Cheap MEC Sleepin Bag

[Fence_Sitter]

i have that bag and it was the greatest purchase i have made...i use it for nearly everything...unless it is REALLY cold...buy it

[Bronco]

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Originally posted by Dru:

... so i dunno about heavy,

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I was comparing it to 20 degree (F) down bags from Western Mountaineering, ID, FF, Moonstone, etc. It's heavier than those, but, for the beer I can buy with the money I save, I won't worry about the extra few oz and I have a winter bag anyway. Can I say, Holofil sucks.

 

Thanks for the info dru and fs.

 

[ 09-27-2002, 01:19 PM: Message edited by: Bronco ]

[Dru]

lets see 20F =?C

 

so we take the equation t©*9/5+32 = t(f)

 

20-32 = -12

-12*5/9 = -6.67

 

So the -7 is a smidgen warmer hence the extra weight.

 

You could also chreck out Taiga Works down the block from MEC if youre in town - they are run by a crazy Nazi guy and have fully weird, strange staff that try and sell you books on how to cure AIDS with prayer , but they make some nice down gear, generally pretty close (a few $ either way) to MEC pricewise.

[Fence_Sitter]

one thing about the MEC bags though...is taht the taffeta? is pretty weak...but i haven't had a problem...but i dont "pound" in my bag...so that cuts down the chance of bustin the seams..

[Bronco]

Anybody know anything about these:

 

http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=15633&bmUID=1033063952118

 

Looks like a good deal (hell, a great deal) for a decent sleeping bag. It's slightly on the heavy side, but it would be a major improvement over my kelty holofil 5 year old shiver sack.

 

Anybody know of any drawbacks to this particular bag?

[Dru]

Dats what I got, it is lighter than my -20 BAg so i dunno about heavy, great bag for 3 season mountaineering, for sleeping outside in the Rockies in January you need something warmer though, like my -20 bag and two overbags and a whole lotta stupidity (but Fred was feeling cheap so we couldnt stay in the hut)

 

Only disadvantage was that I had to use seamsealer on some (2) tiny non-downproof sections of the stitching that occasionally puffed feathers.

 

[ 09-27-2002, 12:52 PM: Message edited by: Dru ]