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After another night freezing my nuts off in an old Mountain Hardware Lumina sleeping back, I've decided to get a new bag. I've been eyeing up the Alpkit ones and have had other good stuff from them, but I went to buy and they're website says they don't have any, they don't plan on getting any and if they did it would take six months:
https://www.alpkit.com/develop/getting-sleeping-bags-back-on-track
So does anyone have any recommendations for cheap-ish but light and functional 2-3 season bags?
I think the answer is usually: [url= http://www.snugpak.com/outdoor/sleeping-bags/2-season ]Snugpak[/url] or [url= http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-micro-lite-mummy-sleeping-bag/204-2384.prd ]Tesco[/url].
Mountain Hardware Lamina. Just make sure you get the right rating this time 🙂
FWIW, it's also worth getting it cleaned. Dirt prevents any bag (down or man-made) from lofting properly.
Cumulus Quantum 450 but the uk site is rubbish and rarely stocks anything.
Look to Europe to order:
[url= http://www.highmobilitygear.com/PBCPPlayer.asp?ID=1172579 ]cumulus[/url]
The liteline looks good.
Similarly, alpkit seem to have lost their supplier for cheapy sleeping mats - who's the go-to now?
For cheap sleeping mats, look at Karrimor or Multimat or spend a bit more and look at Thermarest. Loads of deals on at the moment.
It's a Lamina 35 I've got so supposed to be good down to 2ish degrees. Interesting what you're saying about wsshing it. Is one wash every 5 years OK?
I've been using my Lamina 35 for camping/bivvying through this current winter and it's been fine when teamed up with another layer. I am quite a weak sleeper though.
For the cost of getting it properly cleaned, it's worth a try.
As for waiting 5 years to clean it, I guess that depends on how often you use it.
Montane has sleeping bags coming out this spring... not cheapo, but look interesting.
Alpkit were out of stock when I wanted one, got a Rab Ascent 500 down bag from Go Outdoors for about £90 I think.
Worth keeping an eye on there for good deals.
Snugpak have a big range and are excellent value