.: XT660.com - The #1 XT660 Resource :.

.: XT660.com - The #1 XT660 Resource :. ( https://www.xt660.com/index.php)

- Travel Tools & Equipment ( https://www.xt660.com/forumdisplay.php?f=212)

- - Sleeping bag? ( https://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=15244)

Hi, i am always on the lookout of ways of saving weight on the bike, might have to go on a diet soon to really cut down on what i lug about while touring...LOL
So i am looking at my big bulky army issue sleeping bag and thinking i could do something with that? I need smallish packsize and 4 season. Let me know what you have been using and your thoughts.
Crusty

Saved both weight and bulk from my sleeping bag on our recent Ireland tour. Burnt a big hole in it and my dry sack on the exhausts. Mebbe not the kind of thoughts you were after though :p

Not really! I think that is taking the "less is more" thing a bit too far?

I was told when I was a nipper in uniform that 'any fool can be uncomfortable'. Not a bad saying and one I have taken to heart throughout my life. So trimming such essentials as sleeping bags without careful consideration is not worth it.

That said, it is fair to say that the army bags that I have seen are very big for their thermal rating and you can get much smaller more modern bags which keep you just as warm.

My recomendation is a duck down bag. down is much lighter and packs smaller when compared to a bag of a similar thermal rating. Couple of things worth thinking about though. One is that down bags don't like getting wet and loose most of their thermal effect when wet unlike artificial fibre which maintains warmth if not comfort when its wet. The second is cost. Down bags are very costly by comparrison.

I use a down bag linked in with a gortex bivvi bag if there is any chance of it getting wet. This combination also gives me the option to sleep under the stars without the tent on good clear nights.

It will be christmas in 9 weeks, so you could always put a bag on the christmas list.

That my ten penneth for what its worth.

A thermal blanket inside a normal sleeping bag is warm and cheap - just like me. :lol:

Quote:

Originally Posted by motonacio (Post 141007)

A thermal blanket inside a normal sleeping bag is warm and cheap - just like me. :lol:

As are cheap thermal under garments which can be worn any time of the day to gain extra warmth. Try the big supermarket chain that claims every little helps, theyve got some in for a fiver each (top n bottoms) and theyre very good.

Quote:

Originally Posted by stumpydave (Post 141013)

Good stuff for pie-crusties but some of us are seriously BIG and need deflating to fit inside :naka:

Quote:

Originally Posted by DickyC (Post 141002)

I was told when I was a nipper in uniform that 'any fool can be uncomfortable'. Not a bad saying and one I have taken to heart throughout my life.......

.......I use a down bag linked in with a gortex bivvi bag if there is any chance of it getting wet. This combination also gives me the option to sleep under the stars without the tent on good clear nights.

+1 on that. A Gore Tex bivvi bag is the way to go. I have used one since they were available and they are the dogs boll***s. I have camped in the snow in one without a tent. Not a suggestion but an endorsement. I still use one and I am 54 years old.

it got to be a duck down sleeping bag weigh next to nothing and are so warm.i love mine never bean cold yet .

Quote:

Originally Posted by DickyC (Post 141002)

Wholeheartedly agree. I have an 'Anjulak' sleeping bag and put inside an ex army Gortex bivvy bag is as warm as I need.