Slip Inside My Sleeping Bag

[CaledonianGonzo]

So, my trusted, long-serving, irreplaceable sleeping bag has gone missing through a crack in the Matrix and I need to source a replacement.

Does anyone who's bought one recently have any recommendations?

Requirements:

• Rectangular - none of this mummy's coffin nonsense.  I need to be able to move my feet.
• Must pack up small.  Like, tiny.
• Doesn't need to be super high tog.  Probably only 2 season.
• Decent brand.  Looking for a bit of durable outdoors kit that will last a while, not a £15 from LIDL number.

Hay-ulp!

[Waapster]

Would also be good if the zip doesn't jam and the lining is comnfortable. (I'm also in the market...)

[A Guy Called Matt]

33 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

So, my trusted, long-serving, irreplaceable sleeping bag has gone missing through a crack in the Matrix and I need to source a replacement.

Does anyone who's bought one recently have any recommendations?

Requirements:

• Rectangular - none of this mummy's coffin nonsense.  I need to be able to move my feet.
• Must pack up small.  Like, tiny.
• Doesn't need to be super high tog.  Probably only 2 season.
• Decent brand.  Looking for a bit of durable outdoors kit that will last a while, not a £15 from LIDL number.

Hay-ulp!

I got a Colemans off Amazon a couple of years back - around £10 it cost and is fabulous - cotton lined too!

[evilduck]

I have a regatta extra wide one, which I use with a compression sack to make it nice and small! It's very warm and roomy.

[hfuhruhurr]

I've got a vango aurora grande - square and slightly bigger. Fails on 'tiny', passes the foot wigglage.

'tis fabulously comfy though!

Edited April 15, 2016 by hfuhruhurr

[GoonerRob]

If you can compromise on the size (ok and on the rectangularness) , i would recommend the gelert XL pod. They're huge, u can actually turn over in them in your sleep and they'e super warm. 3 Seasons and only about £25. 

Think it's been upgraded since i got mine, but heres the new one http://www.camping-online.co.uk/camping-equipment/sleeping-bags/gelert-sleeping-bag/gelert-curve-300-sleeping-bag-pod.html?gclid=CJSv87GGkcwCFQPgGwodWxUMEQ

Edited April 15, 2016 by GoonerRob
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[eFestivals]

you can't have a dedicated sleeping bag topic without including this, it just wouldn't be right.

Enjoy.

 

[maelzoid]

The thing with packing up small is you inevitably sacrifice either size or warmth, or both.

I have a Vango which is great, but I went for the extra large. I think it's designed for fat bastards (which I'm not) as its over a metre wide, but it's great to have a bit more room than usual, and as you say a square bottom - I too hate the mummy effect.  It absolutely does not pack down small though, but its not too heavy.

[maelzoid]

btw It will be a crime if ZZ Top don't play this song.

[CaledonianGonzo]

My missing one was a Vango and was pretty lightweight material, but was just ideal size-wise.

I got it at a sale at their warehouse many moons ago, but just can't track down anything similar.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

There's a wide Vango available from this site;

http://camping.efestivals.co.uk/vango-cocoon-wide-sleeping-bag---raindrops-2619-p.asp

[pie_and_a_pint]

I now have a Gelert XL pod. It's SO comfy; possibly a bit TOO warm if it's very hot. I paid something daft like £20 for it in a sale at Go Outdoors.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

1 hour ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

I now have a Gelert XL pod

Me too. They are the business for having a wriggly w*nk in - I can assure you.

[pie_and_a_pint]

17 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Me too. They are the business for having a wriggly w*nk in - I can assure you.

I'll take your word for it. With 5am starts I'm too knackered for anything other than sleep in my sleeping bag, wriggly or otherwise...

[dondo]

I too have the gelert sleeping pod and it is excellent

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

23 minutes ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

I'll take your word for it. With 5am starts I'm too knackered for anything other than sleep in my sleeping bag, wriggly or otherwise...

I recall going to Glastonbury a few weeks after a major operation and found myself starting at 6am. I was going to bed about 1am though. It was all weird. Not the hours I'm used to. A 5am is a cracking start though. Get the most enjoyment you can in while there. As for the sleeping bag thing, I can't remember but don't really think I've had a Tommy Tank at Glastonbury.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just seen the size of that Gelert Sleeping Pod packed up.

Ay caramba! It's like a rolled up double duvet.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

7 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Just seen the size of that Gelert Sleeping Pod packed up.

Ay caramba! It's like a rolled up double duvet.

It is a bit bulky, but it pays you back with comfort.

[pie_and_a_pint]

42 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

I recall going to Glastonbury a few weeks after a major operation and found myself starting at 6am. I was going to bed about 1am though. It was all weird. Not the hours I'm used to. A 5am is a cracking start though. Get the most enjoyment you can in while there. As for the sleeping bag thing, I can't remember but don't really think I've had a Tommy Tank at Glastonbury.

It's OK, actually. I party hard on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night before the festival starts, then I try to go to bed at 1am on Thurs, Fri, Sat, so I get 4 hours sleep (although on the Sunday night last year it was light when I went to bed - I must have had an hour at most... I know I didn't take my boots off...) I'm not a 'naughty corner' person, but I'm always busy in the day - some music and lots of theatre, comedy, wandering, crafting, talking, eating, drinking, singing... I can always have a power nap on a hill somewhere if I need it, but I figure it's only a week, every minute I'm on the farm is an utter privilege, so I'll sleep when I get home! Last year I got the train home on Monday - got off the train at 6pm, Mr P&P picked me up from the station. By 6.15 I was in the bath, and by 6.45 I was in bed. I woke up at 2pm the next afternoon. Lovely!

[Amy Lawn]

Already surrounded by this mad city the caterpillar goes to work on the cocoon which institutionalizes him
He can no longer see past his own thoughts
He’s trapped

 

Never taken a sleeping bag to Glastonbury, I'm a blanket man.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Well, the madcap laughed at the man on the border.

[Comfy Bean]

Bit of a sale on at Tesco if any of these take your fancy. I got a new one half price in their sale last year. It has a hood and is one of the mummy fellas. Was very dubious at first but with most of my fests north of the border it does seem cosier so I`m converted.

Mountain Warehouse ones are currently half price.

http://www.tesco.com/direct/sports-leisure/all-sleeping-bags/cat30080003.cat?icid=campinghiking_navstamp_slot3&sc_cmp=ppc*sl*mb*bg*px_-_campaign_not_set_-_gmo_recreation*%2Bsleeping%20%2Bbag%20%2Btesco&gclid=CjwKEAjwxce4BRDE2dG4ueLArHMSJADStCqMg08KYrjTjYKVVZy8gqNAIc20mosPbs1oXhjQ-lkfTxoCwhTw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

Edited April 16, 2016 by comfortablynumb1910

[grumpyhack]

Whatever sleeping bag you get a decent cotton liner, plus a real pillow makes a lot of difference.

[Bisque]

Get a double one in case you bring someone back to your tent. If you don't then roll it in half & use half of it as a mattress. Or get two matching ones you can unzip if you have an argument.

[Comfy Bean]

55 minutes ago, grumpyhack said:

Whatever sleeping bag you get a decent cotton liner, plus a real pillow makes a lot of difference.

Aye, I always take a pillow now when in the tent. When space is an issue then you can get a rolled up and packed one from ikea for about 3 quid. Just don't open the packaging until you get there :-)