[pct-l] Sleeping Bag Ratings

[Bob Sartini]

So I guess the point is that if you are camping in 20 degree weather you can 
not expect a 20 degree bag to be warm unless the air is still AND you are on 
a pad in a tent. Is that what you mean? That the ratings are just some sort 
of vague guideline depending on this that and the other thing. Not like, 
say, shoe size?

So ... is a 20 degree bag good enough for the colder days on the PCT more or 
less with a lot of caveats. What degree bag would people bring?

"EVERYTHING is in walking distance,"
    ......Bamboo Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hannah Brewster" <hwb7285 at mac.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 1:32 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Sleeping Bag Ratings


> Sleeping bag temperature ratings are the lowest temperature at which
> you will be comfortable assuming you are INSIDE a tent and ON TOP OF a
> crash pad.  Some companies list temperature ratings from EN 13537 test
> which they uses in Europe.  They will list the comfort range, lower
> limit, and extreme limit for temperatures.  I know Marmot tests their
> bags this way and they have a pretty good explanation of it on their
> web-site.
>
> Hannah
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