Sleeping bag recommendations sought

For cheap 3 season, try an Ex MOD artic bag - packs down to approximately the size of an original mini (well 35-40litres) and synthetic filled so washable. Pretty bombproof and within budget.

My new bag is an Alpkit bag - much better bag, but over budget, more shaped and down so not really washable.
 
Whilst I'll use a sleeping bag for camping I use a duvet on the boat. Generally have a warmer one for chillier conditions and a lighter one for when it's warm That one is actually a cheapo rectangular sleeping bag unzipped and used as a quilt, and of course if its really cold you can use both.
I find I don't like the restrictiveness of a sleeping bag aboard and as Poignard says if you need to quickly go on deck to deal with some crisis quicker to just throw off a quilt than struggle out of a sleeping bag with or without striped flannel pyjamas.
 
I use a duvet (4.5 tog) and fitted sheets on my boat. When it gets cold I pull another duvet on. So much nicer than a sleeping bag. On other peoples boats I use a sleeping bag that is 'mummy' shaped.
 
I can't stand the restrictivness of "mummy" sleeping bags and have only used one when on delivery trips Ireland-France and vice-versa in November and February. In Summer I normally use a rectangular bag bought many years ago in Tesco, as does my wife. We can zip the two together for use in the aft cabin or use one as an undersheet and one as a duvet when the weather is warm. No faffing about with sheets or actual duvets. (Must have been the "hardship trips" on Glenan's boats that did it:) )
 
Poignard said:
I want a new sleeping bag:
  1. single
  2. rectangular
  3. washable
  4. 3-season
  5. zip on the left
  6. up to £100
  7. hood
Any recommendations, please?

And no, I don't want a coffin-shaped one; a duvet; a blanket; animal skins; or whatever! Just one meeting the specification above, please.
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Ive always found that a 13.5 tog double duvet with the fragrant one to share is heaven.
 
prv said:
I’d expect all rectangular “indoor” sleeping bags to be much of a muchness... So I’d just order whatever came up on Amazon and met the specs.
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Wot 'e sed.
If you're not carrying it around on a motorbike or on your back, then they'll all do the same job and even most of the reliable name-brands are nowadays just a marketing/price-hiking label; for reasonable quality at a good price, I'm big on Decathlon stuff.
My preference is always for a cotton lined bag, or better yet buy/make a separate cotton liner for it (even if it's already cotton) and if it's going to live on the boat, then go for hollofill or the like rather than any sort of feathers.
 
lustyd said:
Top tip is to look for one labelled XL. Longer and wider but keeps the warmer mummy design
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Better still, get an XL rectangular design. More wriggle room, and there aren't many of us who would need the extra warmth for sailing.

For regular use on our boats, we've used duvets and sheets for years - much comfier, but to go on someone else's boat, a sleeping bag is so much more convenient.
 
Poignard said:
... striped flannel pyjamas are de rigeur for me. ...
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ISTR that Charles Stock kept a garden cane handy to push down his pyjama trouser ends in a narrow berth; speaking of which:

Poignard said:
Two of us in one of the 22" wide bunks in a a Twister is not my idea of heaven!!! :eek:
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... Twister owners seem to have 6" less width than a seaman in the Nelsonian Navy, who I think had 14" doubled by a two watch system. But I guess you know about that better than I do - given your historic occupation, not your advanced years I hasten to add.
 
Our best one so far is an experimental bag issued to my wife when she was in Iraq. Although it isn’t for sale it might indicate that you might find something useful in an ex-wd shop or centre. Oh, and most of those who sleep rough in British cities always leave the zip open as it allows them to defend themselves more easily when attacked.
 
langstonelayabout said:
Oh, and most of those who sleep rough in British cities always leave the zip open as it allows them to defend themselves more easily when attacked.
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Or, to get out of the thing if we're needed on deck in a hurry. I've always thought that the mummy bags could be a problem to get out of, especially if you've just been dumped on your ear and the crew is panicking.
 
OK I confess. I've never had a sleeping bag I have been unequivocally happy with. I'm afraid in the end I gave up and went back to duvet for most of my boat and camping.

Perhaps I should have forked out and bought a Vango. Some of my youthful ( i.e. cheap) purchases of sleeping bag were truly disastrous. There have been some I've used perfectly happily and which are more than adequate, but that's as far as I go. I have a 3 season one in theory, but it's chilly in the autumn and needs my microfibre blanket on top.

I'm about 85% sure that poor selection on my part is a factor, so just go and get a Vango ?
 
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