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wareagle69
09-08-2007, 10:32 AM
what type of sleeping bag does everyone use FVR you are excluded from this survey since i know u use a wool blankey

eddiec
09-08-2007, 10:41 AM
I have a cheap, but decent 3 season bag, I think, with a 20 degree rating. It's a little heavy at 3.5 lbs, and I also have an arctic mummy bag that my brother gave me when he got out of the Marines. This bag is rated at something like a ridiculous -40, and weighs a ton. I use it if I'm gonna do some serious winter camping.

U.S.Marine2111
09-08-2007, 11:56 AM
After reading a lot of reviews I ordered a Snugpak Merlin 3. I haven't used it yet though as I had it shipped home as I'm currently in the sandbox. If you do search "snugpak sleeping bag review" there are a few good links that will pop up.

FVR
09-08-2007, 12:44 PM
USMarine,

Have you been over to http://marines.togetherweserved.com/usmc/index.jsp

Come on over and visit.

U.S.Marine2111
09-08-2007, 03:05 PM
USMarine,

Have you been over to http://marines.togetherweserved.com/usmc/index.jsp

Come on over and visit.

Not yet, but I'll go check it out. I just got an invite from another Marine a few weeks ago. Thanks.

Sarge47
09-08-2007, 07:45 PM
I've got a half-dozen. Three military bags, from the large heavy one like what eddie C mentions to a lt. wt. military mummy bag that compresses down to a size about the size of a softball. :cool:

FVR
09-09-2007, 01:48 PM
Correction!

Wool blankey and a piece of canvas.

or

Mil. green wool blankey and my poncho.

So there.

owl_girl
09-09-2007, 02:22 PM
Once I slept outside with a thin cotton sheet and a beach towel. I don’t recommend it.

That was this year too.

Sarge47
09-09-2007, 02:59 PM
Once I slept outside with a thin cotton sheet and a beach towel. I don’t recommend it.

That was this year too.

That's because you didn't have a buddy to cuddle with, right?:rolleyes:

scabbyota
09-09-2007, 09:14 PM
Cabelas 10 degree I got about 20 years ago.Still a great bag.

owl_girl
09-09-2007, 09:46 PM
That's because you didn't have a buddy to cuddle with, right?:rolleyes:
Actually I did… but nothing weird lol, just keeping warm, you see me and my cousin who is also a girl btw ended up sharing the sheet because there weren’t enough sleeping bags to go around…no one else would share.

It was so cold I couldn’t sleep all night. It sucked…but I don’t regret going because other then that I had a lot of fun.

carcajou garou
09-10-2007, 01:48 PM
For hunting fall/winter use, Woods Fairbanks 9.5, summer: a Woods tapered 2.5 or an acrylic "indian" blanket or fleece wrap around.

Beo
11-01-2007, 02:57 PM
I still got my U.S.Army extreme cold weather sleeping bag that I use in the winter months (if my son don't take it from me) but spring, summer, and fall I don't use one. I use a U.S. Army shelter half to make hammock.

warman87
11-01-2007, 03:12 PM
I got a 0 degree mummy sleeping bag from a friend, anyone know how to fold that thing so it fits in my backpack? I'm trying to get it to at least no bigger then 12 inches, not having much luck lol

they sell compression bags for your sleeping bag at walmart if that helps if not
roll it up real tight and take some straps put them around the bag and strap it downn then atach it to your backpack

Beo
11-01-2007, 03:14 PM
As you roll it up push out the air, if that don't work then do as warman87 stated. It may just be too big to make 12 inches (that's what she said :D lol)

warman87
11-01-2007, 03:18 PM
np they are in the camping section and are cheap

MCBushbaby
11-01-2007, 03:36 PM
I have an old blue down sleeping bag from my folks many years ago. I don't know the brand but it's a mummy and looks like a Marmut. That's all I know. :)

sh4d0wm4573ri7
11-01-2007, 06:12 PM
I use 2 different mummy bags depending on expected conditions one is very light and down the other is quallofill and good to about 15'

swampyankee
11-01-2007, 07:47 PM
When I climb I usually carry a down bag (Western Mountaineering Apache) because it's light and compressible. The problem with down is that it's useless when wet (or even damp) so you have to be careful with it. When I drag a sled in the winter where weight and space isn't an issue I bring a -20 degree synthetic (Wiggy's Ultima Thule). I've used it down to -40 without a problem. It is heavy though (5 lbs) and doesn't compress worth a damn especially when it's cold.