Brian Blankinship at Blankibr_at_aol.com wrote: >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? I had a Stephenson Warmlite sleeping bag for many years and loved it. The innermost layer of fabric was a vapor barrier material of some kind and I thought it worked really well. I'm a hot sleeper and usually sleep in just underwear, no shirt. Mostly bare skin against the innermost sleeping bag fabric. It can be a bit sticky/clammy on warmer nights. What I did when that happened was to open the bag until I got a bit "chilly," then zipped it up and didn't have any problems after that. Sort of aclimitized myself to the situation, I guess. Whatever, it worked. The vapor barrier keeps moisture from passing on out taking heat with it so makes the bag much warmer. I hate sleeping wearing clothes because it's so restricting. Hank Hays *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Oct 17 1998 - 09:12:49 PDT
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