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 ?

Cheers, Ted

I might have found one...

Mountain Equipment Titan 425 WR XL


£130.

Pack size isn't the smallest at 17x29cm

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.

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.

hi ted is this any good?
Killarney Down | Robens
on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Robens-Kil...25.m3641.l6368
steve

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.

Thanks :thumbup1:

Hi,

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

Have fun :-)

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

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

Sleeping quilt !!

That's EXACTLY what I need.

Many thanks Dubber68 :thumbup1:

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? :innocent:

Hahai can see it now

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