The all-weather sleeping bag: Types, construction equipment

Sleeping bag - mandatory equipment for tourist trips in all seasons. The correct choice depends on sleeping quality of rest. To ensure good sleep in different weather conditions, use all-season sleeping bag.

application

The all-weather sleeping bag - is universal, as it allows you to use it with the warm weather, frost, small, at an altitude of 1000 meters above the sky for winter nights in the snow and glaciers. Combines the characteristics of the summer and Winter sleeping bag.

Products are indispensable for these kinds of outdoor activities:

1. Camping.
2. Hiking and living in a tent or tourist tent.
3. Adventure tours - climbing, spending the night under the open sky.

Types of all-weather sleeping bags

• Envelope or blanket

The design resembles a rectangular envelope with or without a hood. Sleeping this kind of unbuttoned and becomes an ordinary blanket. When two such blankets formed shelter for two persons.

Model, equipped with a hood, distinguished by adding the left or right by lightning. Connect two sleeping bags come with a hood on one side only. During sleep, easy to change the position of the body, but it will take more time for warming.

The advantages of all-weather sleeping bag quilt:

• Blanket ample, free space is formed. It allows you to take with you some things that are not desirable to leave in the cold;
• non-through stitching, heat remains inside;
• function connection to adjacent blankets;
• applicable both mattress;
• Case used as a backpack;
• fastened to the end turns into a cocoon.

The disadvantage It performs heating only slower than the cocoon.

• Cocoon

Cocoon to your body shape. Structure - wide at the shoulders, narrow at the bottom of the feet. The body quickly warms up, so a minimum of space. FIELD stop expanded for comfortable sleep. Feet all the time brought together, so it is difficult to roll in.

The advantages of all-weather sleeping bag cocoon:

• compactness;
• hood and collar - extra protection;
• achievement of maximum thermal effect;
• high thermal insulation properties;
• little weight;
• the most comfortable option for one person.

Minuses:

• for fat people cramped;
• the cost is higher blankets;
• closed space.

Women's sleeping bags

The product is made in view of the cocoon of the female body constitution. They are narrow at the shoulders. Increased width hips, added additional layers of insulation or the top of the legs.

fillers

When choosing a sleeping bag, consider the characteristics of the filler, since it significantly affects the practical application of the product. The material itself does not provide heat, its main purpose - to keep the warmth of your own body during sleep.

For these purposes are two kinds of insulation materials:

All-weather sleeping bags filled with artificial

1. Sleeping bags are made of synthetics

Presented polyester. It retains its insulating function in wet environments. Products dry quickly, hypoallergenic, easy.

Synthetic filler is of two types - a continuous filament and a short fiber. The latter are more popular yarns are packed tightly to the loss of heat to make the minimum.

This filler is close in quality to Pukhov, it is soft, elastic. But the strength of the bag less. Continuous filament fibers are made of thick, which provides strength and durability. Sacks hard, compression is less.

Benefits:

• It does not absorb moisture;
• dries quickly;
• warm;
• easy maintenance.

Minuses:

• filler bad contracts, when part of the package in the form of a compression bag is not restored;
• weight heavier than down products;
• high price.

1. Sleeping bags or syntepon hollofaybera

Cheap filler that is designed for temperatures up to -10 °. Weight sleeping from 1 to 3.2 kg.

Benefits:

• very fast drying;
• light;
• reasonable price;
• It retains heat well;
• easy maintenance.

Disadvantage - a quick exit out of operation. With intensive use of two years lose their insulating qualities. They are bulky and heavy.

1. Sleeping bags silicone fiber

Such filler contains air inside, whereby sleeping is characterized by high thermal insulation performance. Silicone fiber differs in thickness, density, degree of fullness air.

This material keeps the bag elastic even after 5 years of operation. Weight of the product is equivalent to a down - 1 kg.

Benefits:

• Maintenance is much easier than down;
• easily erased;
• dries quickly;
• retain heat better than synthetic.

All-weather sleeping bags with natural filler

Fluffy natural fiber. To this excipient refers fluff pen. To fluff remained fluffy, it is diluted with feathers. It is necessary to take account of their relationship. Better when prevails down, it makes sleeping easier and much warmer.

Suitable only waterfowl feathers. It is covered with a special lubricant, which prevents the birds getting wet. Expensive models are filled with eider down.

Higher indices characterized goose down, which provides the night at a temperature of -10 °. Therefore, high-quality down sleeping bags lined with fabric jacket, water-repellent treated.

Through this no water permeates the fabric, and flows through it. Some models are equipped with breathable coating, which allows you to use the product in a wet environment.

Properties syret and saturate with moisture making it heavy, less convenient. Since moisture is mandatory hike factor - rain, condensation tents, camping tent.

Benefits:

• good contracts;
• if properly cared for long life;
• heat begins immediately;
• the most warm;
• very easy.

