Camping Question

[Brandy]

I'm going to be taking my bike (and the blender) on GITAP
This year I want to buy a nice sleeping bag, maybe a pad. Will I regret getting, say, a "20 degree" sleeping bag? Last year was fine with a really light one but the weather was perfect. I think the tent also does a good job of keeping heat in when it's closed up, too.

IMO, one cold night will make you wish that you had a 20 degree bag! We're avid campers and we live in southern California. The coldest temps we've had to deal with while camping were in the low 30's last February, and that was when I gave up on our 35 degree bags because we all froze! The kids and I all have 10 degree mummy bags (with the exception of the youngest, his is a20 degree bag) and we used them all summer last year with no problems. If it's a warmer night we simply didn't zip them all the way up and we were cool enough.

As for pads, I love our thermarest pads!

[Veronica]

Sorry I wasn't clear. I wasn't advocating getting a 40 degree bag, but rather pointing out that if you get the twenty degree bag and it's not warm enough, you can add liners and they do work.

We switched from thermarests to Big Agnes pads last year. Four camping trips later, we're still thinking they are more comfortable than the thermarests.

V.

[sydney_b]

IMO, one cold night will make you wish that you had a 20 degree bag! *snip*
As for pads, I love our thermarest pads!

I'm with Brandy on this one. Have a warm mummy-style bag and thermarest too. When I'm too warm, I just unzip.