My husband sleeps cold and I sleep hot. At home I have a 4.5tog kingsize duvet over both of us and he has a 9tog single as well. I try to keep our bedroom at 19/20 degrees.
For camping he wants to get a double sleeping bag, but I like a duvet cos of the room to move about. His argument is that a sleeping bag is designed for outdoor use so would be warmer top and bottom. My main reservation for a double sleeping bag is that if it's not wide enough to tuck in around both of us there will be a gap down the middle to let cold air in. We both want something double so we can still spoon to sleep!
It's a lot of money to waste if it doesn't work for us. I'm looking for any experiences, tips or suggestions please?
Just got some sleeping bags as ours were old , plus was using a duvet , just takes so much room in the car with duvet ... New bags are superb , bought a double plus a single for our son ... We don't need anything else now ... These are all season , there not that thick tbh but are excellent and warm ...
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We prefer duvets, mostly due to the fact you can easily wash the covers. You can't wash a double sleeping bag so easily and liners seem to get a bit twisted.
If you definitely want the sleeping bag option, maybe it's worth getting 2 x singles (one left side zip, one right side) and joining them together to make a double. You can then unzip your side (and the bottom edge) if it gets too hot, and make him sleep in his own bag if that's still not a comfortable temperature!
Normal duvet for us - a slightly thicker one than we normally use at home was perfect. Also for storage in transit we used a stuffsack which compressed the duvet down to the same size as two sleeping bags.
On our first camping trip we used two single sleeping bags which zipped together but found that there was indeed a gap down the middle which let the cold air in, feet got tangled up with the bottom of the bag because we're used to being able to stick them out (and half asleep you can't work out why you can't lol), the bag itself twisted around during the night so that one of us ended up laying ontop of the zip which mean having to disturb the other person if one of you want to get out.
I don't like being tucked in tightly, and that's what sleeping bags do. Plus we stick together if it's hot. So we use a duvet (from the house, tog chosen to suit the weather) plus a king sized duvet as an inner that acts as a sheet that can get washed, open end at the pillows. We just use that on its own in summer. The main issue is warm feet and a duvet is open at that end where a bag is zipped. So I tuck a blanket over. All adding bulk to transport however, easier in a motorhome than a car.
The washing point sells it all by itself! I really don't like the idea of sleeping in a grubby sleeping bag even if it is my own dirt . Space isnt too much of an issue cos i just bought a large roofbox. Thanks for all who replied I'm going to dig my heels in and stick to my duvet with maybe a single spread out for underneath.
On the rare occasion we stay in a hotel, the first thing I do is make sure nothing is tucked in. Sheets, duvets, whatever, I can't stand being tucked in... and yet, here I am, hooked on camping, and hooked on the sleeping bags we use. Rectangular rather than mummy type, admittedly, but a sleeping bag nonetheless.
They're spacious enough not to feel trapped or hemmed in (900mm wide). Heavy enough to feel like a duvet. Never got entangled in them.. Never failed to roll over. Absolutely no more restrictive than the duvet we use at home. They have a removable fleece liner (not that we remove it LOL!) and is classed as "5 season". They can be joined together to make a double (At least a king size, I'd say).
We use ours on standard camp beds, which I believe are around 650mm wide (?) so there is a considerable overhang down each side of the bed. Maybe, if you were that way inclined, you could bunch it up a bit so you can tuck yourself in each side (including the middle of a double) but being fleece lined, with good zip baffles, and in our case being on SIMs on camp beds, we've never felt a draught down the middle... or the outside edge, for that matter!
They're also on the long side, and have the brucey bonus of fleece ear muffs!
Just to point out, these are designed for fishermen, sleeping out in a bivvy, or under a tarp (They are "Peachskin" waterproof too), exposed to the cold, if not the rain, so I guess that's why they are so warm, cosy, and draught free?
Only downside? Rather big and bulky when packed, so best get an MPV!
I really couldn't rate these any higher. Since we started camping in 2012 (and continued all year round), these are one of the few items we haven't even considered replacing!
Like Mucker, I too hate being tucked in when in a hotel bed, and have to pull the sheet/duvet etc. loose.
No surprise to say I do not like sleeping bag and prefer duvet.
And I do not particularly like to share a duvet with anyone due to the draughty gap in the middle - two singles for good night's sleep I'd say.
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Topic: Double sleeping bag vs duvet
. Space isnt too much of an issue cos i just bought a large roofbox. Thanks for all who replied I'm going to dig my heels in and stick to my duvet with maybe a single spread out for underneath.
