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Sleeping bags Mountain Warehouse

  • 10-01-2020 12:14pm
    #1
    Kraft.l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 260 ✭✭


    Hey, I'm on a budget and I'm looking for a sleeping bag for the winter, I've seen some sleeping bags in Mountain Warehouse, anyone have any experience with them, what are they like?


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  • #2
    iwillhtfu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,373 ✭✭✭iwillhtfu


    Kraft.l wrote: »
    Hey, I'm on a budget and I'm looking for a sleeping bag for the winter, I've seen some sleeping bags in Mountain Warehouse, anyone have any experience with them, what are they like?

    Mountain warehouse in general is cheap and cheerful similar to regatta nothing particularly wrong with either. I wouldn't want to go cheap on a bag in planning on using for winter and if you do at least get yourself a liner.

    What's your budget and is packed size important?


  • #3
    Kraft.l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 260 ✭✭Kraft.l


    iwillhtfu wrote: »
    Mountain warehouse in general is cheap and cheerful similar to regatta nothing particularly wrong with either. I wouldn't want to go cheap on a bag in planning on using for winter and if you do at least get yourself a liner.

    What's your budget and is packed size important?
    Have an elector woolen liner for €60
    Looking to spend €100.


  • #4
    Gorteen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭Gorteen


    Similar query here..... Any recommendations for a sleeping bag that folds up really small?


  • #5
    Rodin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Rodin


    Gorteen wrote: »
    Similar query here..... Any recommendations for a sleeping bag that folds up really small?

    A down sleeping bag.
    Summer bags will fold up smaller because there's less to them.

    The warmer the bag, the bigger the bundle


  • #6
    Gorteen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭Gorteen


    Rodin wrote: »
    A down sleeping bag.
    Summer bags will fold up smaller because there's less to them.

    The warmer the bag, the bigger the bundle

    Can you recommend a bag? Or a website?


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  • #7
    iwillhtfu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,373 ✭✭✭iwillhtfu


    Gorteen wrote: »
    Can you recommend a bag? Or a website?

    What is you main requirement warmth or pack down size?

    Take a look at the aegis max on ali express there are two versions one packs down very small and a 2 season the other is a little larger and more a 3 season.

    If it matter the down is probably a million miles from ethically sourced and delivery is very slow at the minute with covid so probably one for autumn or next year.

    I have a robins serac 300 which I use most and is a great bag but not particularly small pack size. The aegis I use for bike packing and it's great although no hood on it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrahzrY-Www


  • #8
    tphase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭tphase


    Gorteen wrote: »
    Can you recommend a bag? Or a website?
    https://rab.equipment/uk/ascent-300
    very light, very small pack size


  • #9
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,788 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    When considering down sleeping bags or clothing, please seriously consider staying away from the budget manufacturers and consider doing the decent and responsible thing to buy ethically sourced down

    https://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/ethical-down-i395


  • #10
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,077 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    tphase wrote: »
    https://rab.equipment/uk/ascent-300
    very light, very small pack size
    With all due respect, that is not a winter bag.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #11
    tphase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭tphase


    Esel wrote: »
    With all due respect, that is not a winter bag.
    absolutely true, it's an answer to this question
    Gorteen wrote: »
    Similar query here..... Any recommendations for a sleeping bag that folds up really small?


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  • #12
    figleaf25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭figleaf25


    Buying synthetic will save you a lot of money (it'll be heavier than down, but also more hydrophobic). Reputable brands that I would recommend - from personal experience with their bags - would be:


    RAB Westcomb Sierra Designs Big Agnes Marmot Western Mountaineering


    There's tons of good stuff out there, look at REI, Moosejaw, or Backcountry.com, and read reviews on bags that interest you.



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