Moondog55 wrote:It doesn't use good quality down and it is a small cut bag even in the Large size, it isn't EN tested and it is relatively heavy for the warmth provided and even at the sale price isn't exactly cheap.
I used to have a Travellite but that was 30 years ago, back then it used a 750FP down and was OK for hitch hiking and car camping but was never a bushwalkers bag.
As per the name it suits people who use hotels, hostels and boarding houses/B&B
Are you adverse to mummy bags?
ConnorH wrote:Pretty much what moondog55 said, but it may suit your purposes especially if you're not expecting to spend any time below 0 degrees and have found a good deal. This is reflected in the user reviews on their site. If you need a comfort rating below 0 degrees I'd go elsewhere - the specs (down fill rating and down weight) don't stack up for much colder than that IMO.
Moondog55 wrote:Funny isn't it how we have different opinions and feelings about certain styles and shapes of sleeping bags. I'm a side sleeper too and I can't stand sleeping in a flat envelope with all that weight on my feet.
No recommendations until we know Where When and What budget.
Whether you use clothing as part of your sleeping kit [ apart from winter weight base layer etc because that's how temperature ratings are taken] and if you sleep warm of cold. Age sex weight and height all have a bearing
What I might consider expensive but very good value you may think is over the top and exorbitant.
What I can say tho that my first sleeping bag cost me much more than a months wages when I was 17 and it took me almost a year to save for it, but it was a winter weight bag rated for snow and Alpine. At around -5C and when wearing base layers+sleeping socks and my beanie I find that I'm comfortable in either my Macpac Dragonfly600 Large or my One Planet Cocoon with 150 grams of added down in Large.
This is --- As per the testing standard-- inside my double skin tent or a big bivvy sack and with an appropriate thick mattress. The mat system should always be warmer than the sleeping bag in cold conditions.
It gets pretty cold in Queensland in winter when you're far to the West of the ranges, I've woken to ice in my billy many times, especially when living in The Alice
andrewa wrote:Light weight quality down quilt and a nice fat down sleeping mat. Looxury!
Moondog55 wrote:The ComfortLite is a good mat, I have one for the warmer times although I use mine over a light foam pad just to protect it from puncture.
Given your preferences for envelope style bags then the travel bags from Anaconda might be your only options to look at. There are many simple rectangular bags from China available via AliExpress but I have no experience with any of them
If that's your normal sleeping attire deduct about 5 C from a bags rating and the 500 would be OK at around +5C
At those temperatures I am using something like my S2S Traveller1 but adding as much clothing as I need if I get cold
Moondog55 wrote:The travellite is an envelope type bag [ that is it doesn't have a shaped footbox] and you mentioned having constricted feet so I was not sure what you meant. What you sleep in has a very real bearing on the bags lower limit; which is why the EN testing is standardised with the copper mannequin wearing that full winter base layer ensemble. A bag tested to 0C will be a 5C or even 8C bag when sleeping naked or with minimal clothing on.
Moondog55 wrote:Flat, whether tapered or rectangular.
You sound like a teenager, much higher metabolism then as the EN standard is a 25YO" standard" male, this is important because as you age past 35YO your metabolism drops and you need to 5C for every decade after 35YO, although there naturally exceptions this is a good general guide. I now need twice the sleeping bag I did at 35
My idea of Extreme Cold is an Arctic or Antarctic winter, -30 to -50C; although my coldest nites were a balmy -25C to -30C, it being very mild the winters I've spent in New York
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