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lilricky
01-28-2010, 00:08
Check it out:
http://www.wymanoutdoors.com/

What do you think? I can think of a few trail names I would inherit with this outfit/bag.

AUhiker90
01-28-2010, 00:12
HAHA yes i would laugh if i saw a person with one of these on esspecially a hiker. I can understand why it seems to be a good idea but I know I wouldnt carry one.

Spirit Walker
01-28-2010, 00:29
Almost 4 pounds for a 40 degree bag? Seems that if it's that warm, you don't need to be wearing your bag. A wearable sleeping bag would be nice if it were 20 degrees outside - but yes, you'd probably get a few giggles.

WalkingStick75
01-28-2010, 00:30
40 degree bag weighs 4.3 pounds! I wouldn't laugh because you are wearing it I would laugh because you were carrying it. :)

jesse
01-28-2010, 00:31
Almost 4 pounds for a 40 degree bag? Seems that if it's that warm, you don't need to be wearing your bag. A wearable sleeping bag would be nice if it were 20 degrees outside - but yes, you'd probably get a few giggles.

ditto....... 4lb bag is pretty funny.

lilricky
01-28-2010, 00:36
Yep, a 40 degree, ahem, bag, that weighs 4lbs is outrageous. I wasn't seriously going to buy this bag however, just wanted to give a few smiles. :)

Jester2000
01-28-2010, 00:43
I would totally buy one of these if they came in Red. If only to present it at the Billville Useless Gear Contest.

I find it hard to believe a 40 degree bag can even be made that heavy. It's a marvel of ass-backwards engineering!

Jester2000
01-28-2010, 00:44
What do you think? I can think of a few trail names I would inherit with this outfit/bag.

Stay Puff?

BrianLe
01-28-2010, 00:49
The Exped Wallcreeper (http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/bagdetail.cfm/EXP1550) is a bit more of a functional, reasonable version of this --- just under 2 pounds in size medium for a 38 degree rated ~bag.
If anyone is seriously interested in this approach, there are three reviews of it on backpackgeartest.org (http://www.backpackgeartest.org/reviews/Sleep%20Gear/Sleeping%20Bags/Exped%20Wall%20Creeper/).

kanga
01-28-2010, 00:57
Check it out:
http://www.wymanoutdoors.com/

What do you think? I can think of a few trail names I would inherit with this outfit/bag.
well that depends on whether or not you give a shizznit what anybody else thinks. personally, i would laugh you off the mountain for staying in a piss box but i think the suit is pretty cool if it's warm and light. i'm not gonna read the junk that comes with your pic. plus the suit is dayglo yellow and can be seen for long distances. maybe that in georgia is not a good idea.

Jester2000
01-28-2010, 01:02
The Exped Wallcreeper (http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/bagdetail.cfm/EXP1550) is a bit more of a functional, reasonable version of this --- just under 2 pounds in size medium for a 38 degree rated ~bag.
If anyone is seriously interested in this approach, there are three reviews of it on backpackgeartest.org (http://www.backpackgeartest.org/reviews/Sleep%20Gear/Sleeping%20Bags/Exped%20Wall%20Creeper/).

That's awesome! It makes you look like you're a three year old wearing his dad's vest!

kanga
01-28-2010, 01:11
That's awesome! It makes you look like you're a three year old wearing his dad's vest!
hey! that is definitely appropriate for some of the people in here.

kanga
01-28-2010, 01:13
ms, what?




The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters.shizznittyness....

Slo-go'en
01-28-2010, 02:00
Looks like the perfict bag for sleep walkers!

leaftye
01-28-2010, 02:28
Let me ask you, are you thru-hiking or going camping? This suit sort of makes sense for one, and not at all for the other.

BrianLe
01-28-2010, 03:24
I guess some other (also actually practical ...) thing this brings vaguely to mind are the JRB wearable quilts (http://www.jacksrbetter.com/Wearable%20Quilts.htm), and the nunatak raku (http://nunatakusa.com/site07/other_bags/raku.htm), and of course there are various "half bag" options and other things designed to combine with clothing to make a sleep system.

Sorry, if this is strictly a humor thread perhaps I shouldn't derail it by introducing actual gear ... :-)

Doooglas
01-28-2010, 05:56
I know who'll buy one.

moytoy
01-28-2010, 06:44
Looks like something you might wear to a costume party.

Dances with Mice
01-28-2010, 06:57
How can you scratch what itches?

Rocket Jones
01-28-2010, 07:07
Does it come in white? There's this wedding coming up...

kayak karl
01-28-2010, 07:25
Marta, didn't i see your daughter in one of these on Springer :rolleyes:

Helios
01-28-2010, 07:32
How do you scratch your arse while wearing this?

