Lately, my trips out overnight with a sleeping bag have been on the sleepless side. I feel like I get claustrophobic zipping up inside the bag and being unable to move. Does anyone have some suggestions for a more spacious bag to sleep in?
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Lately, my trips out overnight with a sleeping bag have been on the sleepless side. I feel like I get claustrophobic zipping up inside the bag and being unable to move. Does anyone have some suggestions for a more spacious bag to sleep in?
One of my bags is a nemo nocturne it has an hourglass shape
https://www.rei.com/product/847404/n...5-sleeping-bag
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nemo spoon shape is a good choice - the disco 15 is a nice choice for 3 season use.
check out certain big agnes bags- they have a super wide profile but also forgo insulation underneath to mate with a sleeping pad in the sleeve. maintains similar weight to other comparable temp bags but much roomier.
I have a 15 degree REI bag that is voluminous as fuck.
It’s blue.
Lots of options out there for "semirectangular" bags.
Zip one of these into your bag. I have one I'll send for shipping and a six pack.
Not enough info. Mummy, rectangular or sleeping quilt? A wide sleeping quilt will give you the most room pound-for-pound and IMO is the most comfortable option for backpacking. OTOH, a sleeping quilt is not the best choice for temps below 15F.
If a quilt checks your poxes, check out the wide sleeping quilts from Enlightened Equipment.
Montbel bags have elastic sawn in the bag so while it's very spacious, it also hugs you so you don't have to hear a whole bunch of airspace.
Really comfortable
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I'm not very big; I've been steered away from Big Agnes bags because they're high-volume.
I like the idea of the sleeping quilt. I wonder if the straps it attaches to with the sleeping pad can get annoying to sleep on in the night though? Any experience with that?
I can’t stand feeling confined. These bags are amazing.
https://taigaworks.com/collections/s...=4978376015903
Montbel bags are wide and then have a spiral elastic that hugs the body and eliminates excess air that needs to be warned up.
Very comfortable if you don't like tight bags
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I've got a Sweetie Pie sleeping bag doubler I'd sell for cheap - https://backpackinglight.com/00054-2/
We have a two person quilt from Enlightenment equipment.
It fucking rules. Very spacious.
I have really broad shoulders and have the Megalite for summer mountain hiking and the Kodiak for winter and car camping from Western Mountaineering. Love both of them for their girth and warmth.
Another vote for the Nemo Disco - lightweight and roomy AF.
i like our enlightened equipment accomplice so much that i now use it as my main summer mountaineering sleeping bag with other partners. the thing is the bee's knees. super warm and like 31 oz or something crazy, for a 20 degree bag for two.Quote:
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Thirded! My wife and I both have a double quilt now since they’re so light and pack down really small. I’ll never go back to mummy again.Quote:
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Thanks for the great lead. Looks like they have choices to suit anyone, w (some) models that come in 6', 6' 6", and 7' lengths.
I have an Enlightened Equipment 20F down quilt, I love it. While no bag / quilt is going to be truly comfortable at the max rating without layers, it's been plenty warm for me on frosty nights. It can strap under your pad and gives a ton of freedom of movement - they do wide sizes as well for even more space.
If you and a partner each have one they can be linked together to make a single larger quilt as well.
How do you quilt guys keep draft out and keep it from shifting during the night? I have a sea to summit ember and haven’t been able to jive with it so far.Quote:
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Never used a quilt, interested in hearing the answer to this though.Quote:
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EE quilts come with a nifty clip and elastic system that goes around your pad, and also have a good advice piece as to suggested width. I’m a convert, I don’t see lying for or carrying the weight of insulation that just gets contested by body weight.
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Also have an Enlightened Equipment 20F down quilt. It comes with straps to go under your sleeping pad as well as snaps up near the neck area. Personally I have no issues with it moving around or drafts but it is definitely a YMMV thing. I would not get a 0 degree quilt or anything serious for winter camping but for 3 seasons at all elevations its perfect. I have spent a few 20ish degree nights in one and been comfortable wearing a puffy with hood (no hood built into quilt).
I have the "Wide" quilt which makes it even more luxurious.
Seconded; great bags, warm and cozy. I’m 6’, 200#, and I don’t feel cramped.Quote:
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The Sequoia from Western Mountaineering is the best damn 5 degree bag I've ever laid down in. I couldn't afford it even when I worked at the shop that sold it, but this thing is the bees knees.
https://www.westernmountaineering.co...es/sequoia-mf/
Yeah I just love my sleeping bag hoods. If I’m using the quilt I will typically wear a base layer plus Arc’teryx atom LT hoodie to serve as the hood. Using a quilt sans hood is a difficult adjustment in colder weather.
I’ll be in a mountain equipment glacier 700 on my cot tonite in the desert. Their bags are a slightly roomier mummy design.
Say no more ;)Quote:
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I just got a WM Antelope, is pretty awesome. I am super excited to get it up high this winter. Still think I will be sticking to quilts for the summer though. I'm a side sleeper and really like the flexibility when its warm out.
My setup for winter car camping is an r10 rated insulted exped queen size air mattress, mattress pad, and some blankets. I have 20f mummy bag, a 20f two person big agnes mummy bag, and a cheap square 20f double wide bag. This gives me some good options, the sub zero option is single wide mummy bag inside double wide mummy bag inside double wide square bag, covered in blankets. I think the little bit of dead air between each layer really seems to insulate well. I ussually just leave the two double wides unzipped with the blankets and leave the single wide stowed if its not super cold. the exped air mattress is awesome. I never thought air mattress and sub zero camping would belong in the same sentence but its sick.
Thats not what this threads about but I wanted to share because I'm special.
Thanks for the information. I have used multiple sleeping bags for cars. Currently I am using Big Agnes, and I can't tell how satisfied I am with this thing. Amazing!
This is why I've fallen in love with Sierra Design's sleeping bags - they're like the weird lovechild between a normal sleeping bag and a quilt. I've got the Cloud 20 for backpacking and it's been perfect. Light, pad sleeve to keep me in place, slot at the bottom I can stick my feet out when they get too warm, hood like a mummy bag but with an overlapping quilty bit instead of a side zipper.Quote:
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They actually have a quilt with integrated hood/face hole, but I'm not ready to commit to that yet. Maybe if I saw someone use it in person I could be convinced.
Clouds are cool if you can deal with not having insulation on the bottom. Some people just aren’t warm enough.
Is it useful in snow fall or extreme winters? Anyone tried it in the said conditions? Feedback please.
Dont take me wrong, look into down quilts. Its like sleeping bags but with no bottom.
Bottom is pretty useless anyway since all of loft/warmth is compressed. Once I tried them, I hardly could go back.
^^ I think you too late to the disussion, the people in the previous posts are all dead now due to exposure. Where were you when the OP started the thread 3 years ago?