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Sleeping Bags, High attitude 22-Jan-2013 At 4:42:14 PM pecheur

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On 22/01/2013 UILKA wrote:
>Yep, Nepal. it should be -10 to -5 comfort zone, but it looks like the
>companies usually cheating about the temperature ratings, that's why i'm
>looking for some comments.
>If someone slept on the snow in a bag with -10 to -5 comfort zone and
>was not freezing?

Bizarre to say that companies cheat with ratings, you are aware that one of the most important factors in how warm you feel is YOU, which sadly the bag manufacturers can't always cater for.

If you're a cold sleeper, which from the sounds of it you are, then look at any rating as optimistic, believe it or not it's not the manufacturers' fault, and our experience of being warm or otherwise will NOT help you. I regard most ratings as pessimistic and am warm at 5 degrees lower than the bags are rated as comfortable, so me giving you an opinion would be useless.

The advice about having a cheap foam mat and another decent mat is a good one though. If I'm carrying I prefer just one good mat, if someone else is carrying then a cheap foam mat as well is a good thing.

PS the original post about being warm at 5,000 meters was also rubbish, there's a world of difference camping at 5,000 meters on Denali in winter compared to 5,000 meters at Kilimanjaro in late summer and you'd get totally different recommendations.