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By Kate on December 4, 2013 10:01 PM | 8 Comments

Winter Sleeping Bag Temperature Ratings: Words of Warning

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OMMAG | December 4, 2013 10:47 PM | Reply

I inherited a Woods winter bag that was made in the 1950s.

It weighed over 40 pounds and had a down inner bag that slipped between the layers of the waxed canvas outer bag. The inside surface of the canvas was covered with wool blanket (very scratchy).

The whole thing was 7ft long when put together and the downside was the weight. Used properly it would protect you at any temperature.

Woods rated the bag at -60 f

Dystopian Optimist | December 4, 2013 11:38 PM | Reply

Best cold-weather sleeping bag I've ever seen is the Canadian military's arctic bag.

foobert | December 5, 2013 12:01 AM | Reply

This may be useful advice for the guy living in a teepee on the outskirts of Calgary in -20C temperatures.

Calgary blizzard and brazen mice put teepee life to the test

Ken (Kulak) replied to comment from Dystopian Optimist | December 5, 2013 12:20 AM | Reply

I agree.

minuteman replied to comment from Dystopian Optimist | December 5, 2013 6:13 AM | Reply

They work until you have to crawl out in the middle of the night to do sentry duty and then try and get back into them an hour later in a 10 man arctic tent in the dark.

anonymous coward | December 5, 2013 2:27 PM | Reply

tee-hee tee-pee dweller. youth is wasted on the ..oh nevermind.

eastern paul | December 6, 2013 1:26 AM | Reply

Enjoyed winter camping while a scout, years ago, yes.

Taught me a very important lesson: the only thing holding most of us back is listening to other people whining....

Rant off.

OMMAG | December 6, 2013 12:04 PM | Reply

After reading that article again I get the whole thing about male versus female ratings.

Wondering if the research included the apparent need to get up and pee 3 or four times a night, or menstrual cycles or menopause.

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OMMAG: After reading that article again I get the whole thing read more
eastern paul: Enjoyed winter camping while a scout, years ago, yes. Taught read more
anonymous coward: tee-hee tee-pee dweller. youth is wasted on the ..oh nevermind. read more
minuteman: They work until you have to crawl out in the read more
Ken (Kulak): I agree. read more
foobert: This may be useful advice for the guy living in read more
Dystopian Optimist: Best cold-weather sleeping bag I've ever seen is the Canadian read more
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