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02/8/2009 at 1:08am
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Just thought I'd give some feedback on the 2 sleeping bags I mentioned. I think the Vango is noticably better in quality, lots of very good details like decent zip baffles, on Coleman they are too small and don't cover the zips properly, letting in cold air. I love the Vango, but it comes up a fair bit shorter and narrower than the measurements stated. I am an average female and I am finding it too short if I am lying in it properly and have the shoulder baffle where it should be. I end up with my feet restricted and in that case would be better off in a mummy bag to have a bit more foot room. My partner had no chance of fitting in it but it states max user height 195cm, which is about his height, but his head is out of the bag!
The Coleman is lovely and comfy and roomy and is great for my partner but for me it leaves a LOT of unused space that I think in reality when it gets cold your body just can't keep warm, you'd really have to wrap it tight around yourself, it's a shame you can't gather up the front over the chest like on the Vango, only the hood, as I think it could get quite draughty around back and shoulders there, and there are draughty gaps where the zips end at the foot end.
So for the price they are good bags overall but I am worried it could be a struggle to stay warm all over, particularly your feet in the Coleman when it gets a bit colder. I might reconsider a mummy bag as I think when it comes down to it warmth is a prority!
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03/8/2009 at 4:03pm
Location: Surrey
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The Coleman 450 is a bigger bag, it's longer. I think it's too warm for summer but my wife uses it and likes it, but there's a Coleman Hudson 300 which I have that is a bit cooler. You can zip them together.
I had a Vango 300, I think it was an XL square, but it came up small on the sizing. It wasn't as long or wide as the measurements were supposed to be, to the extent that being 6' tall I couldn't straighten my legs and fit in it. It went back and the retailer agreed that it was a fault in batch because all the other in his stock were similarly 10cm shorter than they should have been. So, if you get the Vango, measure it.
I thought that the Vango Nitestar felt better quality than the Hudson, and I liked the shoulder baffle. But the Hudson is a perfectly fine bag, you'll be OK with it.
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