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    See now wife and I only went a minus 5 bags for us.
    We can always put more clothes on if it's to cold to offset the less insulation of the bag.
    But you can't take your skin off
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    Quote Originally Posted by macca View Post
    We have had a few, currently have a minus 8 matched pair of mountain design down bag for winter and some cheap synthetic for summer.
    The down does end up in one side of the "pockets" sometimes, how the are packed seems to make a difference.
    The minus rating is a survival number not nice and warm at that temperature. If you are a high country camper and expect minus 3 or 5, get a minus 10 or 12 bag.
    Talk to people in high end camping stores, if they sell climbing gear there's a good chance they know sleeping bags.
    Down sleeping bags are met to be stored open not in compression bags aswell

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    Quote Originally Posted by megatexture View Post
    Down sleeping bags are met to be stored open not in compression bags aswell
    Yes we have compression bags we don't use, probably for backpackers / hikers, 4 times bigger large open weave bags for traveling in vehicles and as you suggest hang them in a wardrobe or leave them in the RTT. Which is what we do.
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    i currently use a caribee moonshine double sleeping bag with no complaints. In the past I been a big fan of Rab products but for general camping they are overkill and the Caribee won't let you down.

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    I have a Kathmandu 4 Seasons + Snow tapered sleepingbag.... Having slept in snow... it worked brilliantly! Having slept in WA in summer.... not so great but then I hate the cold.

    The other option you have is getting a good bag and then adding a silk liner (adds about 5 degrees of warmth) and if you are really going to get out into the elements, add a bivy bag outter. Expensive combo but depends on what you want to do and where you intend to go...
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