I may finally be catching up with Grant on the sleeping bag front. I’d long ago cast aside synthetic bags as bulky, heavy, and stinky after a wee bit of time. But after last year we had to wash my down bag (requiring us to do it at home without a dryer to avoid the scents inherent in laundromat machines) the process literally took weeks (granted it was a high humidity time of 80%+, rare in Colorado, so our timing was horrible). After all was said and done, I hadn’t gotten the hood quite right so it is lumpy and needing rewashing.
So it came time to get our ever-growing two eldest lassies new bags and pass on their kid bags to their sisters. Might as well get them an adult bag and let them grow into it. Down, per the above experience, is fussy and I don’t do well with fussy. We’ll try Wiggy’s. Yes they are bulky and they are heavier than a same rated down bag, but they do compress down amazingly well (get the “radial" stuff sack for easy lashing to your bike — it compresses into a tube rather than cube) and the weight is less an issue on the bike than in a backpack. Anyway, my lassies got the 20˚F bag on sale, and I got the two bag system (three bags when you double them up) which covers temps from 40˚, 0˚, and -40˚ (when combined). That’s an 80˚F temperature range. That’s a year-round bag system! Yowza! Anyway, bags arrived today. I washed them (to get the factory scents off) multiple times in the bath tub. They are already 90% dry, handing on the shower curtains for the last 10%. I am looking forward to putting these to the test, hopefully starting next week. But they seem hearty without being overly heavy, (down seems just plain delicate, especially around moisture). So far it looks like another example of a fantastic MUSA product that is high quality, crafted to last, and function regardless of conditions. We will see how the first year goes! Grin. With abandon, Patrick www.MindYourHeadCoop.org www.OurHolyConception.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
