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Rectangular or wide Down sleeping bag for under £200. Does it exist ??
I'm looking for new Three-Season Down sleeping bag. But a wider one.

I've got a good down one but it's mummy shaped and I hate to feel constricted.

You can buy extra wide sleeping bags but they're all Synthetic. Too bulky.

A few specialist company's make extra wide down bags because they're designed to accommodate clothing. But they cost £500 plus !!

Buying a 'double' sleeping bag is massively over-kill too. Hardly a good pack size for a bike.

You can buy decent down bags for £200 but it seems no-one makes one that isn't like a sardine can..

Big Agnes seem to make them but they're expensive...

Anyone have any ideas ?

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I might have found one...

Mountain Equipment Titan 425 WR XL


£130.

Pack size isn't the smallest at 17x29cm
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The picture that Google found for me looks ok around the shoulders but typically ME, it constricts quite a bit around the legs. For me that would rule it out. I can't sleep in bags like that as I end up with "leg claustrophobia". I need to be able to move my legs independently even if it's only a little bit and one of their early "constrictor" bags is the only decent quality sleeping bag I've sold on quickly.
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Yeah... The Titan range from Mountain Equipment are meant to be more roomy. Around 78cm at the shoulders and 60 at the feet. I hate feet claustrophobia too...

Big Angus bags are huge but the pack size is insane..

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Worshipping at "The Shrine" (MEC) is always a good place to look. CAD priced, and a co-op to boot.

REI, approximate US equivalent. USD priced though.

Random regional manufacturers sometimes have some interesting offerings, eg. Taiga , Vancouver, B.C.
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hi ted is this any good?
Killarney Down | Robens
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Robens-Kil...25.m3641.l6368
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WOW !!

That looks great. It might be just the thing. I'll look into it a little more.

The packsize is a little bigger than the Mountain Equipment ones but the rectangular bags are the best for moving around in.

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Hi,

Im using this https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?i...otorreise08-21

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Its like a stick man's coffin hahaha.

Im torn between the two above. Packsize vs space !!

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Check out the gear swap on the MEC site, sometimes a deal is enough to make us accept less than optimally spec'ed gear. Especially for cheap bikers
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I switched to a sleeping quilt for the same reasons and have never looked back. I got a down 4 season one that clips around the sleeping mat from backpacking light. It is the same size as my exped synmat 9lw and gives me plenty of room and I am 6'2 and quite broad. Pack size is very small.

http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/ca...-56/XB105.html
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Sleeping quilt !!

That's EXACTLY what I need.

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That looks like a posh version of what I use in warm weather - a normal bed duvet pulled out of the back of the airing cupboard. You can get down filled ones cheaply from Aldi / Lidl / Ikea and just shove it into a £10 Lomo bag for transport. A small double bed size is about right for solo use - you can kick it off on warm nights or double it up in colder ones.
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That looks like a posh version of what I use in warm weather - a normal bed duvet pulled out of the back of the airing cupboard. You can get down filled ones cheaply from Aldi / Lidl / Ikea and just shove it into a £10 Lomo bag for transport. A small double bed size is about right for solo use - you can kick it off on warm nights or double it up in colder ones.

With a sewing machine it would be easy enough to fit a zip to make a rectangular duvet, and as BackofBeyond said, at a fraction of the cost of a camping "duvet".


Now, maybe a business opportunity! should I bring my sewing machine at the HU meeting in June?
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With a sewing machine it would be easy enough to fit a zip to make a rectangular duvet, and as BackofBeyond said, at a fraction of the cost of a camping "duvet".


Now, maybe a business opportunity! should I bring my sewing machine at the HU meeting in June?
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