Cons natural composition:

• It absorbs sweat;
• more expensive synthetics;
• not warm when wet;
• It dries very long time;
• complex care.

Design

Front, wrong side

The material of the outer surface of most nylons, except feather filler since such waterproof sleeping bag.

The fabric is breathable, but does not transmit moisture. For down products used fabric Dry-loft. It is characterized by a breathable membrane, moisture evaporates out (on the principle of thermal underwear). Inside sheathed cotton cloth.

Nylon sleeping with polyurethane impregnated lose their properties after a couple of years. Fluff beaten out, and when cold nylon hardens, at high humidity conditions accumulates moisture on the surface.

Partition layers

There are several methods for the isolation retention between the outer and inner materials. Down products are equipped with baffles. Bags for artificial used tile-like and layered method.

The temperature regime is based on the number of layers of filler. The two layers fit to -5 °, designed for three-layer -10 °, and four layers provide heat at -20 °.

• sectional. Fluff is located and the inclined trapezoidal design.
• stitched. The method facilitates product reduces the amount of insulating material, but sometimes miss stitches place cold.
• imbricate. Filler pieces are sewn to the outer surface of the backing. Superimposed layers of material on the basis of shingles.
• layered. The most popular method. Most uses two filler layer. One is sewn to the outer shell, a second liner.
• Quilted-through. Insulating fiber layer is taken, the cut shape of the sleeping bag. Crosslinked single seam.

Lightning

It is better if the lightning is not plastic, and metal. Additionally, it is insulated by a special strap that retains heat.

Some models have a luminous dog zipper due to the built-in transmitter in the dark to find and fasten will be more convenient.

Dimensions of all-weather sleeping bags

Adults are weatherproof sleeping XL size (185 cm), L (220h180sm), M (195h145sm).

Baby product - 145 dyne cm, width 71 cm. Children sleep is not recommended in the adult sleeping bag, since the area that will have to be heated to be daunting.

Teenage model - length 167 cm, width 73 cm. These products fit low and thin people. It specifies only the external dimensions. To understand how the internal space will subtract from the external dimensions of 30 cm.

It is not enough to consider only the length you need to know how to try a sleeping bag. Shoulder width plays an important role. Therefore, people with full body complexion, with broad shoulders should definitely try the product, so it does not sting.

Try this: totally get into it, fasten the zipper, check its fixation. If there is a hood, tighten as tight as it will.

Evaluate the suitability of the product for growth. Please note that the fabric never stretched, his hands were spacious. Bend your legs. In case of discomfort, choose a larger bag. Note that you will still be outerwear.

Options all-weather sleeping bags

Hood, collar

Provide additional heat. Tightening hood at night, you insure yourself against colds and cold. The collar protects against wind, keeps the heat inside.

Headrest

Semicircle, a simplified view of the hood. In models cheaper its size 14 - 15 cm. When tightening the person remains open. At the full width of the head restraint 40 -45 cm, then he will cope with the protection of the head against the wind, sand, cold.

Insulation for legs

Weatherproof model generally provide filler reinforced bottom, which allows the feet warm.

cover

If there is a sleeping bag kit with carrying case, it is ideal. Then carry bag is lightweight and easy to pack. Compression cover is sold separately.

Insert

Some models provide all-weather bags cotton or fleece insert. It adds warmth, and the sleeping erased less often.

Pocket for small items

Some models are equipped with a pocket for storing player, watches, glasses, phone.

special Collar

Using tabs located at the end of the bag is easy to dry and store the product.

Exploitation

• Wash the bag only when it is really dirty or you are a long time it was used. Frequent washing causes damage to the filler.
• If sleeping is not dried out completely, it remains warm inside and the outside of the synthetic filler deteriorate, dry the time.
• Do not use with damaged surfaces.
• Before going to bed, lay down bed sheet or a special cloth on the bottom of the sleeping bag, it will absorb sweat.
• Ventilate the sleeping bag every morning at least 10 minutes.
• Packaging randomly to avoid lightning twists and fibers.
• Wash your hands or using a washing machine on the delicate cycle without spinning.

Wash sleeping bag by hand

Put the product in the bath, climb up there yourself, kicking potopchites to sink a sleeping bag under the water. Carefully wash your hands. Rinse a couple of times. Do not leave any cleaning agents, since they cause a reaction with fillers.

Wash the sleeping bag in the washing machine

It is better to use the laundry facilities. When washing use cold water rinse mode, delicate wash. Without hanging to dry, otherwise the filler will knock lumps. To keep shell do not dry at a high temperature in the sun.

• If drying is used for the dryer, turns low.
• Store in a straightened form under the bed or thrown over the rope.
• Keep dry product is desired in a waterproof cover.
• It is not recommended to put a long time in the compressor cover.
• If not properly stored evolving bacteria, mold, insects infest.

The all-weather sleeping bag - a versatile option for both amateurs and professionals of tourist activities.