EE Revelation reg/reg -6C in a S2S XS compressible bag. Straps are pulled up to their limit, but wouldn’t go much more anyway. ~600g
I found it fine to what I think was 7C; the coldest I’ve been able to try it in. I wasn’t all sealed up in it at that temp too.
Yup. Regular size is fine. 59g and tiny when packed. Stick your puffer over it or something.
-6 hey. I was going to go for the -1 as it will be unlikely I will be camping out in Canberra winter weather.
I’ve done Canberra winter in my -1 sleeping bag. It’s not pleasant but doable. I would get a get a -6 and a 5 one for winter/summer duties if I was made of money.
-6C is still tiny, light, and easily openable for when it’s warm. I bought it for use down to 0C in the NZ mountains in Feb.
And what do you mean not camping in Winter? Sooky. Camping is good all year.
It is only a little more $'s for the -6. I really don’t want to buy multiple bags at this point… hopefully a one bag for all camping duties will do the job, I am just concerned about a -6 being too hot for summer camping. Anyway, I will grab Keiths and see how it goes.
I’m going to get a -6 and just lay on it or a sheet in summer
Most importantly; what colour are you getting?
Scored a Mont Moondance 1 tent from eBay. About a year old, but never used. Paid about half retail. Stoked.
Anyone else have one?
Mine is a Wide Long -1 degree Revelation in the provided stuff sack which is a little larger than required. Can be compressed to under 3015cm. Klymit in the photo is 178cm
I think I want a new tent. I have the Crossfire Dugout Bivy from Keith but it’s a bit snug and I’d like to have a bit more space to chill out in, also to keep my stuff in. I’m thinking a Tarpent Squall 2, cos I like how easy the Dugout is to set up and the tarpent seems to be on a similar level. 2 person cos I like to sleep starfish, and maybe one day I’ll convince girlfran to come too… Would like to use it year round, will it be sufficient? I sleep super hot (girlfran says it’s like sleeping next to a small furnace) so I love me some good ventilation.
Anyone had any experience with it?
I have a Contrail and reckon it’s ace for one person. Plenty of space, and it packs small, and it’s light. I rate it. If you look on my insta you’ll see a pic of it with two mats in it. It’s fine for sleeping, but not hanging out in, and the gear stayed outside. I walked the Overland a year or so ago with a couple and a baby who shared a Rainshadow 2. It’s the 3 person version of the Squall. It was great. Fair bit of room, and fine in the rain. No wind experience though.
Because the Contrail isn’t much chop for hanging out in, I bought a Stratospire 2 - instead of the Squall 2 and the Double Rainbow - to use on longer potentially wetter trips. It packs down to slightly bigger than the Contrail and isn’t as heavy as listed, and it’s the most roomy tent I can think of at its weight. Only spent one night in it though. Squall 2 doesn’t have a useful vestibule or height, and no real room for gear, and having two entrances is good. Double Rainbow looks great, but narrows a lot at the top, so sitting up together gets a bit tight apparently.
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I got asked this question in a PM.
Heeeeey WCP! Do you have a photo of the stratospire packed down? Also, do you use it with hiking poles or the poles from tarptent? If so are they good enough? Xoxo
Here is my answer:
It’s still got a bit of squish to it. I’ve never set them up side by side, but I’d guess that it’s a touch over half the size of my old packed Hubba Hubba.
I don’t use trekking poles. I got the standard Stratospire 2 poles from Tarptent when I bought it. They’re OK, but they have quite a bend in them when the tent is setup tight. I’ve spoken to Franco who is the Australian kinda Tarptent guy who says that this bend is normal and should be fine, but that in high wind it’d be better to use the tougher poles that they sell. I didn’t know about these tougher poles when I ordered; they’re a bit hidden away on the ordering page. If I had have known, I would have ordered them. They’re a fair bit heavier though.
I’m about to head off to NZ with the standard poles so we’ll see how it goes. Franco suggested (and I’d already considered) strapping a stick or something to the pole if I’m worried about it bending in high wind.
It seems like a great tent though. Easy to setup, double doored with vestibules, and very very spacious. Hopefully it’ll stay up.
Well I am back to the drawing board with sleeping bag. I tested Keiths Enlightened Equipment bag and found it pretty good, nice and light and super small when packed. I was all set to make the purchase and with postage + currency conversion it blew my budget. So looking at spending around the $300 mark, less if I can swing it - can anyone suggest a bag that packs down small and is relatively light? I have looked around the camp shops in CBR and nothing really ticks the boxes.
I don’t know much, but I know I lov… Oh wait. I know that I don’t think that you’ll get very close to what you want for $300.
So I am kidding myself. Dang it. It’s just trying to justify the $'s to wife.
Buy once, buy properly or something?
As I said, I don’t know much about it, but anything more than 600 loft down increases the price exponentially. A well filled 600 loft bag will keep you plenty warm and be cheap, but it’ll weigh way more and pack much bigger.
The Sea to Summit Spark range is the kind of thing you’re after, but the summer one starts at about $300. The warmest one is something like $550, which I reckon is average for this kinda thing.
How are your sewing skills?