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Wed 06 Jan, 2016 2:25 pm
A weeks wages before tax and deductions is still a weeks wages before tax
Re: Old bags vs new bags
Sat 09 Jan, 2016 5:26 pm
This thread prompted me to drag out my old sleeping bags (purchased 1978).
At 2kg, they are only used for car-camping now. Still in very good nick (had them cleaned by Remote Equipment Repairs in Melbourne some years ago) but they are very bulky. I can't believe I carried this bag on multi-day xc ski camping trips (along with heavy woollen clothing, japara jacket and o'pants and mess tins for cooking !) all in a Lowe Alpine backpack (long ago replaced by an Aarn pack).
The sleeping bag is a Relaxabout (Aust) brand with 2.5lb (1.2kg approx) duck down and seriously warm (my current bag is 900g and OK for me down to -5deg, with clothing). I've no idea what the temp rating of the old bag might have been at time of purchase (and no data on the net) but it's only in the last 10 years that any attempt at standardisation (eg EN13537) has been made. Even now, at best, temp ratings are a vague guide only.
At 2kg, they are only used for car-camping now. Still in very good nick (had them cleaned by Remote Equipment Repairs in Melbourne some years ago) but they are very bulky. I can't believe I carried this bag on multi-day xc ski camping trips (along with heavy woollen clothing, japara jacket and o'pants and mess tins for cooking !) all in a Lowe Alpine backpack (long ago replaced by an Aarn pack).
The sleeping bag is a Relaxabout (Aust) brand with 2.5lb (1.2kg approx) duck down and seriously warm (my current bag is 900g and OK for me down to -5deg, with clothing). I've no idea what the temp rating of the old bag might have been at time of purchase (and no data on the net) but it's only in the last 10 years that any attempt at standardisation (eg EN13537) has been made. Even now, at best, temp ratings are a vague guide only.
Exactly !Moondog55 wrote:Nothing at all wrong with the old tech stuff when compared to the modern gear; except the weight and packed bulk
Re: Old bags vs new bags
Sat 09 Jan, 2016 7:23 pm
bernieq wrote:Exactly !Moondog55 wrote:Nothing at all wrong with the old tech stuff when compared to the modern gear; except the weight and packed bulk
+2
Being an old bag myself, I'm very much biased in their favour.
Re: Old bags vs new bags
Mon 11 Jan, 2016 6:00 pm
Still using my Mont Constellation 800 I bought in 1991. I think it was about $270. Love it and will never let it go. And like another poster, I still have the brochure for it.
Re: Old bags vs new bags
Tue 08 Mar, 2016 1:47 pm
Having just used the MacPac escapade (edit: 150) (brand new) as a lightweight summer down bag in nz (Abel Tasman first week of Autumn) with a liner, I will definitely be using this inside my old 1991 mont constellation to upgrade it from a 3 to 4 season bag. Old + new = yay.
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Re: Old bags vs new bags
Tue 08 Mar, 2016 5:03 pm
I have an Escapade 700 that I have used down to just below freezing with snow settling overnight. Surprisingly I woke up lovely and warm!
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Re: Old bags vs new bags
Wed 16 Mar, 2016 10:39 pm
Nice thread
I still have my first proper sleeping bag; a -3 degrees Fairydown my Dad bought for me when we joined the Adelaide Bushwalkers when I was 14 in 1982.
It sheds the occasional feathers and would be too heavy for it's thermal capacity these days but it still does well as a car-camper or short walker when an extra bag is needed.
Steve
I still have my first proper sleeping bag; a -3 degrees Fairydown my Dad bought for me when we joined the Adelaide Bushwalkers when I was 14 in 1982.
It sheds the occasional feathers and would be too heavy for it's thermal capacity these days but it still does well as a car-camper or short walker when an extra bag is needed.
Steve
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