I'm not sure if this is the right spot for this, but after freezing my butt off in our deer blind with a crappy sleeping bag for several nights, I ordered a new one off of Amazon.
My criteria were:
1. Warmth
2. Non-nylon outer shell for quietness.
3. size-I'm 6'3" 215 lbs and need a little elbow room
Since it will stay in our deer blind mostly, weight and packability didn't matter much to me. I found a Coleman Ash Canyon kingsize bag rated @ 25*F. with a cotton outer shell\flannel inner that comes with it's own built-in bag\carry handle and it is awesome! It's not a high-dollar bag with an everyday price tag of $40, but it only cost me $14.99 because I used the $25 gift card that I got from filling out a shooting sports survey that a member posted here several weeks ago, plus I opted for the free 2nd-day shipping.
If you need a new bag and don't mind one with the heft and size of a VW Bug, this is a great bag.
I have had a Caribou Mountaineering Mummy Bag for 25 years now...Rated to -25 but I bet it will go lower. paid 125.00 for it and it has saved my butt on numerous occasions...
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Turns out that sleeping bags are kinda like guns, knives, hatchets. When you find one a good'un that works for you you kinda get loyal to it. Bought my goose down mummy bag in Denver in 1976 and it's still keeping me warm as toast.
Moose- I have a Caribou Mountaneering as well and love it. I also have a German Army Mountain Bag that has sleeves on it and a zipper at the bottom so you can roll it up and wear it like a jacket. The bag rolls up into the hood !!
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Moose- I have a Caribou Mountaneering as well and love it. I also have a German Army Mountain Bag that has sleeves on it and a zipper at the bottom so you can roll it up and wear it like a jacket. The bag rolls up into the hood !!
Wow!
There's some versatility designed into that bag...
...and, it'd sure be handy 'round these parts of a frigid winter night.
Tim, that's on big deer blind. Congrats
25 Degree rating doesn't mean your be warm and comfy at 25, just means you won't die at 25 degrees.
#1. Do you have a pad. A pad will insulate you from the underside temps.
#2. How about a used GI sleeping bag cover from Pool surplus. It will at maybe 10 degrees to rating.
Sportsman's guide has a lot of low cost sleeping bags. The SG Company.com ???
#3. A mummy type will cover your head. Wear a wool or ployrop watch cap to bed and also dry wool socks anlong with polypro long underware. SG Company has some excellant mid wieght expedition polypros.
#4. A polyester fleece liner works too
toolman your the most dedicated deer hunter I know of. You sleep over night in your deerstand LOL !!!
Your better than I am buddy LOL After 4 hours of just sitting in a deerstand I'm ready to find something else to do LOL!!!
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Last edited by ArkansasHunter; 11-13-2009 at 09:20 AM.
toolman your the most dedicated deer hunter I know of. You sleep over night in your deerstand LOL !!!
Your better that I am buddy LOL After 4 hours of just sitting in a deerstand I'm ready to find something else to do LOL!!!
LOL, don't make that pedestal too high, Mike. Our deer blind is a stand-up sleeper off of a Mack truck and it still has the bunk in it. We've got a propane heater in it as well, but I don't like to run it at night due to the carbon monoxide and the chances of something (sleeping bag, t-shirt, grandson's hand, etc.) ending up on top of it while it's burning.
