i'm looking at buying a new sleeping bag for our next hol at the beginning of september. i currently'share' a double bag with my husband but he's just got a new air bed and i'm still on the floor with my lovely multimat!
anyway, what do you suggest?
i want a
square ended one - hate mummy bags
nice and roomy
no need for one of the hood things
fully unzippable
suitable for may to sept camping
willing to pay up to £30 (is that enough - ages since we bought our double for £15!)
We have used the coleman hampton (single and double) and found them very snug - priced around 29.99 (so just in budget). Meets all your requirments I think
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My wife uses an , wider than normal (100cm) so roomy, very warm, but a bit over budget. But you might be happier with a smaller or thinner bag (SWMBO is a cold sleeper, i'm quite a warm one and don't need such a wwarm bag). she has been very happy with it.
The Contour bags would be in your price range - The Contour 1900 is the same warmth, but a bit narrower and shorter. Ditto the contour 1500 which has a lighter weight of fill.Outwell Camper Lux
The Snugpak Navigator is our best selling sleeping bag and would be an excellent choice for you.
Nice and warm with an india cotton lining and only £21.95 plus P&P.
My wife and I also use them ourselves and definitely recommend them.
May I be cheeky and suggest looking at the Tesco rectangular sleeping bags? We've got a pair of these, (although we use them as singles when our son and DIL are using the rear double bed in our tin tent and we don't bother making up the humungous double in the front for ourselves), and while you may say that we can't possibly know if they'd be warm enough under canvas...trust me....they can and are, we're often trying to clamber out of ours when we use them inside the tin tent in only mild weather!
We got ours in place of a bad buy of two awful Mummy bags which we only suffered for one holiday and hated every minute of them and hubby couldn't even bear being inside his and just opened it as much as it would allow and laid it over the top of him with various body parts not being covered! Wasn't a nice view.
It might be worth giving Tesco a butchers? Sorry but I don't know what the weight of them is but they did say on the label that they're two season ones if that's any help.
Quote: Originally posted by scrumble on 05/8/2009
My wife uses an , wider than normal (100cm) so roomy, very warm, but a bit over budget. But you might be happier with a smaller or thinner bag (SWMBO is a cold sleeper,
If your wife is a cold sleeper she might need to think about a smaller bag rather than a larger one. Oversized bags (compared to body size) leave you trying to warm up cold air which is pretty tricky. A more compact bag might be better.
I've replaced my bag with a Coleman Elle this year, having spent over an hour in the camping shop climbing in and out of bags to see how they fitted. I was amazed at the difference in sizes, some are very much sized for skinny boy climbers and others are huuuge!
Quote: Originally posted by PigletandTigger on 05/8/2009
Quote: Originally posted by scrumble on 05/8/2009My wife uses an , wider than normal (100cm) so roomy, very warm, but a bit over budget. But you might be happier with a smaller or thinner bag (SWMBO is a cold sleeper,
If your wife is a cold sleeper she might need to think about a smaller bag rather than a larger one. Oversized bags (compared to body size) leave you trying to warm up cold air which is pretty tricky. A more compact bag might be better.
In theory yes, in reality - nope BTDTGTTS :-)
She used to use a smaller bag (of one sort or another including my 4+ season mummy bag) but she was never happy with them.
She does however love her current one and finds it the warmest and most comfortable she has had.
I too am looking for a sleeping bag. I bought one and found that I was so constricted, that I had to sleep with the zip open. The chest width was 78cm.
So, I now realise that I need something with a much more generous chest measurement to stop feeling claustrophobic. Anyone else had the same problem?
I don't mind the mummy in principal, so long as the chest gives me space. The Outwell Camper Lux seems a good choice (thanks Scrumble), but are there any other recomendations?
I'm a 6ft bloke, so need reasonable length, am using it under canvas, at least 3 seasons. Budget is not the limiting factor - it's finding a well made bag with enough chest room.
I have been using a SnugPak Merlin Softie 3 for the last 5 years, it is a great bag, packs real small, and my main use is when I go cycle touring, this year I treated myself to the "Expanda Panel", which is a zip in panel, and what a difference, feels like I am sleeping in a four poster now!.
I got a nice Vango Horizon from Millets £29.99 instead of £59.99 But it's a Mummy bag but they did have square end ones on offer too I just didn't look too closely as I wanted a mummy style
That Snugpak expanda panel looks very good (other manufacturers should follow their lead), and I like the Snugpak range. Vango seems to be a good name too.
Thanks to both of you. (This site with its message boards are so helpful!)
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Topic: I NEED A NEW SLEEPING BAG
