Lets talk sleeping bags...

[ghost123]

anyone have any recomendations for real cold weather?

[String Music]

mummy bag....-40 below with a liner should about do it. Army surplus bags are damn good, but too heavy for backpacking and they aren't cheap either.

[KYhunter]

The less you wear(within reason) the warmer you will stay. T-shirt and lightweight pj bottoms are plenty. And do NOT wear socks. Start to sweat and you'll freeze your ying-yang all nite long.

[JP]

mummy bag....-40 below with a liner should about do it. Army surplus bags are damn good, but too heavy for backpacking and they aren't cheap either.

I have camped in cold weather for years with army surplus extreme cold weather mummy bags.....if you top off with a poncho liner (woobie), you'll be in hog heaven.....but don't expect to be moving in them much. Once ur in them, you are snug---comfort? no, but warm, oh yes.

[kycurhunter]

cheaperthandirt.com has military mummy bags cheap...you won't get cold in one of them..

i bought a new one last year and camped the last week of jan.

worth the money

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd/product.asp?dept_id=627&sku=CAMP-141&imgid=&mscssid=59WS62TJ0E0C8PCS2PHMPUDQRKFH2EED

[String Music]

Military bags are good, but heavy. you can get a lighter bag with as much protection as G.I. issue for a little more money. Weight can be a problem for back packers and fly-in hunting trips. As for sleeping naked, if your clothes are damp or socks are wet, they will dry over night in a bag, also good for extended wilderness trips. You can wear them or just have them in there with your body heat.

[Louhunter]

Ghost1234, how are you going to use the bag?

Camping in a RV/camper or tent?
Backpacking?
How big are you? height/weight
Camping in Kentucky or other states?
Your experience?
Budget?
Down or synethic?

Then we can talk better...

[ghost123]

what about a light weight sleeping bag that can be used while hikeng, for cold weather

[trust me]

In my experience, you can throw away the bag's suggested temp range. For me, a 10 degree bag is good down to the 30's, and 30 degree bag is good into the 50's, and so forth. Maybe I'm a big weenie, but what I ended up doing is sliding my down mummy bag inside a big oversized Coleman jumbo. That lets me snuggle down in the mummy, and then snuggle it down inside the Coleman, and it covers the head and face area. This arrangement keeps me comfy down to 20's, the coldest I've tried. Good insulation between you and the ground is most important, it seems.

I guess I'm a big weenie when it comes to sleeping in the cold.

[N2MyWake]

I bought a bag on sale from cabelas, it's a -30 bag (modified mummy) with more foot room. I love it. I stayed toasty warm on the coldest of nights. I take it down to my boxer briefs, that really wakes you up when it's time to climb out of the bag. :eek:

[corndogggy]

I can't find anybody to go with me when it gets as cold as you guys are saying. :) I love some weather in the 30 degree range though. I just have a couple of 20 degree North Face bags, I usually never zip it up at all, and often don't even sleep in the bag, I just use it as a blanket.

As for the ratings, yeah it's all over the charts, usually because everybody's idea of a comfortable temperature is a little different. Usually a more trusted manufacturer is going to be more accurate or at least rate theirs higher than everybody else's.

One thing to keep in mind when talking about bags with tent camping is ground insulation. When you lay down, you are compressing the air out of the bag, so there's like no insulation at all, so you're going to feel alot colder. I always use a ThermaRest, that helps alot, I'm sure there are other solutions too, but yeah, you can get a seemingly warm bag but if you're on the ground or at least on a bad mat or improperly inflated mat, you'll still freeze your balls off.

[Hallal]

I know it's no help to what your looking for but let me give a nod to my bag. I got it from the sportsmen's guide. It was called Elk something or other. Suppose to be good down to -30. The price was right at $80. It is oversized and fits me and my wife with room to spare. Great for tents and the pop up but terrible for backpacking. It's pretty heavy

[Pooge]

You get what you pay for... I have a Mountain Hardwear bag and it has kept me toasty warm in -14 temps and 2 ft. of snow on Mt. Leconte... It is light as a feather and packs down easily into my backpack with a compression sack.

[ukyager]

I've been cold weather camping about 20 years, I go every year to red river gorge on the third weekend in January, temps have ranged from 7-30 degree's. I have also Hiked a good portion of the Appalachian trail from Maine headed south. In my opinion i would buy a 20 degree bag from a reputable manufacture, it will be light enough in mild weather and when it is real cold I would slip a fleece liner in it and you should be fine. Just a tip when you get in strip down to your long johns it will help out a whole lot.