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I need to get new sleeping bags for me and my son but there are too many out there to choose from so hopefully i can go off a recommendation

 they need to be lightweight as we are backpackers and also need to be 3 or possibly 4 season as we do camp quite late in the year ie October. 

many thanks in advance  

Quote: Originally posted by joolsr on 25/9/2012

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have you thought of ex-army from the surplus stores? They're really warm and only £20- £30. OH is ex-army and swears by his, he uses it for camping and fishing in December mad man!

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    For  3/ 4 season  lightweight Sleeping bags .

I would recommend Down bags

look at The Rab Neutrino : If you look around you can get for £170

also Alpkit 400 & 600 Pipedream .  Around £ 170 .

Also Phd,  And Marmot sell top class bags . Will cost you a lorra lorra dosh .

These bags   Comfort range from -4C to -10C ,  lightweight under a Kilo and pack down small into  a stuff bag .  

Hope this helps .

Quote: Originally posted by joolsr on 25/9/2012

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have you thought of ex-army from the surplus stores? They're really warm and only £20- £30. OH is ex-army and swears by his, he uses it for camping and fishing in December mad man!

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Quote: Originally posted by ZIZAG on 25/9/2012

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    For  3/ 4 season  lightweight Sleeping bags .

I would recommend Down bags

look at The Rab Neutrino : If you look around you can get for £170

also Alpkit 400 & 600 Pipedream .  Around £ 170 .

Also Phd,  And Marmot sell top class bags . Will cost you a lorra lorra dosh .

These bags   Comfort range from -4C to -10C ,  lightweight under a Kilo and pack down small into  a stuff bag .  

Hope this helps .

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Quote: Originally posted by TheFishesThree on 25/9/2012

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Quote: Originally posted by joolsr on 25/9/2012

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have you thought of ex-army from the surplus stores? They're really warm and only £20- £30. OH is ex-army and swears by his, he uses it for camping and fishing in December mad man!

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We thought about those but thought better of it when our ex-army mate told us what goes on in them on those long lonely nights on manoeuvres! Yuk!

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poppy9560  some are unused surplus and some are used need to check the description. With OH's last one I didn't take any chances washed it twice and steamed it as well. He told me the stories just like thefishesthree was told. Yuk Yuk Yuk !!   OH has recently bought polish army sleeping mat and that got disinfected and double steamed although it said unissued !

Quote: Originally posted by joolsr on 26/9/2012

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poppy9560  some are unused surplus and some are used need to check the description. With OH's last one I didn't take any chances washed it twice and steamed it as well. He told me the stories just like thefishesthree was told. Yuk Yuk Yuk !!   OH has recently bought polish army sleeping mat and that got disinfected and double steamed although it said unissued !

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