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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Different Factors Affecting the Choice of Sleeping Bags

By Chuck Bance


A sleeping bag is a main part of the camping journey. Your choice of coleman double sleeping bag could make the difference in between a good night's rest and several hours of damp, cold misery or in extreme conditions much worse. Therefore it's essential that you ask yourself as many questions as possible when you come to decide on the bag. This short article acts as a manual which will help you show main considerations and highlights and a few situation in which your bag would be especially essential.

The efficiency figure of the sleeping bag is usually dominated by the temperature ratings and as is unavoidable the comparison in between producers could be a little murky. It even gets more complex as the fact all of us have slightly more different need for insulation. The fairly warm sleeper often could get away with lighter bag where as other people might require 4 season insulation.

It's the main reason why it is important to treat all manufacturers' figures as a guide. So, if you are a warm sleeper probably you will be comfortable with a bag somewhere below its comfort rating but a cold sleeper would probably need a bag rated as little colder. The bags rated extreme by the manufacturer is commonly intended to show the minimum temperature at which an experienced user could use the bag to stave off hypothermia.

Apart from temperature, insulation and body metabolism there are other consideration which you should keep in mind. For instance wetness is usually a factor you need to consider when obtaining a sleeping bag. If you're intending to camp a number of days in wet climates, one way or another your bag is always likely to get moist. Therefore, here rises the question if you should select a down bag or a synthetic bag. One thing about down bag which you must always keep in mind is that if it gets moist its performance is seriously reduced. Nonetheless, synthetic bags will shed water and even if it gets moist will retain some insulating value.

Price is the final but not the last distinguishing element in between down and synthetic fills. Although there are elements like size and weight, price is something that may completely change people?s mind from buying or not buying the sleeping bags. Nonetheless, a down bag can cost around $100 more than an equivalent synthetic. This is further exacerbated by the fact that down requires specialist cleansing which may be pricey.




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