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We are new campers, need some advice on sleeping bags, we will look to camp spring to autumn what rating will we need?  Is two season enough?

get the warmest you can.then if you get too hot you can undo it .there is nothing worse than feeling cold in bed-better to be safe.

also i bought kingsize sleeping bags you do have more room to curl up too

cheb

We had two-season bags and found they were not warm enough even in late May.  We have since bought three-season bags and they are nice n' toasty!

I would recommend that you look for the 'comfort' zone rating on the bag for guidance.  The 'extreme' low temp that is quoted usually assumes that you are wearing other warm layers in addition to the bag!

You can't be too hot - cos you can just undo/remove it as required!

You can also add a fleece liner to the bag to increase its warmth if you wish.

 any recommendations for 3 season rectangle sleeping bags

I think "mummy" style sleeping bags are warmer as you can get a draught in a rectangle shape one.  The mummy ones can be drawn in round the neck and hood to stop any draughts.  Also get the warmest you can afford - preferably a 3 (or even 4) season as you can undo it if you are too hot.

Fat Bum

Quote: Originally posted by bugalugs on 12/09/2004

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 any recommendations for 3 season rectangle sleeping bags

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 We bought the kingsize sleeping bag from Argos its really warm my only problem is I find it difficult to get it rolled up into the bag we got with it,we decided to use a holdall instead.

Mary

Quote: Originally posted by daisymaisy100 on 13/09/2004

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 We bought the kingsize sleeping bag from Argos its really warm my only problem is I find it difficult to get it rolled up into the bag we got with it,we decided to use a holdall instead.

Mary

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i dont like mummy bags as they feel like ive been tied up!

We bought kingsize singles 300gsm2 for me n hubby, (yes really, king size singles!!) kids have standard 300gsm2's. all slumbalux i think. (i know the kids are)