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Recommend me a good value down sleeping bag, needs to be good for winter use down to -10C approx. Don't want to spend the earth, should I look second-hand or are there any bargains out there?
Thanks in advance,
Paceman
£100 off in the winter sale gets a top class -10C bag down to £257.
Still well under 1K weight as well. Options for longer/shorter wider as well if needed.
http://www.phdesigns.co.uk/minim-500-down-sleeping-bag?osCsid=gvjigbunb2u46qog3dnpiubbl7
Something from Alpkit although PHD stuff is very nice.
-10C is pretty severe for the UK unless you are bivvying out in the Highlands. A bag rated to that sort of temp won't be much use for probably 11 months of the year. I've a Rab 1100 which is rated to -25C and which I've used for perhaps 20 nights in 20 years, nearly all of them outside the UK.
A lesser rated bag with a liner or second bag to get you to the required rating might be a better choice. I've a PHD sleeping bag rated to 5C and a Cumulus quilt 150 with the same rating, together they are fine down to at least -5C. Weight and cost are roughly equivalent to the same rated bag.
If you want top quality then PHD (preferably in the sale for your wallet's sake) but Alpkit is a decent budget option. I would be tempted by the Minim 500 linked to above though despite my comments above.
It's for a MTB trekking trip to Nepal in October, advice is to take a sleeping bag suitable for temps down to -10C.
Lots on here: [url= http://www.downsleepingbag.co.uk/sleeping-bags/4-SEASON.html ]Down Sleeping Bags[/url]
[url= http://sleepingbags-cumulus.eu/uk/categories/sleeping-bags/down-sleeping-bags/mysterious-traveller-700?gid=60&vid=6 ]Cumulus bags[/url] are great too and top value.
In that case get one with a zip, you'll have some nights that are very warm so need a bit of ventilation.