MSDS around the hand warmers on This great site in any respect.