fragrant sleeping bags
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prv
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Oh, I wasn't trying to show off my ruffty-tuffty camping credentials there. Especially not when you realise the tent was in somebody's back garden, with a mains cable running into the house to charge my laptop and occasionally run up a fan heater (but not during the night, so the sleeping bag test is still valid). I was staying with some student friends for the Warwick University Real Ale Festival, and although they offered me their living room floor, I had seen the state of their house on previous visits, and declined
. I was also job-hunting at the time, and conducted a technical phone interview one morning from my sleeping bag with the tent dripping everywhere and such a stonking hangover that I'd checked how to mute the phone in case I needed to throw up out of the doorway
. I passed the interview Pete
Mirror Painter
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Then go crazy and buy one of these for £35.
http://www.millets.co.uk/activities/09665445-eurohike-adventurer-300-sleeping-bag.html
Buy it because it's passed the Moxon test of being the bag used out of winter - and therefore more frequently than the orange one I posted about. It also has a slightly water proof (resistant?) exterior. Really must fix my windows...
I must have washed it 20 times no with no detrimental effects. BUT, as I said, don't spin dry it - let it drip dry.
Oh, but it's a mummy - what's the gripe with those? Have you tried one?
P.S. Pete's post made me laugh. Neither of my sleeping bags have been subjected to a puke test
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chrisbitz
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I bought myself a fancy schmancy sleeping bag for £40 when I first got my boat, but it's a mummy bag. I need to separate my legs when I'm sleeping, otherwise they get sweaty and sticky where they touch. (I can supply a picture if that's not graphic enough?)
That's why mummy bags are an impossibility for me.
So the only way I could sleep was to open the mummybag up and use it as a duvet...
Mirror Painter
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I bought myself a fancy schmancy sleeping bag for £40 when I first got my boat, but it's a mummy bag. I need to separate my legs when I'm sleeping, otherwise they get sweaty and sticky where they touch. (I can supply a picture if that's not graphic enough?)
That's why mummy bags are an impossibility for me.
So the only way I could sleep was to open the mummybag up and use it as a duvet...
Where they touch what? LOL
dylanwinter
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mummy
I have tried a mummy
just can't hackem
however, I shall go to millets and look to see if I can find something made the same way
but with a wide bottom
Dylan
Then go crazy and buy one of these for £35.
http://www.millets.co.uk/activities/09665445-eurohike-adventurer-300-sleeping-bag.html
Buy it because it's passed the Moxon test of being the bag used out of winter - and therefore more frequently than the orange one I posted about. It also has a slightly water proof (resistant?) exterior. Really must fix my windows...
I must have washed it 20 times no with no detrimental effects. BUT, as I said, don't spin dry it - let it drip dry.
Oh, but it's a mummy - what's the gripe with those? Have you tried one?
P.S. Pete's post made me laugh. Neither of my sleeping bags have been subjected to a puke test
I have tried a mummy
just can't hackem
however, I shall go to millets and look to see if I can find something made the same way
but with a wide bottom
Dylan
john_morris_uk
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I agree. We gave up on sleeping bags years ago and went over to duvet's The covers are supposed to be washed!
If you want cheap, then Ikea. The covers are a bit coarse thought.
Asda do very cheap duvet covers and sheets etc.
FurryWritingDesk
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Ocean Sleepwear
I have one of these and used it for ages. It has several layers of fluffy stuff that you can remove according to the temperature. Good down to "ridiculously cold", but not much use about about 12 degrees c as you start to cook. Definitely waterproof, definitely expensive. Easy to wash, although after washing the inner layers the boat accumulates little fluff-bunnies of the lining stuff.
Not cheap though, and it is a long way from "compact".
I have one of these and used it for ages. It has several layers of fluffy stuff that you can remove according to the temperature. Good down to "ridiculously cold", but not much use about about 12 degrees c as you start to cook. Definitely waterproof, definitely expensive. Easy to wash, although after washing the inner layers the boat accumulates little fluff-bunnies of the lining stuff.
Not cheap though, and it is a long way from "compact".
DaveS
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I have two sleeping bags that I use on the boat. The first is an old Argos rectangular bag: quite heavy, so no good for light weight camping, but fine on a boat. The inner surface is cotton which is much more comfortable than synthetic. I think I bought it in 1984. It's fine in most conditions but a bit too warm if the weather is unusually mild. I sewed substantial loops to the bottom corners so that if it ever gets drenched I can haul it up the mast to dry: fortunately I have only needed to do this once, on a smaller and much wetter boat than I have now.
A couple of years ago I bought a Halford's lightweight bag for warm weather (thus ensuring two successive cr&p summers): it has a double ended zip so foot ventilation is possible. In very cold weather one fits inside the other. (I also intend to sleep in them in the car at the head of Glen Coe this Saturday night, but that's another story.)
