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Washing and Maintaining a Sleeping Bag by Roger Caffin |
Topic: Sleeping bags |
| This is important. When you sleep you do put some sweat and dirt onto the sleeping bag liner, but you also put a whole lot of sweat into your sleeping bag. I believe you can lose up to a litre of water each night this way, although most of it will be in your breath. You bag will slowly get damp, and... |
| Published: Sunday 21 November, 2010 |
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One Bag, or Two? Summer Bags by Roger Caffin |
Topic: Sleeping bags |
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| Published: Sunday 21 November, 2010 |
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Liners and Pillows by Roger Caffin |
Topic: Sleeping bags |
| It isn't all that often that you have a good hot shower before getting into your sleeping bag. In fact, sometimes you may even be just a little dirty, sweaty and smelly. Without some precautions, your bag is going to get dirty and sweaty and smelly too. On the other hand, washing a sleeping bag is n... |
| Published: Sunday 21 November, 2010 |
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Compression Sacks by Roger Caffin |
Topic: Sleeping bags |
| A down sleeping bag is a very large thing when spread out. To get it into your pack you have to stuff it into a bag, often called a stuff or compression sack. The name comes from the compression straps most makers put around the cover sack they supply: you stuff your sleeping bag into this large cov... |
| Published: Sunday 21 November, 2010 |
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Zippers by Roger Caffin |
Topic: Sleeping bags |
| Getting into a conventional sleeping bag with no zips is just too hard. You need a zip down to the waist level. But beyond this is another matter. There is a marketing message aimed at the young that having a full length zip means you can zip two bags together. A great idea at first glance, but in r... |
| Published: Sunday 21 November, 2010 |
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Baffles and Baffle design by Roger Caffin |
Topic: Sleeping bags |
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| Published: Sunday 21 November, 2010 |
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Hoods - a better way to use them? by Roger Caffin |
Topic: Sleeping bags |
| You can lose up to 80% of your body warmth through your head. Come what may, frost bite and the rest, your body will keep your head (and the grey matter inside it) warm. If that means stopping the blood flow to your feet so they get frostbite, so be it. You can be standing out there in a gale, shive... |
| Published: Sunday 21 November, 2010 |
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Sleeping bag Fabrics & Fill by Roger Caffin |
Topic: Sleeping bags |
| The filling in a good sleeping bag is either down, which in the good Australia brands ranges from good to very good, or a synthetic such as Qualofill or Polarguard. The filling in cheaper sleeping bags is usually a cheaper synthetic, and once again ygwypf. We won't mention the venerable kapok from t... |
| Published: Sunday 21 November, 2010 |
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Sleeping Bag shapes by Roger Caffin |
Topic: Sleeping bags |
| Mummy: Shaped like an Egyptian mummy, with a zip down the side. The shorter the zip, the better: less weight and less heat loss. Usually designed for the coldest conditions, snow and ice, and with a good hood and neck muff. Australian mummy designs have more sideways leg room than American ones, whi... |
| Published: Sunday 21 November, 2010 |
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Sleeping bag basics by Roger Caffin |
Topic: Sleeping bags |
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| Published: Sunday 21 November, 2010 |
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