[pct-l] Heavier Sleeping Bag versus Lighter Sleeping Bag & Extra Clothing

[Scott Williams]

Several people did just that John.  Milk Sheik and Cliff Hanger, and Little
Engine and Plain Slice to name a few.  They just liked being in clean
clothes at night.  Must be a couples thing.  I just wore my very light
weight nylon pants or down pants for the really cold places.  Needless to
say, the bag was filthy when I got home.

Shroomer

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM, John Abela <abela at johnabela.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I just want to thank everybody that has joined in on this discussion
> of heavier bags verses bags+clothing.
>
> While it got a bit side-tracked with the topic of silk liners, I think
> for the most part is showed that the vast majority of those who shared
> their thoughts felt it was better to go with a lighter weight sleeping
> bag and augment additional warmth with clothing. What also came out of
> the discussion was that the vast majority of us target the 20-degree
> mark as the sweet-spot for sleeping bags (+clothing).
>
> Based on a ton of private email I got the vast majority of hikers out
> there are using these three sleeping bags:
>
> Marmot Helium (15F / -9C)
> Western Mountaineering UltraLite (20F / -7c)
> MontBell U.L. Super Spiral Hugger #1 (15F / -9C)
>
> So even though the majority of those who responded are already using
> 15 or 20 degree bags they still indicated that they liked lighter bags
> with layering of cloths. Makes one wonder if this is an indication
> that they are wishing that they went with lighter bags from the get-go
> and instead took more clothing, or if they really do love their 15/20
> bags and just feel the need to have the ability to get down to the 10
> or 15 range. Another interesting bit of response I got back was that
> while the vast majority of people said that they preferred using silk
> liners, almost nobody that responded indicated they did so to gain the
> extra warmth that a silk liner is suppose to gain you, rather the vast
> majority of hikers are using them to help keep bags clean. While on
> the other side of that, only two people that responded said they took
> dedicated 'sleeping cloths' and thus never had the need to worry about
> their bag getting dirty. This raises the interesting question of
> whether it makes more sense to have some super light weight clothing
> (perhaps something along the lines of 150gram superfine merino wool
> tops, bottoms and socks) that could be dedicated for sleeping and in
> using while washing your other cloths, rather than going with a silk
> liner.
>
> I hope this discussion has given some of you out there some things to
> think about.
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