Thread: Sleeping Bags

If you already have a bag, don't forget Twinneedle in Chch. For $150+- they will launder and add 100gms (thats heaps) of high quality down to your bag!

Originally Posted by MattyP

I went with an Exped Comfort 600 from Bivouac. -6 rating and full sized comfort while still packing down nice and small. Good bags are really expensive but I think I paid somewhere between 300-400 for it on sale.

My advice is to wait for a sale in NZ and buy local. Otherwise you will probably get hammered on duty and taxes if you buy a good one from overseas. Plus you can't hop in them and try them. Even after trying one I walked out with it (Exped Ultralite) - but I went back the next day and changed it for the Comfort after having another couple of goes in it at home. Was just too small for me to be comfortable.

My exact same experience, 'cept I got the 800, for $409.00 during a sale, good value I thought.

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Originally Posted by shift14

My exact same experience, 'cept I got the 800, for $409.00 during a sale, good value I thought.

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So the 800 is rated to what?
I looked at a few. Look good.


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Originally Posted by Danny

So the 800 is rated to what?
I looked at a few. Look good.


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-12. I thought it might be a bit warm as I use a downmat and sleep in clothes too.

They're really good - can sleep normally and not like a corpse with these really tight mummy bags.

Originally Posted by Danny

So the 800 is rated to what?
I looked at a few. Look good.


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I found the Bivouac brochure, -6C comfort, -12C men's extreme, 840 loft power, goosedown,1060gms

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Thanks. Look good.


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i bought one of these a couple months ago managed to get it for $500. i tested it in a few good frosts -4 and -5, slept in my undies in my tent in the backyard. packs down nice and small and is light as.

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Originally Posted by shift14

My exact same experience, 'cept I got the 800, for $409.00 during a sale, good value I thought.

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How big are these shift as I'm a big man and don't fit most of the mummy bags


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Originally Posted by southernredneck

How big are these shift as I'm a big man and don't fit most of the mummy bags


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I'm 6'1" ish and 92 kg, broad up top, plenty of room in it, hence the 'Comfort' tag. I got the long.
I'll dig up the brochure when I'm home for dimensions or you could google it and compare with yours.

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Cheers yep found the specs online I'll have to have a measure up when I get home


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Hiya. If in Auckland, try Doyles surplus stores. They often have good deals on serious camp gear.

Originally Posted by southernredneck

How big are these shift as I'm a big man and don't fit most of the mummy bags


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I'm 6ft 2 and 100kg's. Pretty broad. I fit easily in the Exped comfort, with a lot of shoulder room. The other lightweight bags I tried all drove me nuts and I couldn't even get my arms down along my sides in most cases. Not that I sleep like that, but it's good to be able to move around. It packs a fair bit larger than their lightweight offering, but still squashes down really good.

Yeah I'm the same I borrowed my brothers Kathmandu one for a overnight trip to see what it was like and had to leave it half undone just to get in it and ended up freezing all night
I've got an old fairydown one that I've had for about 15 years and plenty big and warm enough but it takes up half the room in my pack


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I've got a Exped waterblock 1000 that I'm looking at getting rid of if anyone is interested?