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300winmag
02-06-2010, 02:11
I've extended the temperature rating of my W. M. Megalite 30 degree down bag by using insulated clothing.

I have a Thermolite Micro insulated jacket and pants that I have used last October in Colorado's Indian Peaks Range to help me sleep comforably in weather well into the teens in my 30 F, bag. The W.M. Megalite is purposely cut larger in the chest area and thus it wadds not tight with the extra clothes on.

The jacket and pants were also used around camp and the jacket was used under my GTX PacLite rain parka on cold windy mornings on the trail. This "multiple use" saved me some weight and gave me the necesary safety, day and night.

Eric

Colter
02-06-2010, 10:01
Good post. Using insulated clothing inside your bag correctly works well for most of us. And as you pointed out, with this multiple use approach you can use that same insulation day and night. You just have to keep it dry, which should be easy because you're not hiking in it.