Sleeping bags...

[Pittpony]

Can anyone recommend a sleeping bag to me for use most of the year round?? I can spend up to around £50 if needs be, but that's my limit!!

 

Thanks!

 

Nick

[Apache]

Pittpony:

Can anyone recommend a sleeping bag to me for use most of the year round?? I can spend up to around £50 if needs be, but that's my limit!!

 

Thanks!

 

Nick

try this mate: maggotdrowning.com/forum/topic....ms=sleeping,bag

[Woodzzz]

I have the Trakker Big Z Snooze. £39.99.

 

MEGA bit of kit, huge thing, fleece lined and everything.

 

Keeps me toasty when it's cold and when it's warm i could wear shorts and tshirts. OR, jumper and tshirt and use it as a comfy mattress

[Dick Dastardly]

Undoubtedly the specialist mountainering type bags are the warmest but for fishing I would have too recomend a system I have used for over 30 years.The biggest problems with bags brought from a climbing shop or a tackle shop is that they are designed to be used zipped up!Not good practice for fishing.They also come in a wide range of "weights" ie for summer use or winter use.The system I use consists of a standard British Army issue bag and a lightweight bag (mine is once again army issue and is classed as a "middle artic bag" In the warm weather I lay the opened standard bag on my bed and lay the lightweight one over me as a quilt.Perfectly warm but dead easy to get to your rods.In colder weather I merely swap this set up over to the heavier bag on top.I have used this system from Spain in the summer to Sweden in the Winter.always been warm never had a problem hitting a bite.From surplus stores well within your price budget.If you want to zip up a sleeping bag then go camping not fishing.

[Lee-sox]

Budgie's advice is very good but i went for the british army Arctic mk2 sleeping bag with the waterproof overwrap.

 

Never been cold in it once and you can sleep in the open in torrential rain if you want and still be warm and dry.

 

it also has rip zips that come open very easily, i got mine from a surplus store for 35 quid. Bargain :cool:

[Steve Burke]

I go along with Budgie's system. Two lighter coverings are much more versatile than 1 heavy one which is too warm in hot weather. (For the same reason I don't have lined waterproof clothing but lightweight 2 piece waterproofs and a 2 piece fleece.)

 

My choice is a cheap 2 seasons bag from Milletts plus a JRC sheepskin bedchair cover, which is both waterproof and breathable. (If I were to camp out in winter I'd take a heavier bag or possibly try an extra 2 seasons one.) Like Budgie I don't use a zip when I'm fishing and often lie on one of the above.

 

Sometimes on cold nights I'll climb into the bag and zip it up, but this isn't a problem for me as I don't fish then. Instead my rods come in so that I get an undisturbed night's sleep and I'm fresh for a dawn feeding spell. I don't want to be woken up at 2am by a fish - whatever the size!

 

I also like a double zip so that you have the option of having the side of the bag closed but the bottom left open. If your feet get too hot it seems uncomfortable no matter what the temperature of the rest of your body.

[Peter Sharpe]

I have a black, self inflating mattress that fits my bedchair (£8.99 Lidl special offer), and instead of a sleeping bag I use a high tog single duvet (Co-Op, about 6 quid). I had to buy a green cover of course, but it came with a green pillow case that the duvet can be packed inside. This is fine until the first frosts, and then I just put a cheap Millets bag (£9) opened out on top of the duvet. This is wonderfully comfortable and you can roll out very easily. I don't go fishing in bitterly cold weather, because as Steve says, I wouldn't want to get out for a fish of any size in those conditions. The mattress makes a huge difference and I would never be without one now. It's important to inflate them as little as possible to do the job. You would probably find that one of the thicker foam camping mats would do a similar job, and make a big difference in stopping the cold getting to you from underneath. I used to have trouble sleeping when fishing, but with the present arrangement I now feel more comfortable than in my bed. I also would never zip a bag up.

 

[ 18. September 2003, 09:18 PM: Message edited by: Peter Sharpe ]

[Rogerb]

Bulster:

 

Never been cold in it once and you can sleep in the open in torrential rain if you want and still be warm and dry.

 

:cool:

How can you sleep in the rain and not get wet? I mean even with a pull cord at the top some will still get in???

 

I'm asking this from a position af absolute ignorance!!!

[brad]

i bought a new 5 season bulldog bag last week for £45 brilliant bit of kit.it comes with another bag to slip over the summer one and rated down to minnus 20

[richiew]

Definately the Trakker Big Snooze. Excellent value for money.