[pct-l] Sleeping Bag advice

[msaenz at mve-architects.com (Mike Saenz)]

I swear by my Sierra Designs Van Winkle Flex.
The `wink has a spandex-like thread that's stitched across and around the bag that flexes out to a 72" shoulder girth! (ooooooo.....)
If you don't sleep with your arms over your head and your elbows out, it snugs back into you to keep the airspace minimal (Ahhhhhhh...)
At 3 lbs 6oz. It's on the weightier side of you crazy thru hikers' ultralight bags, but then, I pack a 2" thermarest with a chair kit...
Oh, and it's a 15 degree bag.
Alas, they stopped selling these bags, but I've seen `em on e-bay (why anyone would give one up is beyond me...)

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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Justin Thibault [mailto:jjthibault_23@hotmail.com] 
Sent:	Friday, March 12, 2004 3:12 PM
To:	pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject:	[pct-l] Sleeping Bag advice

I don't think my 6-year-old Ferrino synthetic is gonna make it, so I need to 
get a new bag for this year's thru hike--down, 20 degree give or take.  Cost 
is an issue (as I tearfully wave goodby to Western Mountaineering) and I'm 
currently checking out the following:
Marmot Sawtooth 15/20deg, on sale for $170
Moonstone Lucid 800 20deg, $230
Kelty Quasar Ultralite 25deg, $180
Any thoughts on the suitability of these bags for the PCT?  Satisfied 
customers?  The Sawtooth is a couple ounces shy of 3lbs, Kelty a bit over 2, 
Moonstone a bit under.  And is it worth melting my credit card for the 
sacred Western Mountaineering Ultralite 20deg, for $280?
Grateful for any ideas...

JJ

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