I use mummy bags when I have to (lightweight expeditions, etc.), but if you can afford the space and weight then I much prefer the rectangular type.
A couple of years ago I bought a Halford's lightweight bag for warm weather (thus ensuring two successive cr&p summers): it has a double ended zip so foot ventilation is possible. In very cold weather one fits inside the other. (I also intend to sleep in them in the car at the head of Glen Coe this Saturday night, but that's another story.)
I use mummy bags when I have to (lightweight expeditions, etc.), but if you can afford the space and weight then I much prefer the rectangular type.
Blueboatman
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There is an argument that cold damp boats and nylon bedding pretty much guarantee swimbo-free weekends in splendid isolation so wh....ah , I see.
Btw IKEA do good, inexpensive 'marine grade' pillows too.
But they are also aligned with an impressively high proportion of Europe's babies conceived on their wares .. I think we should be warned if not told
Btw IKEA do good, inexpensive 'marine grade' pillows too.
But they are also aligned with an impressively high proportion of Europe's babies conceived on their wares .. I think we should be warned if not told
Lodesman77
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Fiver. Buy two, one in use and one in the wash...
http://www.tesco.com/direct/fleece-...uId=202-9328&pageLevel=sku&_requestid=4844144
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http://www.tesco.com/direct/fleece-...uId=202-9328&pageLevel=sku&_requestid=4844144
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David2452
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Silk tailored sheets and douvet cover, wicks the sweat away nicely and oh so nice on the skin, one set at the laundry and one set on the boat, easy.
Ex-SolentBoy
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So you want something with a wide bottom so you don't have to feel cod when you are in bed.
Are you really that interested in sailing?
surekandoo
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I use and would recommend a Duvalay. Quite pricey but all components except the memory foam mattress insert are washable. http://www.duvalay.co.uk/Boats/Memory_Foam_Duvalay
When it's really cold I have an unzipped sleeping bag as a quilt over the top.
It maybe outside Dylan's budget, but for me it's been a great investment. Easy to get into, no restriction when trying to turn over, simple ventilation and above all VERY comfortable.
Please note I have no association with the manufacturers of the Duvalay
When it's really cold I have an unzipped sleeping bag as a quilt over the top.
It maybe outside Dylan's budget, but for me it's been a great investment. Easy to get into, no restriction when trying to turn over, simple ventilation and above all VERY comfortable.
Please note I have no association with the manufacturers of the Duvalay
Daydream believer
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I got fed up reading some of the daft suggestions so apologies if someone has already suggested it
I do perspire a lot at night & the mattress & bedding soon stink
I find that a sheet over the foam cushions/mattress can be changed regularly & a duvet can be aired easily. If going for more than a couple of weeks i take a spare duvet cover as well.The sheet & cover can then be washed at a launderette whilst the spares are in use
I spray the mattress with Nutradol or fabreeze anti whiff furniture spray every couple of days which really helps to kill unsavoury smells
I also spray it over the duvet when I air it
Certainly helps when i am away for long periods
As i sail SH I often have to get up quickly if on passage & it is easier to get out of a duvet than a sleeping bag
I do perspire a lot at night & the mattress & bedding soon stink
I find that a sheet over the foam cushions/mattress can be changed regularly & a duvet can be aired easily. If going for more than a couple of weeks i take a spare duvet cover as well.The sheet & cover can then be washed at a launderette whilst the spares are in use
I spray the mattress with Nutradol or fabreeze anti whiff furniture spray every couple of days which really helps to kill unsavoury smells
I also spray it over the duvet when I air it
Certainly helps when i am away for long periods
As i sail SH I often have to get up quickly if on passage & it is easier to get out of a duvet than a sleeping bag
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single
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LittleSister
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In other words, don't use it on a boat!
(Seriously, though, thanks for the expert advice.)
fisherman
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Haven't been through all posts, but for us, camping, we prefer a double duvet each, folded under and over.
dylanwinter
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rumbled
now surely everyone really wants to cuddle up with a cod in a big sleeping bag
my depravity knows no bounds
now surely everyone really wants to cuddle up with a cod in a big sleeping bag
my depravity knows no bounds
aroona
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Just a thought
What about a drysuit undersuit - we use a "huggy bear" with the ILB drysuits - these are basically a teletubbie type adult baby romper that wick away the moisture.
Nice n toastie all year round, lots of movement & would keep your sleeping bag clean - good for filtering noxious gasses - the musto ones we have are machine washable
What about a drysuit undersuit - we use a "huggy bear" with the ILB drysuits - these are basically a teletubbie type adult baby romper that wick away the moisture.
Nice n toastie all year round, lots of movement & would keep your sleeping bag clean - good for filtering noxious gasses
- the musto ones we have are machine washable
