Found one at our local WM. Got it home. I doubt this one would help you make it to near freezing. Bag looks well constructed, but definitely light on stuffing. We intend to keep it and add more down.
Found one at our local WM. Got it home. I doubt this one would help you make it to near freezing. Bag looks well constructed, but definitely light on stuffing. We intend to keep it and add more down.
I happened to pass by those yesterday and noticed they all now are sealed in plastic, must of gotten tired of all us hangers takin them out for inspection
Further update, I used this bag on a recent trip to the ADK, it was going to dip into the high 20's so I brought along a $10 wool blanket, using my eno vulcan underquilt and this bag combined with the wool blanket, I was warm and toasty @ 28F
As I said before I dont think I would take this down much below 40 by itself but adding the thin and light wool blanket I would be confident taking it down to 20F
Just snagged one of these lightly used off ebay. Didn't save much but at least a few bucks and every dollar counts!
I haven't had the opportunity to try it for an overnight, but it seems fairly well made. I don't imagine it would take me near freezing (I sleep a bit on the cold side), but maybe down to 40 as it is.
I'm debating whether to convert it to a TQ to save a few ounces, and maybe either adding a bit more fill (800FP) or removing the fill and completely swapping it out for 800FP. I'm not exactly sure how much weight could be shaved off. But then again it might be a waste as the shell of the bag is somewhat heavy in the first place. Maybe just adding 2-3oz of 800FP could do the trick to get it down to an actual 25-32F comfort range.
The tag on the bag says 7oz of duck down fill, so I'm assuming that it might be 550-600FP?
Just for reference my bag on the scale weights 23.21oz/658g
In an earlier post, I noted that I took it to 31 degrees with no problem. I was wearing switchbacks, wool socks and a light fleece top with wool cap/beanie, and had a 20 JRB UQ, it was comfortable.
Also, the only "mod" I did was to clip off the zipper pulls and substitute cord, so as to avoid poking self and hammock, and to cut the jingle factor.
I love this little ozark. Small, light, all but disposable. Only complaint is the cord lock and shock cord at head/neck and maybe the hood getting in the way when in TQ mode, but this is minor, and I am reluctant to remove, just in case I or my son may need it as a back up ground/tent bag.
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Take two ozark trail 32 cocoon bags. Turn one inside out and put it inside the other, zip the zippers so that the inner one is zipped to the outer. Double layer top quilt. My question- is it now twice as warm ?
I look at it this way ...
I sleep at the fringe of comfort/discomfort without a sleeping bag/quilt - just base layer clothing - at about 65*F. If my bag/quilt will take me to 40*F, I assume it is providing me with 25* of additional warmth. So if I had 2x40* quilts, I'd assume that I'd be good to (65-(2*25)) = 15*.
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Well then, if it's good enough to take you that low, then I could replace my synthetic bag which takes too much space in my backpack BUT I generally don't camp at under 50's weather. Though I did wake up once this year with a nice layer of ice over everything. Little cold burst that night but a nice 70 degree day.
Bags on sale this morning online for $33. It has a limit of one. I ordered 1 & my wife ordered 1.
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