RE: [Paddlewise] Sleeping bags for kayaking

Wes-
You're right that the synthetic bags are bigger than down, but after
stuffing it into a stuff sack, I then use compression end caps to really
squash it up tight.  At that point, it easily slides down into the bottom of
a 20 dry bag.
Debbie Reeves
Sandy Hook, NJ
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> From: 	Wes Boyd[SMTP:boydwe_at_dmci.net]
> Sent: 	Sunday, January 24, 1999 11:05 PM
> To: 	paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> Subject: 	[Paddlewise] Sleeping bags for kayaking
> 
> OK, gearheads, here's something else to jabber about:
> 
> I recently decided that I needed to break down and get a new sleeping
> bag for kayaking; the old one I backpacked and car camped with for
> years has seen too many better days.
> 
> I'm undecided over whether to get a high-end synthetic bag, or a down
> bag. I know down goes away and hides when it gets wet, but it packs so
> much tighter than synthetic that it should be able to live in a drybag
> that will still go down the hatch of the boat. 
> 
> On the other hand, a high-end bag out of something like Quallofill will
> stay warm to some degree if it gets wet, and will dry more easily than
> down, but a Quallofill bag will take a huge drybag, and that drybag will
> be a bear in a small hatch.
> 
> The issue is nicely balanced in my own mind, but does anyone else have
> any ideas?
> 
> -- Wes Boyd
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