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Winter Sleeping Bags
Winter sleeping bags protect you from the cold winter environment, and prevent your body from losing heat, which can lead to hypothermia.
There is a big variety of winter sleeping bags available on the market. They come in all shapes, sizes, colours and features, which will provide you an ultimate durability and comfort for long period of time, during the cold winter nights of camping. As a rule, winter sleeping bags feature thick four layer fibre insulation, so even the coldest environment and wind could not penetrate through its armour. These sleeping bags have temperature rating of zero degrees.
There are mainly two choices of winter sleeping bags, a natural goose down or the synthetic one, each with its advantages and disadvantages. If you want to sleep in the comfort of the natural material, and you don’t feel like caring an extra weight with you, then goose type is a best choice for you, it is as warm as synthetic one, but a lot lighter. Goose down, it is very comfortable and what makes them so amazing is that they are really thick and excellent for cold weather, the only disadvantage about having goose down is, if it’s gets wet, it dramatically decreases its warmth and efficiency of the winter sleeping bags. One of the most amazing winter sleeping bags are Western Mountaineering, it’s great for up to -30 degrees, great for North American cold weather.
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If you are on a tight budget, and you don’t want to worry about your bag getting wet, then you should consider a synthetic one, it has same warmth properties as a goose down winter sleeping bags, but a lot cheaper compared to the goose down.
When choosing a sleeping bag for a cold environment, it’s important to pick one with the additional lining for your neck, so when you get in, you got a nice sealed padding around the neck and a head piece. Another great thing to have is padding for additional insulation and comfort, which will eventually make a sleeping bag even more effective and warm. You may have a best sleeping bag in the world, but if making a direct contact with the cold ground, no matter what you have, you will get cold.
Few winter survival tips. First, what you want to do is select a sleeping bag a few degrees lower than a temperature you expecting encounter, it is very crucial because you never know with the wind chill. Secondary a very good tip is to wear a hat on your head when you go to sleep in your winter sleeping bags, this way you conserve a lot of your body heat.
Another tip, before you even get in to your sleeping bag, if you start feeling a little bit cold, do a little exercise, jumping up and down and move your arms around in circles, and a final little tip, if you have additional gear with you, what you can do is use your gear as an additional layer of insulation, so put your gear down, your foam mat, and then your winter sleeping bags, this way you are creating more layers and it will stay warmer.