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British Red
17-04-2006, 22:07
Need some help with sleeping bag systems...mainly becuase I have done the usual silly thing, seen something I liked and now can't find it again :o
What I was looking at was a nesting system of two synthetic bags. Not the ususual one bag in the other but properly zipped together so that they behaved as one bag. The price was around £250 for the full rig but IIRC it would go to about -30C. I seem to remember it was a Nanok set, could have been another make though
Can anyone help me out here with a reminder and a link if it rings any bells?
First to correctly respond wins the prize of being cleverer than me! :rolleyes: ;)
Red
Spacemonkey
17-04-2006, 22:20
Don't Snugpak do a Special Forces range which is two bags zipped into one with a central quick release zip? Inner bag is summer weight (read as naff all insulation...) and the other is a supposed 3 season. Two combined is an optimistic 4 season. About the right price too...
British Red
17-04-2006, 22:24
They do...close but no cigar...looked at that in my extended trawl of the net and thought...nah...thats only about the same as my Nanok Endurance -10....
Hmm did I dream it???
Thank you though oh bard of Llamedos
(I daren't call you or indeed anything a monkey after all)
Red
Spacemonkey
17-04-2006, 22:43
ok, it's the Carinthia sleeping bag system. It's in my USMC catalogue but not on the website. It is as you describe, supposedly good for -40 to -55 (doubtful me thinks, but might be??) and costs about £218
Howzat??
-Switch-
17-04-2006, 23:27
Red,
The only Nanok I can find that roughly fits your description is here (http://www.trekdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Endurance_Ran ge_19.html), although I suspect it's not what you were after. :confused:
You can really go to town with these though, and fit all 3 bags inside one another for a mega-sweaty, triple-layered cocoon of nausea-inducing heat!
You could probably use them in the deep Arctic and still find yourself waking up half way through the night to let the zip down a bit! :D
British Red
17-04-2006, 23:53
Switch,
That wasn't it but....ooooohhhhh SF-25 with an 0deg oversizes...hmmmmmm
Anyone tried a Nanok-25SF? I have a-10 anyway so I could build a sauna...
Actually its for my girlfriend who sleeps v cold compared to me!
Red
Emdiesse
17-04-2006, 23:54
Why are there not many modular systems about?
I was hoping to find one not long ago but of a resonable price.
British Red
17-04-2006, 23:55
ok, it's the Carinthia sleeping bag system. It's in my USMC catalogue but not on the website. It is as you describe, supposedly good for -40 to -55 (doubtful me thinks, but might be??) and costs about £218
Howzat??
Going to google up a Carinthia SM - cheers for the help
Red
There is this one http://www.wiggys.com/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=9 and theres an optional outer bag for a further $145 taking it to $495 but theres a sale on till end of april with 15% off sleeping bags.
Dave.
British Red
18-04-2006, 00:32
Cheers Dave - thats quite an interesting system - are there any UK stockists do you know?
Red
Not looked Red just I remembered comming across the system searching for steel water bottles a while back for someone wanting them to carry wine on camp outs. Also remember thats american so cold temp rating will be degrees f not c. Did a run through check out on the site with discount comes to £247 without shipping vat import dutes etc etc thats for sleeping bag and outer.
Dave.
bushtuckerman
18-04-2006, 01:26
That Wiggys bag...-60 :eek: :eek: damn that's warm.
don't mean to lower the tone here, but nanoks do zip together, that would save on the bulk of 3 sleeping bags carried between you on joint trips...
bikething
18-04-2006, 10:40
Was this the thread you were thinking of??/?
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=11569
HTH
Steve
Spacemonkey
18-04-2006, 18:56
I'm a very cold sleeper too, but i don't like carrying my big old Vango which is a truly hot bag yet weighs a ton, so I invested a princely sum on a Rab 400 Quantum Endurance http://www.completeoutdoors.co.uk/default.php?cPath=119_313_320 which is a down bag that is a genuine -5 comfort but packs up into a bag the size of a cotton wool roll. I tested it on Dartmoor at the weekend and it really was warm. First night was too hot as I was wearing leggings, wicking base layer and a couple of Merino wool tops. Next night I ditched the Merinos and was still very warm but tolerable to sleep. Each morning i awoke warm which is a first for me. If you really think the 400 is too cold then go for a 600. The Endurance models have the Pertex outer to keep water out, but the normal ones are considerably cheaper. £30 gets you a lightweight Sympatex bivvy bag from UCMC http://www.usmcpro.com/usmcgb/produit.php?PHPSESSID=e549a1b4 cb2476647a60affb4e04b2aa&reffourni=TC214&PHPSESSID=e549a1b4cb2476647a60 affb4e04b2aa which would save some dosh.
Like I said I'm a really cold sleeper and these bags solve that and are lightweight and compact. I would say the 400 plus the bivvy bag. I use mine in a hammock but i always carry a bivvy bag in case I can't put the hammock up and so I use it in the hammock as well just in case of water ingress. I really don't want a wet bag!