If you are considering going shopping for a sleeping bag, you are well advised to take your time and understand the various things to look for an in ideal sleeping bag for the purpose you have in mind. The attitude that 'any sleeping bag will do' will certainly not be a helpful attitude to you, if what you want is a sleeping bag that can truly offer you real comfort during whatever expedition you have in mind for it.
As it turns out, different sleeping bag designs are meant for different purposes, and if you make the mistake of going for the wrong bag for the type of expedition or other use you have in mind, then you would have nobody else to blame when the product turns out to be of absolutely no use to you; or if the product offers you less comfort that you feel that you paid for.
One of the most basic factors that will go into determining what your ideal choice of a sleeping bag should be is the temperature of the campground - or wherever - the bag is to be used. If you go summer camping in a place characterized by very hot summers using a sleeping bag meant for winter camping, then you should not blame anyone if attempting to lull yourself to sleep inside it turns out to be an impossible task!
For reasons like those, it important that whenever you go out shopping for a sleeping bag, and you happen to take a liking to a particular sleeping bag, to read the 'literature' that the sleeping bag in question comes with carefully. You should even, whenever possible, make enquiries with the person selling the bags, to establish what types of conditions the sleeping bag is meant for, and then work out whether they are closer to the real life conditions you are considering using the sleeping bag in.
Another factor, besides the temperature conditions for which the sleeping bag is designed that you have to take into consideration before purchasing it is the mode that you will be using for transporting the sleeping bag to the venue (say campsite) where you will be using it. As it turns out, there are some sleeping bags whose transportation can prove to be extremely inconvenient - if not impossible - unless you are looking to have car transportation for the camping kit right up to the camping ground, in which case carrying considerations for the sleeping bag might not matter so much.
You will also have to think very deeply about the shape of the sleeping bag you opt for. Sleeping bag shapes, as you are bound to learn sooner or later during your shopping expedition, have greater implications beyond aesthetics, since they determine the sleeping bag's heat conservation capacities. For this reason, if you are considering going camping in a summer campsite (where heat conservation might not be a very major factor) going for a rectangular sleeping bag - which offers a lot of sleeping space but is poor at heat conservation might be the ideal situation for you, of course granted there is car transportation right up to the campsite, as the rectangular sleeping bag is rather bulky to carry on the back. In a similar manner, if you are going camping at a site characterized by low temperatures (where heat conservation is a necessity), then you are better off going making a 'mummy bag' your choice of a sleeping bag, because although such a 'mummy bag' does not offer as much sleeping space as the rectangular sleeping bag, it does offer remarkable heat conservation features.
As it turns out, different sleeping bag designs are meant for different purposes, and if you make the mistake of going for the wrong bag for the type of expedition or other use you have in mind, then you would have nobody else to blame when the product turns out to be of absolutely no use to you; or if the product offers you less comfort that you feel that you paid for.
One of the most basic factors that will go into determining what your ideal choice of a sleeping bag should be is the temperature of the campground - or wherever - the bag is to be used. If you go summer camping in a place characterized by very hot summers using a sleeping bag meant for winter camping, then you should not blame anyone if attempting to lull yourself to sleep inside it turns out to be an impossible task!
For reasons like those, it important that whenever you go out shopping for a sleeping bag, and you happen to take a liking to a particular sleeping bag, to read the 'literature' that the sleeping bag in question comes with carefully. You should even, whenever possible, make enquiries with the person selling the bags, to establish what types of conditions the sleeping bag is meant for, and then work out whether they are closer to the real life conditions you are considering using the sleeping bag in.
Another factor, besides the temperature conditions for which the sleeping bag is designed that you have to take into consideration before purchasing it is the mode that you will be using for transporting the sleeping bag to the venue (say campsite) where you will be using it. As it turns out, there are some sleeping bags whose transportation can prove to be extremely inconvenient - if not impossible - unless you are looking to have car transportation for the camping kit right up to the camping ground, in which case carrying considerations for the sleeping bag might not matter so much.
You will also have to think very deeply about the shape of the sleeping bag you opt for. Sleeping bag shapes, as you are bound to learn sooner or later during your shopping expedition, have greater implications beyond aesthetics, since they determine the sleeping bag's heat conservation capacities. For this reason, if you are considering going camping in a summer campsite (where heat conservation might not be a very major factor) going for a rectangular sleeping bag - which offers a lot of sleeping space but is poor at heat conservation might be the ideal situation for you, of course granted there is car transportation right up to the campsite, as the rectangular sleeping bag is rather bulky to carry on the back. In a similar manner, if you are going camping at a site characterized by low temperatures (where heat conservation is a necessity), then you are better off going making a 'mummy bag' your choice of a sleeping bag, because although such a 'mummy bag' does not offer as much sleeping space as the rectangular sleeping bag, it does offer remarkable heat conservation features.
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