I preferred it until finally my domesticated rat broke the zipper. But I utilized it only in cottage with Wooden stove and on canoe tours.

Jul seven, 2022 #17 Hello, I have really experienced a person of such because I used to be a Boy Scout in the 70's. It was the one particular my Grandfather was issued in WWII. The outer and inner elements ended up long gone by the time I acquired it, along with my GreatGrandpa's WW1 mess kit, canteen, cup, and ammo pouch.

edit: I see Grabbers has MSDS facts also- commons feeling of staying away from direct prolonged pores and skin Call seems to get the sole hazard I am able to see.

I've talked to individuals that made use of incredibly hot water Nalgenes as well as hand warmer packets plus they swear by them. JMHO YMMV

Just as with firearms, fire extinguishers, and to start with support kits far better to obtain and never will need than to need and not have.

Synthetic insulations break down more than the class of becoming continuously compressed/decompressed, static storage would not damage the insulation. If the shell is in superior affliction along with the insulation hasnt been beat flat, it should be a perfectly good sleeping bag.

Should you snooze in such a mixture lengthier than 6 several hours you will get a whet poncho liner or sleeping bag. You receive a condensation dilemma from the poncho - crisis bivvy bag.

Virginia May perhaps 22, 2020 #6 I've used a poncho tarp bivy combo. If The reasoning is usually to fold the poncho and liner just like a burrito so have is performing to be a ground sheet and the other half to be a waterproof barrier along with the insulation, I would not. Many difficulties listed here. If it rains you will end up preventing to maintain The underside layer overlapped With all the major or threat h2o pooling up at the bottom amount and soaking in to the liner. In such a case condensation is going to be bad given that your head will need to be tucked within.

A local dentist was the scoutmaster at enough time and he constantly introduced his fantastic looking wife on our Sleeping Bag campouts, she was all our young boys fantasies arrive legitimate, incredibly scorching and cherished to camp and cook too.

But currently you simply get much superior sleeping bags for hiking, that happen to be hotter with significantly less quantity and pounds. One example is the more recent Carinthia sleeping bags, which you now can buy as utilized navy surplus from quite a few armies, the Germans for instance.

Among the list of several items of kit that I would invest in again inside of a heartbeat. A little bit cumbersome Along with the overbag but very well worth it. And, rated to -40° file Along with the two.

Wormfood said: I picked up 1, I think They are specified M-1944 bag, sleeping. Originally that they had three elements, a cotton inner liner to help keep the wool from acquiring soiled, a wool insulative later, and then a cotton duck "water-proof" outer bag.

The Jungle bag is very well manufactured for the price, of course not in Britain, but I'm not so extremely certain with regards to the zippers listed here.

I hardly match, I am 6 ft 235 lbs, to adequately describe my fitting into it the phrase, "stuffed sausage" came to mind. I gave it to some thrift keep. It would've been perfect for a moderate to more compact girl or teen.