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Anyone got or use these Norwegian bags???
Me Norwegian mates really rate them very highly,and not just because they are Norwegians themselves either!
http://www.ajungilak.no/ajungilak/index.asp?sid=2
I had one, the Denali, but it just didn't *fit*, too long and not wide enough across my hips to turn inside easily. Son 1 nabbed it and laid claim, he says it's the best one he's ever used. If anything it's a bit warm.
cheers,
Toddy
I have got mine for some years now.
I have got the tyin winter. Great sleeping bag for in the arctic.
I also use it in Holland up to spring time. I also have a summer sleeping bag of ajungilak and a ajungilak compact. they are also both great to sleep in.
We can buy them tax free in Norway, that is why a lot of marines have got them.
tommy the cat
05-11-2007, 22:14
Me too my main winter bag at the mo cant remember the name of it at the mo. Had it over 20 years synthetic fill down to minus 20 allegedly ,is a bit large though.
dave
I have one in the loft, not sure which model though (black outer with a yellow/gold inner if that helps!) with a bust zip (am going to turn it into an underblanket one day!).
Used it in winter for about 10 years and always slept well!
On the down side (no pun intended) it has a synthetic fill and packs up large, even in a compression sac!
Simon
EDIT - have just checked - its a compact!:lmao:
Timinwales
05-11-2007, 22:23
Hi Clem,
Used an Ajungilak bag up until a few years ago absolutely cracking value for money, synthetic fill VERY warm but big pack size, My lad still uses it for a 2 to 3 season bag (originally a 4) not sure of the model but Kompac or similar sounds about right. Additionally if your a bit taller than average they actually fit!!!
cheers Tim
My brothers' unit gets issued them, and they spend a few weeks in Norway now and then!
Tor helge
06-11-2007, 09:35
I have both the Igloo and the Arctic version. Good sleeping bags both.
Nowadays the bags are not made in Norway, but rather in the east.
Even the company isn`t norwegian, it`s swiss.
The product range is a little different than before.
If the quality of these bags are like before I have no reason not to recomend them.
Tor Helge
You have 80% left of the quality.
Nowadays the bags are not made in Norway, but rather in the east.
Most sleeping bags are made "in the east".
Almost all brands have at least part of their production "in the east".
This can be seen as good and it can be seen as bad, but the fact remains.
Disregarding, I agree with your conclusion Tor: "If the quality of these bags are like before I have no reason not to recomend them."
/ Karl
gregorach
06-11-2007, 13:44
I've had a Kompact (the old 3 season one) for a few years - great bag, entirely happy with it. Well, for a synthetic...
Of thier bags the only experience I have is of the Tyin, it was a big bag, but having said that it was very warm. I do own a jacket that is made by them and I think it is pretty much my favourite piece of warm kit.
demographic
06-11-2007, 17:16
I have the Tyin winter bag.
Not the smallest pack down size but I have slept out in winter in a number of occasions when its been below freezing and have never been cold in it.
Had it since I was about 20 and am 35 now, it just gets occasional use but was well worth the £120 or so I paid in Survival Aids then.
For use in summer, I don't zip it up.
I've had a super kompac for over ten years now, it's that good i still prefer it to my v expensive tnf down bag i bought a few years ago to replace it (the cold rating when new was the same, yet the Ajungilak still seems warmer even thought it has a good ten years use). It is a bit bulky but i'd rather be warm and tired than lively and cold.
Baggins
My Tyin Winter just arrived this evening so I can't tell other than first impressions.
I was expecting a big pack size but I was still surprised how big it is. But I don't believe in miracle sleeping bags that are small, light, warm and last long so I am content with the size of this bag.
I like the color of the Tyin line.
The bag seems to be very well made.
Being a hammock user I'm using the "hammock through sleeping bag" method for bottom insulation and it is important that the bag is large enough to allow some movement, so I took the 2m size even if I am 1.8. I have enough room in this bag.
gerzson
Ajungilak is very popular in my outdoor-community. But Mammut bought it, and the quality changed! I loved this brand, have 3 of them (favourite: old "Tyin Elite", all olive, Pertex inner, no zip - a dream!). We tested the Ajungilak-Mammut bags and decided not to use them. The Material is different, cheaper; Ajungilak was state of the art once, now I would not buy an inlet with this name.
But there are still 10 or 20 years ahead with these wonderful old bags.
Ajungilak is very popular in my outdoor-community. But Mammut bought it, and the quality changed! I loved this brand, have 3 of them (favourite: old "Tyin Elite", all olive, Pertex inner, no zip - a dream!). We tested the Ajungilak-Mammut bags and decided not to use them. The Material is different, cheaper; Ajungilak was state of the art once, now I would not buy an inlet with this name.
But there are still 10 or 20 years ahead with these wonderful old bags.Damn,why has everything got to be made in China ect these days:(
Moving to China is not a problem in itself, but reducing quality of material and workmanship is.
Mammut is buying everything they can.
Sometimes nothing changes. For example the old "Biwell" shoe wax is still the same, only wrapped up different.
With Ajungilak it was different.
The german branch of Ajungilak, seated in Hamburg, designed the sleeping bags. And they where real experts. fantastic design and very high quality of the materials. The old lining, for example, made from Nylon and Viscose, was one of the best ever.
But Mammut bought the name "Ajungilak" and offered the folks from hamburg to move down south to their headquarter.
They refused.
And without the knowledge the brand Ajungilak took a dive. They are a little bit better now then in the beginning and thankfully they left some classics, like the Tyin, more or less unchanged.
But, as usual, they now offer every year a "new and improved" range of exactly the same stuff as the year before.
Thats the way to make money: lots more different models, change the appearance evry year, reduce quality gradually, have incompetemt hacks from outdoor magazines write favourable reviews.
Only people with a longer memory span will know the difference.