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Sea Kayak Trips Bulletin Board
Sleeping bags for camping
Posted By: Wes Boyd
Date: Sunday, 24 January 1999, at 8:16 p.m.
OK, gearheads, here's something to jabber about:
I recently decided that I needed to break down and get a new sleeping bag for kayaking; the old one I backpacked and car camped with for years has seen too many better days.
I'm undecided over whether to get a high-end synthetic bag, or a down bag. I know down goes away and hides when it gets wet, but it packs so much tighter than synthetic that it should be able to live in a drybag that will still go down the hatch of the boat.
On the other hand, a high-end bag out of something like Quallofill will stay warm to some degree if it gets wet, and will dry more easily than down, but a Quallofill bag will take a huge drybag, and that drybag will be a bear in a small hatch.
The issue is nicely balanced in my own mind, but does anyone else have any ideas?
-- Wes Boyd
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