What are you sleeping in?

[sjsmallfield]

Hey everyone. New for 2012 Sierra Designs is coming out with a new series of bags. They have come up with a new treated Water Resistant Down. My boss took the new catalog home so I will try to post more info when he brings it back. Just thought you all might be intrested. Good luck!

 

[Kevin Root]

Hey everyone. New for 2012 Sierra Designs is coming out with a new series of bags. They have come up with a new treated Water Resistant Down. My boss took the new catalog home so I will try to post more info when he brings it back. Just thought you all might be intrested. Good luck!

Very cool. Water resistant down would be a huge innovation in the outdoor industry if the weight and heat retention properties are not affected much. Let us know more when you get some. Yes, very interested on my end.

 

[sjsmallfield]

Very cool. Water resistant down would be a huge innovation in the outdoor industry if the weight and heat retention properties are not affected much. Let us know more when you get some. Yes, very interested on my end.

From what I know so far the weight and heat retention poperties aren't affected at all and just as appealling the PRICE won't be affected much either. I will keep you posted.

 

[Jon Boy]

I set it up on a foot of snow once.

I think I might have to get one myself then haha I have a tendency to head into the back country when theres a good bit of snow and temps are low

 

[Bitterroot Bulls]

Jon Boy,

I am NOT recommending the Tarptent as a four season tent, it has very little insulating value, and is not designed to carry a bunch of snow.

I much prefer a wall tent, myself.

 

[Jon Boy]

Gotcha BB. It looked a little thin to do much insulating. I usually do a 24 hour bonzai trip that late in the season where I go in at nite get a few hours of rest (usually just bring my bag, pad, handwarmers and tarp and build a fire) and come out the following evening. This looks like it could be a little nicer than that while being really light and easy to set up.

 

[Jon Boy]

Ive also been looking at this for summer and early archery trips
http://www.bargainoutfitters.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=328267

 

[Highcountry Dreams]

I have been using a Kifaru SuperTarp for several years and love it. By itself it works great for early season hunts and once winter sets in I add the Annex and Wood Stove. It weighs a pound by itself and about 4 lbs for the winter set up. For sleep system I use a Jacks-R-Better quilt and 2 pads (a foam base and inflatable top pad). Overall camp weighs around 3-6 lbs (depending on season) and I am able to use the same gear year-round (which saves money... to use on more tags!).

 

[IL Hntr]

I have upgraded my shelter to a Lightheart Gear SoLong 6. I currently have a Western Mountaineering Badger 15 bag but thinking about buying a Marmot Plasma 30 or Montbell UL Super Spiral Down #3 for early season hunts to save over a pound. I currently use a Nemo Astro Air Insulated Pad but am considering a Neoair Xlite in a Large which will save me some weight too. As you can see after only one 7 day backcountry hunt for elk in Colorado I'm trying to shave as much weight as I can.

 

[Ranchhand02]

Hey everyone. New for 2012 Sierra Designs is coming out with a new series of bags. They have come up with a new treated Water Resistant Down. My boss took the new catalog home so I will try to post more info when he brings it back. Just thought you all might be intrested. Good luck!

I would like to see that. Keep us posted.

 

[Ranchhand02]

What sleeping bags would you recomend. I have about narrowed down my choice on sleeping pads and tents. I need to find me a sleeping bag now.

 

[Graylight]

You cannot get a better bag IMO than a Western Mountaineering bag... They are down bags, superlite and very compressable... Not very easy on the wallet but... You get what you pay for!

 

[Elk Hunter]

I agree Western Mountaineering bags are the best I know of. Its the best I have tried. My gear has changed a lot since I first backpacked in for elk about 9 years ago. I would recommend taking a 4-season tent just in case. It could be t-shirt weather or you could be tracking in snow, and occasionally you get to do both in the same day. Beating snow off your tent all night to keep it from collapsing is not the most fun. The 4-season tents I have used you sometimes don't even know it is snowing until you hear it slide off the tent. They do tend to be heavier. A two man Sierra Designs I used in the past weighs around 11 lbs. I currently use a Hilleberg Soulo, which is about 5.5 lbs including footprint. This is the best tent I have ever used. Expensive, but I would have saved money if I had just started out with this one. Several options to save weight, but being able to set up in the rain without getting the inside wet is a big plus.

 

[Brocka]

Anybody have any experience with the Kelty Cosmic Down 20 degree bag?

http://www.kelty.com/p-457-cosmic-down-20.aspx

 

[labman]

Ranchhand I am an Okie as well doing my first DIY hunt this year. I have started putting together my gear as well and I have a western mountaineering badger bag and a 4 man seek outside tipi with a stove. I am hunting with my brother so we can split the weight.

 

[tommyp]

I use a Marmot Helium 15 degree for my pack in adventures from mid sept through early winter. I use a kelty lightyear 25 degree down for August high country.