How does Western Mountaineering's sleeping bag temperature rating system work?
Question: On their website, each sleeping bag has a 'temperature rating', but it doesn't actually say what this means. I am wondering if this is the absolute lowest temperature at which you can sleep in the bag, or the 'comfort temperature' advertized by most other manufacturers. I appreciate
Answer: It's suppose to be about what temp comfortable. But, I would always go with a lower temp rating than you expect to be in. For instance, if you are expecting night time lows in the 30's, I'd go with a 20, 15 or 0 degree bag. You can get more use out of a 0 degree bag if you plan
It could be both the temperature it can cope the at low temperatures and how warm it can sustain you, if their is a temperature grading then you can work it out with indicates saying -25 or +25!!
There’s a trick that every winter camper has to try – take a pot of boiling water right off a camp stove, toss it into the air and watch the results.
Riding in the Arctic winter he will encounter some extremely cold temperatures as well. So he has Baffin boots rated to -100 C , sleeping bags (he has three) rated to -40 C and enough merino wool to cover his entire body like a sheep....
