General Discussion / Re: best sleeping bag for bike packing?
« on: October 03, 2019, 01:11:17 pm »Wilderness Logics had some good prices on top quilts. They have cheaper ones than this, but this is a -18°C, 900fp goose down quilt!!just an update to this old thread:
http://wildernesslogics.com/TOP-QUILT-THE-ZERO-ZQ.htm
UGQ also makes great gear, but it's $100 more than you want to spend
http://undergroundquilts.com/renegade/default.html
I have the 0°F version of this, overstuffed by an extra 5oz, toasty warm
If you're not used to quilts, many backpackers use them (rather than a sleeping bag) with a thermal pad to save weight and money, the thought being that your weight compresses the insulation to uselessness anyway, so why carry (or pay for) ineffective insulation? I mention this, because the width you choose should be enough to just wrap around each arm and tuck under you to stop drafts
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Marty, the man behind Wilderness Logics, passed away earlier this year, so unfortunately, no more new gear from him, but there's still the option of finding some of the gear he made, used, in the "for sale" section of various outdoor related forums, such as Hammock Forums.
just an FYI: Many of the vendors that can be found on Hammock Forums don't only make ultralight gear for hammocks. For example, tarps and top-quilts can be used for ground sleeping as well as hammocks, And Dutchware Gear sells titanium and plastic hardware, Amsteel rope and other Dyneema and Kevlar products etc as well as backpacking food and DIY materials and kits
Dutch and his wife are also cyclists, so I've been trying to convince him to add a line of cycling gear... if he sees enough community support he probably will.
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