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Sea Kayak Trips Bulletin Board
Re: Sleeping bags for camping
Posted By: Nick Schade In Response To: Re: Sleeping bags for camping (Larry C.)
Date: Wednesday, 27 January 1999, at 9:25 a.m.
> Ok, I guess I have to add my $.02. I have owned more sleeping bags in the
> last 30 years than I can count. I have made some observations over the
> years. Down bags are very difficult to get wet. down does not absorb water
> readily, try to submerge a down bag in a bathtub. It takes a long time to
> saturate the down. Try this with a synthetic bag. it is like a spounge,
> but some of the water does drain from its fibers quickly. Try sleeping in
> a wet synthetic bag and in a wet down bag, the synthetic bag drains all
> the water it has retained on to you. The down clumps and hold the water
> without draining, your body heat slowly dries both bags, but the down bag
> will be drier during this process.Remember that if a bag gets wet with salt water, it will not dry out until you rinse it with fresh water. Salt sucks up any humidity it is exposed to.
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