Spokes
01-28-2010, 09:11
Can you imagine showing up at a shelter and finding a bunch of Rainbow Family members wearing these things? Talk about being traumatized.

Two Speed
01-28-2010, 09:14
Marta, didn't i see your daughter in one of these on Springer :rolleyes:Um, yeah, I understand these things rock (http://www.nunatakusa.com/site07/other_bags/raku.htm). Not cheap, though, and I still don't know how you'd scratch your butt in one.

Hooch
01-28-2010, 09:23
Is it just me or can anyone else see Minnie wearing one of those? :rolleyes::D

Two Speed
01-28-2010, 09:31
If you could get it with synthetic fill, yeah. Otherwise? Not bloody likely.

JAK
01-28-2010, 09:42
I would wear that to the office.
Sleep at the desk. Sleep through meetings. It's awesome.

Hey, I could wear that to church on Sunday.
What? They wouldn't care. It's the wife that's catholic.

JustaTouron
01-28-2010, 09:56
Its not for thru hikers.

But it can have uses.

One my friends wives loves it. They use an unheated RV for their homebase for multiday X-C ski trips (they return each night to the RV). She puts it on as soon as they get to the RV and says it is great to wear when cooking dinner and hanging out in the evening. If they have the kids with them she wears it as PJs (she still needs a blanket) If they unload the kids at grandmas, they use their mateable sleeping bags as the thing is not ideal for a romantic weekend.

Grinder
01-28-2010, 12:18
I guy named "Turk" on hammock forum has a serious contender of the same style made by Feathered Friends.

The major difference is that the bottom detaches and is a Bag, not leggings.

He routinely goes out into Jillion degrees below zero weather pulling one of those sled things (pulk??) and speaks highly of the gear.

Of course, we all (or at least Tipi Walter) know a two pound bag doesn't get it when it's seriously cold.

Lone Wolf
01-28-2010, 12:49
Check it out:
http://www.wymanoutdoors.com/

What do you think? I can think of a few trail names I would inherit with this outfit/bag.

i wouldn't laugh at ya. it's no more ridiculous than some of the other stuff hikers use

Disney
01-28-2010, 12:52
This thread made my day.

On a serious note though, there is no way to "adjust" the bag temperature. If it's colder, I curl up within the bag. If it's warmer, I open up the zipper flap. If it's much warmer, I unzip the bag entirely and use it as a blanket. Without these little adjustments, the comfort range is going to be reduced.

tennesseered
01-28-2010, 15:41
i think someone in this hideous bag would scare me more at night than any animal or weather

the brownbear
01-28-2010, 16:33
Well I laughed at the little brother in the movie "The Christmas Story" after his mother dressed him for school. He looked like he was wearing one of these. So I would probably laugh at someone wearing this bag by just remembering the movie. Sorry!

ShelterLeopard
01-28-2010, 16:40
Check it out:
http://www.wymanoutdoors.com/

What do you think? I can think of a few trail names I would inherit with this outfit/bag.

How bout this?

http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/cstanton/tauntaun-sleepingbag.jpg

But seriously, I'd be uncomfortable in that sleeping suit, because I like the feeling of being covered, and being able to wrap myself in something.

Disney
01-28-2010, 16:46
Stay Puff?

Stay Puff is good. I was thinking Michelin man, or Dough Boy.

Possibly Bagless, which of course would become Sackless to his friends.

I can see it all now:

"Hey Sackless!"
"Is your name really sackless?"
"No. It's bagless."
"And that's better?"
"Don't lie to the girl sackless."
"I hate you guys. I'm going home."

Disney
01-28-2010, 16:48
How bout this?

http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/cstanton/tauntaun-sleepingbag.jpg

But seriously, I'd be uncomfortable in that sleeping suit, because I like the feeling of being covered, and being able to wrap myself in something.

Great Jumping Tantars Schlep!
Is that for little kids who have a dream of sleeping inside the slowly cooling carcass of a freshly killed animal? Twisted.

ShelterLeopard
01-28-2010, 16:50
Hey, fresh intestines are warm! Luke and Solo proved that. Watch out, here come the nerdy trailnames!!! (I like the lightsaber zipper pull myself...)

Jester2000
01-28-2010, 16:52
Hey, fresh intestines are warm! Luke and Solo proved that. Watch out, here come the nerdy trailnames!!! (I like the lightsaber zipper pull myself...)

And I thought they smelled bad . . . on the outside!

Disney
01-28-2010, 16:58
And I thought they smelled bad . . . on the outside!

All I can think of is "we don't want women with good taste..." But I couldn't come up with a way to tie it in.

By the way, I think my bagless/sackless beats your stay puft hands down.

Jester2000
01-28-2010, 17:07
By the way, I think my bagless/sackless beats your stay puft hands down.

The dialog was perfect. Exactly what would happen.