Velcro® Zipper Help

**kayak karl** · 11-02-2008, 15:12

Originally Posted by warbonnetguy

a reg sleeping bag used as a quilt is almost too wide in a hammock. you could make it narrower (48-54" wide) and still use it on the ground with no trouble. just tuck the sides under your body just like you do in a hammock.

is it a full length zipper?

1 third zip

**kayak karl** · 11-02-2008, 15:24

Originally Posted by kayak karl

1 third zip

did some measuring. 56" at its widest pint and 36" at bottom. i picked bag with center top zipper on purpose to make hood altering easier.

**warbonnetguy** · 11-02-2008, 16:29

ah, i see, not the traditional mummy bag, velcro that short shouldn't be too bad.

**kayak karl** · 11-10-2008, 17:50

Originally Posted by Spock

Does this bag have a hood?
Hooded bags can be tedious to use as quilts. Some hoods when removed can be converted into balaclava-like things.
Velcro of any type is tedious to use compared to a zipper.
Do you plan to remove the draft tube? It is extraneous to a quilt, but a nice thing to have on a sleeping bag.
Why not just go all the way and turn the bag into a dedicated quilt?

Thanks, went with your suggestion. scraping the velcro (as others said, its a long run) im going to make it a quilt only. im cutting it down from 66" in wide to 54". when i cut the baffles , should i push the down in (6" either side) before i hem? i dont think that would over fill it?
just waiting on sewing machine right now.

**Ramblinrev** · 11-10-2008, 18:39

Shake the down away from where the seam will be. _sew first_ then cut. Saves chasing down blips all over the house.

**Take-a-knee** · 11-10-2008, 18:57

Originally Posted by warbonnetguy

a reg sleeping bag used as a quilt is almost too wide in a hammock. you could make it narrower (48-54" wide) and still use it on the ground with no trouble. just tuck the sides under your body just like you do in a hammock.

is it a full length zipper?

I weigh 165# with a 41in chest, using Ray Jardine's formula I arrived at a 48in quilt width, and that's for ground sleeping. Unless you were a big guy 44 would likely be wide enough for a hammock but I'd make it wide enough to use on the ground...if I really had to.

**kayak karl** · 11-10-2008, 19:40

Originally Posted by Take-a-knee

I weigh 165# with a 41in chest, using Ray Jardine's formula I arrived at a 48in quilt width, and that's for ground sleeping. Unless you were a big guy 44 would likely be wide enough for a hammock but I'd make it wide enough to use on the ground...if I really had to.

thanks Take-a-knee, im 230, 6-3.5, i think ill stick with the 54" but thanks.