Sleeping Bags

[corvus]

I have been taking my "Alpine bag "on all of my walks since I bought it umpteen years ago,last trip we had exeptionally good warm weather so the top of the range down bag was used as a doona again,conclusion need new bag for non winter trips .
Has anyone had experience with the SNUGPAC range of bags or something similar,I would like to keep it under 1kg and have a waterproof/resitant outer shell as my new one man tent gets a bit damp inside with condensation.

[tim]

Yeah mate,

I have a Snugpak Softie Merlin 3. Weighs in at somewhere around 900g. Basically, its not the warmest bag in the world, but it is light, small and green and stays that way when it's wet. Having slept in some crappy conditions in wet clothes and a wet bag I can tell you that you'd be suprised how much comfort you can forgoe if you give it a crack and still get a semi-decent nights sleep.

That said, on all my tassie walking trips I use a One Planet Bushlite Super (i thinks thats the one - Epic fabric, warm as..).

Hope that helps...

[slick41st]

Paddys have some real lightweight but warm (and expensive) bags - I think the brand was Western Mountaineering or something like that. Always wanted one but could never justify the $$$.

Personally for winter I use a Fairydown Superlite STS 800+ loft for winter (about 1050g) and I can only remember one or two nights that I ever fully zipped it up.
In summer I use a Macpac Neve - why have down squashed under your back? I think that also weighs 1.05 kg, and once again I rarely zip it up from late spring to early autumn.

Regards, Slick

[walkinTas]

This site might help. I'm not sure how many of these are available in Australia.

http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/bagtable.cfm?orderby=Weight&code=gaw03&gclid=COqvn_W0xJICFRykiQodZgsKmg

[Ent]

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[Son of a Beach]

Being 6'3" I found sleeping bag choice rather limiting. I found on the web the Western Mountaineering one called the Versa-lite but it was not imported into Australia. Now be aware that USA bags are snug, and I mean snug but I weaken and brought from the USA direct a 6'6" Versa-lite and it is simply magical in the way it self inflates once out of the stuff bag. I have just got it so have not used it in anger. The only two downsides are they are tight fit at least for me widthwise and the stuff bag is well, lets say basic. One Planet does a much better job of the bag but the mummy one I have from them is just too short for me but width is not too bad.

One Planet do apparently do a lot of custom work. This is generally for larger organisations, so would probably be expensive for a one-off request.

However, they also do custom sleeping bags within their range specs for anyone any time. They will do a custom bag up to 195cm (6' 3" ?) tall to chin. See here for their customline sleeping bag page.