Cold Comfort

"Muzz" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I wanted a lightweight sleeping bag for summer
backpacking and chose the Snugpak Travelpak 500. When I
came home from nightshift this morning I decided I would
lay it on the bed and sleep in it, just to try it out. I
was cold. I am a person who has a problem sleeping if the
bed is too hot but here I was in a house at around 18degC
and I felt cold. Now I'm wondering if I was really cold
or whether the lightness of the bag was making me thing
there was no duvet and this was causing me to awake. I'll
try again tomorrow morning. Anyone else had experience
with this bag ?

Yes, I've got one. I use it in the hills but usually wear
clothes in it as well and a hat if necessary. I've used it
down to freezing level and managed to sleep ok, not warm but
ok. Also as it happens, I did a little test with it a few
weeks ago when I decided to buy an ME sleepwalker ultralight
at half price in the Karrimor sale. Leaving the door to the
balcony in my flat open let the temperature down to 10
degrees. Sleeping naked I was slightly less than comfortable
in the Travelpak 500 but not really what I'd call cold,
changing to the Sleepwalker was warmer. In fact I couldn't
see a difference between that and the Snugpak Softie 9 which
I also have but I don't suppose the difference would show
until the temperature's low enough that you're not warm
enough in one of them.

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"Muzz" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I wanted a lightweight sleeping bag for summer
backpacking and chose the Snugpak Travelpak 500. When I
came home from nightshift this morning I decided I would
lay it on the bed and sleep in it, just to try it out. I
was cold. I am a person who has a problem sleeping if the
bed is too hot but here I was in a house at around 18degC
and I felt cold. Now I'm wondering if I was really cold
or whether the lightness of the bag was making me thing
there was no duvet and this was causing me to awake. I'll
try again tomorrow morning. Anyone else had experience
with this bag ?

Yes, I've got one. I use it in the hills but usually wear
clothes in it as well and a hat if necessary. I

Thanks for the info. I could always wear a base layer, I
might invest in a cotton liner to see if that makes a
difference.

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Muzz said:

Thanks for the info. I could always wear a base layer, I
might invest in a cotton liner to see if that makes a
difference.

It will make about the same difference as a T shirt to your
body, which makes sense as they're made of the same stuff.
Silk will be slightly more effective (and more comfortable,
and more expensive).

"A T shirt" might not sound much but in practice I find it
makes quite a difference.

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"Muzz" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Thanks for the info. I could always wear a base layer, I
might invest

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a cotton liner to see if that makes a difference.

Try a fibre pile liner, much warmer.

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It will make about the same difference as a T shirt to
your body, which makes sense as they're made of the same
stuff. Silk will be slightly more effective (and more
comfortable, and more expensive).

I couldn't get on with a cotton liner. When I turned during
the night, the liner got tighter and tighter around me,
until I could hardly get my arms out to unzip the bag. I
found a silk liner much better - it slides more easily and
doesn't trap you in the bag!.

Regards: Jim Ford