Re: [Paddlewise] Sleeping bag liners-VB

From: <Blankibr_at_aol.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 09:01:51 EDT
In a message dated 10/16/98 10:26:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
culpeper_at_loon.norlink.net writes:

> Although bag liners are terrific in the winter, I would suggest avoiding 
> cotton
>  ones.  You tend to blow off a lot of moisture even if you're just happily 
> lying
>  still all night long.  Moisture reduces the insulative value of the bag.  
> The
>  trick is to get the moisture to flow through the bag and out into the
>  atmosphere, rather than have it in your bag.  Thus anything absorbant, be
it 
> the
>  inner liner, the bag, or the outer liner, is not a great idea for the
winter.
> 
The other side of this spectrum is to use a vapor barrier.  I personally am
not a fan of the idea but I confess I have not tried it.  The idea is to keep
the moisture around your skin causing your body to stop producing moisture.
Personally I don't think it would be a comfortable way to sleep.   Anyone with
practical experience care to comment?

Brian Blankinship
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