Vango Latitude Pro 300 Sleeping Bag, 3-4 Season Sleeping Bag, Part Of The DofE Recommended Kit List, Camping Equipment

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I’d say that the sleeping bag did seem a bit tight around my hips but this also helped to keep warmth in and it was easy enough to move around in.

The clue's in the name, this is an extreme cold sleeping bag. Designed for taking a nap in the polar regions, or other unpleasantly cold parts of the world, the Snugpak Softie Antartica is most extreme sleeping bag in the Softie range. Plus if you like the range, you can get a Softie bag with a comfort rating roughly every 5 degrees down from 5°C through to -30°C. These UK made bags come in regular and extra long, for people over 6ft 3. Snugpak also do an extra wide sleeping bag range. When buying Mummy Shape, the quality of the product is going to be one of the factors that you really scrutinise before you commit to buying. Inner Lining – The material used inside the sleeping bag. You should look for a breathable material here to stop you from getting too hot and sweaty in your sleep The downside to buying online is that you can’t actually get hold of the product to try it out first.The more specific sleeping bag temperature rating tells you exactly how the bag is expected to perform. Each sleeping bag will be sold with three temperatures: the comfort rating, limit and extreme. When someone says a sleeping bag "goes down" to a certain temperature, they're talking about comfort rating. If the temperature outside your sleeping bag only goes down as far as your comfort rating temperature, you'll be nice and snuggly all night. If the temperature goes below the comfort rating, you'll start to lose heat from the sleeping bag. There are other things you can do to help keep yourself warm when camping, which I cover in this guide. Features When wild camping, an important factor to consider when choosing a sleeping bag is the weight, as you will likely be carrying this with a lot of other wild camping gear. Once we’d snowshoed our way up Mt Seymour and past the ski area we scouted out a spot, trampled down the snow and went about setting up camp.

To give that price some context we then looked at all of the products available from Go Outdoors in the Mummy Shape category. We found 14 items in total. What’s the price of Mummy Shape?

This Latitude sleeping bag is mummy-style with a hood and then wider at the shoulders and narrow at the hips and feet. However, the bag has ‘arrow foot’ which gives your feet more space to fall however they normally would. There are other features that you may want to consider when buying a sleeping bag, which I haven’t gone into in the below guide. These are: So here's a selection of sleeping bags for a variety of different adventures. Don't forget you might need to look for the men's vs women's fit and choose the right length too. 1. Vango Latitude Pro 300 Without being your personal shopper, it's hard to tell exactly which sleeping bag you need. We'd want to know all about you and which adventure you're going on. Plus how tall you are and how often you think you'll use your sleeping bag. And what for and where... Whilst I wasn’t shivering, I wouldn’t say I was as warm as I’d expected (apart from my feet which were surprising since they’re usually always cold!). But, I think the issue was more that my body was trying to warm the snow up beneath me than anything else.

In this guide, I will demystify some of the terms used for sleeping bags, help you choose the right sleeping bag and, hopefully, help you find “the one” for all your wild camping needs. There are however some methods that you can use to determine a product’s quality without needing to physically have it. UPDATE: I’ve since tried the sleeping bag with the sleeping mat on snow again and I was very, very toasty! How big is the Latitude 400 bag?It was time to retreat into the tent and put the Latitude 400 sleeping bag and Vango Trek sleeping mat, to the test! Vango latitude pro 400 review: Comfort Up on our snowy mountain, top temperatures dipped below zero and as we were sleeping on metres of snow the ground felt very cold. The sleeping bag was having to work extra hard to keep me warm.

Choosing the right sleeping bag can make all the difference to how well you sleep and enjoy your next wild camping trip. I personally can’t stand waking up feeling cold at night and will happily spend a bit more money on a warmer sleeping bag to ensure I have a good night’s sleep. New 50D 300T Polyester Inner Lining Fabric – New polyester lining fabric which is breathable and soft, ensuring warmth and maximum comfort. These tyoes of sleeping bags are generally cheaper than down sleeping bags, as the insulation materials is much easier and cheaper to source. There are some other factors to think about too, though. Before you go around hugging every sleeping bag in the shop, trying to rate it on snuggle factor. Your aim is to get a sleeping bag that fits you well: snugly, without too much (or too little) space between you and the inside of the sleeping bag. You want some space, because it's by heating the air inside that you stay warm - just like with layers of clothing. But, if there are too many gaps, say a large space at the bottom because the bag is too long for your height, you'll struggle to keep the sleeping bag warm enough. It's your body doing the work after all and the bag acts as insulation. So pay attention to lengths and sizing. Most sleeping bags come in small, medium and large, or at least regular and long.Another factor that can be a great indication of product quality is the brand. Brands like Vango are of course extremely well known, especially for Mummy Shape. Price – as you’d expect the price of a product can be an instantly recognisable factor on what sort of quality you can expect. Whoever came up with the phrase “you get what you pay for” pretty much hit the nail on the head. Whilst it’s not always the case and there are many bargains to be had, you can as a general rule, expect the higher priced products to offer better quality than a the cheapest option. We’ll dive into the price of Vango Latitude Pro 300 Sleeping Bag in more detail in a moment. Vango 4T Insulation – micro channels which trap air more effectively than traditional hollowfibre filling