“The conventional US Military outside sleeping gear taken as the basis for comparison consists of a basic mummy-formed 'mountain' sleeping bag built to give enough safety for sufficient slumber in ambient temperatures all the way down to -10°C (+ 14°File), and an 'arctic' sleeping bag of much larger dimensions made to be utilized more than The essential mountain bag together to offer defense from -ten°C to -40°C.

As for bulk, I ordinarily camp with a canvas tarp, canvas floor cloth and queen sized wool blankets...I do think I'm the epitome of bulk camping

But for summer use with the boy scouts the jungle bag is completely OK for the worth. There are plenty of sleeping bags wherever the money is much worse invested. Many people have a fleece Jacket and prolonged underwear.

We just must realise the poncho liner [ called a "Tropical Blanket" in Australia] is created to an previous, old standard and as cheaply as feasible.

Can make it hard to put on and obtain in. I put it on similar to a sock. It does have lacing holes on the inside, which if I'd to acquire my arms in use quickly, is exactly what I would use. It’s Just about double blanket thickness and pretty warm. It packs up really smaller. Pretty positive they utilized them mid WWII for the early fifties.

"Back again during the Coton Sleeping eighties I chanced on a German army sleeping bag that had a hood and SLEEVES, of all matters! Considering that I too am a side sleeper I gave just one a attempt.

NJ Jan 9, 2014 #12 The grabbers are merely iron filings and salt that rusts genuinely quickly and are wholly Safe and sound The Zippo I might By no means place in a very bag because it's actually "burning" gas There isn't a flame but there's an ember of sorts YMMV

I utilize a Carhartt Fleece 2-in-1 Hat in colder weather conditions for sleeping outdoors considering that I do not actually look after a sleeping bag hood cinched tight. It works wonderful. I rarely make use of the deal with mask function.

Baggage also can get way also scorching in case you take place to bring one that is a minimal far too warm with the temperature. Are unable to breathe.

The opposite facet, planed as being the higher side, we folded back again, the interior facet was coated by another quarter stripe.

I distinctly recall waking up one morning with frost on my poncho, but I used to be quite a bit more youthful plus more hardy again then.

That procedure works definitely great for me. I used to be at first skeptical of the temperature scores, but I do think They are really location on with them. Heat when wet in addition. And device washable, which I've finished many,again and again. If you will get the process, I don't Consider You will be dissatisfied.

By the way: Military sleeping baggage are built to go away them in instances of unexpected emergency within seconds. Their zippers Really don't lock, you just can pull The material and they're going to open.

Yukon, Alright Jan 9, 2014 #7 Rusty, that MSDS is for butane. The top hotter that the OP is referring to would not use butane. It makes use of the conventional zippo fluid. I do not see an MSDS around the hand warmers on This page at all.