Sleeping bag for touring

[VR_Rider]

Im looking to replace my sleeping bag, my current tesco cheapie has seen better days!

Im looking to camp in fair weather, but there is talk of riding to morroco in september. Any suggestions?

Cheers, :cheer:

[backofbeyond]

I would have thought your cheapie Tesco bag would be just right for Morocco in Sept - unless you were planning on climbing some of the higher peaks in the Atlas. :laugh:

[T.REX63]

I am happy with my Lafuma 1000 down sleeping bag in combination with a Therma-Rest Prolite inflatable mat. For really nippy days, I use a silk liner inside the bag. All packs very small and light.

The Lafuma 1000 is rates:
Comfort: +4 deg.C and up
Transition: -1 deg. C to +4 deg. C
Risk: -1 deg. C to -17 deg. C

The silk line will improve the rating by another 5 deg. C.

[Warthog]

I am happy with my Lafuma 1000 down sleeping bag in combination with a Therma-Rest Prolite inflatable mat. For really nippy days, I use a silk liner inside the bag. All packs very small and light.

The Lafuma 1000 is rates:
Comfort: +4 deg.C and up
Transition: -1 deg. C to +4 deg. C
Risk: -1 deg. C to -17 deg. C

The silk line will improve the rating by another 5 deg. C.

Without commenting on the Lafuma directly (I have no personal experience of it), I'd take any manufacturer ratings with a pinch of salt.

Taking the Lafuma as an example, I'd say you could trust it to provide a comfortable night's slepp down to +4 or 5 degrees. The other numbers are not of any use to a traveller who wants to rest well at the end of a day, in my experience.

[T.REX63]

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Without commenting on the Lafuma directly (I have no personal experience of it), I'd take any manufacturer ratings with a pinch of salt.
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Oh, no doubt about that. Those numbers provide a broad indication only. Plus, everybody has a different threshold for comfort, i.e. cold/hot. Just saying that I like the performance of this sleeping bag for my style of 3 season camping. I would recommend it if somebody was interested.

[Warthog]

[quote="T.REX63" post=13531
Oh, no doubt about that. Those numbers provide a broad indication only. [/quote]

My comments were motivated by a personal experience where I had taken my slpeeing bag's numbers as gospel, gone camping, and promptly spent a horrendous night thinking I would need to invest in a prosthetic posterior as I was swiftly freezing off the original!!

All that despite the temperatures being "within range"!!:ohmy:

[VR_Rider]

I would have thought your cheapie Tesco bag would be just right for Morocco in Sept - unless you were planning on climbing some of the higher peaks in the Atlas. :laugh:

:laugh: No plans to clime! My sleeping bag is well overdue for replacement. so any suggestions welcome! Im a fair weather camper so doesn't need to be the best sleeping bag in the world! However something that is a little warmer than the previous would be good!

[Warthog]

If you're not looking for specialist stuff and are happy with a summer bag, then just go down to Millets/Blacks and pick one that you like the look of at a price you can afford: They'll be much of a muchness, IMO...!

PS also check out Decathlon stuff: their Quechua brand packs a lot of pazazz for your pound

[scouse]

PS also check out Decathlon stuff: their Quechua brand packs a lot of pazazz for your pound

Even cheaper if you visit one of the French stores as they always seem to do a Euro to Sterling conversion. Over the years I have seen the same stuff on sale for say 10 euros in France and 10 quid in the UK. Made a bigger difference when it was a euro 40 to the pound!

Couple of times when looking at new kit in the local one I have waited until I got to France as it worked out cheaper to buy there. I once even saw a couple in the UK checking out kit with the intention of buying it all in France when hey got off the ferry... that is taking penny pinching a wee bit too far!

[VR_Rider]

Cool, cheers for the advice! I shall have a look around!