Thread: Compact gear

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Milk is not supposed to come from nuts man

What type of milk are you referring to?

Nut juice

Mont bell #3, stoney creek glasnock, stoney creek puffer


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Cheers

On a side note how do you find the puffer?

@gimp & @gadgetman

Are those Macpac puffers any kind of tough? And what about rain, do you need to get a shell over them quickly or can they handle quite a bit?

yep stoney creek one all good, i have a sitka one aswell and seem to wear the stoney creek one, the sitka cut is abit different, its warm enough for winter tops, and small enough to chuck the tahr anorak or glasnock over the top, but id choose my good macpac one for serious mid winter trips only because its warmer, the macpac is certinally more bulkier - i see they dont sell my model of macpac anymore but it was the top one when i bought it

nah they're thin nylon and would be shit in the rain - but it's not meant to be rain wear

I've got one of these coming @longrange308

Only 200 grams & DWR treated down so it's pretty waterproof.

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@Smiddy which montbell do you have? How have you found it for warmth?

Originally Posted by longrange308

@Smiddy which montbell do you have? How have you found it for warmth?

That one in pic is a mont bell #3, OK down to zero or so, tarns were iced in morning, that's just with a foam mattress, did get the shivers abit but that was only sleeping in my jocks, chuck the down jacket on and my longjons and warm
Have slept in the landsbrough in it late May and warm with down jacket and a down filled mattress thingy

My other one I take is mont bell #0 but a lot bulkier- nice and warm......

My feet get very cold in both bags, I think that's because I'm taller and they touch the end.

If your a bigger fella you may struggle with the mummy shape of the #3... It certinally hugs your body and I busted the zip on my first trip trying to stretch out abit

A good quality mattress accounts for a lot and at current am using a foam because my neoair is full of leaking patches so am loosing a fair bit of warmth out the bottom

Sorry for long winded reply @longrange308


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cheers for the reply,just the kind of helpful answer I needed,
I'm using a winter lite Mat which ads a lot of warmth and my current down bag is too warm with it and takes up more room than it needs too

@longrange308
Montbell #o and Macpac puffer vs mont bell #3 and stoney creek puffer

Am about to head to tops and thinking of taking the warmer option




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@Smiddy been doing similar my nice new wear on earth vest has had to be replaced wih a proper full armed downie... It's getting chilly out folks

They are compact, my current bag is about the size of the #0 but is nowhere near a 0'f bag