As long as it fits and doesn't cram insulation or the wearer, what are known and or assumed expected results?
Roomy Down bag in particular...
Thoughts?
As long as it fits and doesn't cram insulation or the wearer, what are known and or assumed expected results?
Roomy Down bag in particular...
Thoughts?
If it fits it would work just fine. I think most properly sized mummy bags won't have that sort of room unless you're a small child.
Some controls to eliminate some expected extreme variables.
The pad is exactly the footprint of a one position sleeper..
I suppose the foremost question would be of the bag insulation being largely crushed under the pad apposed to crushed on top of the pad.
It's a pad with "divets" for some small areas of loft.
I understand many of the other heat loss areas. Almost so, that the pad should be smaller than the sleepers "non moving" foot print.
"Non moving" sleepers* footprint.
It's ok if you sleep on your back the whole night, but you can't roll over on your side with the pad in the bag. Just sayin.
That's what a quilt is for.
I've done it quite a bit whenever the pad fits well in the bag. It's (for me) the most comfortable way to sleep while backpacking.
Thanks for all the input so far. All very helpful.
expected result... a dirtier sleeping bag
I end up using my sleeping bag as a quilt most of the time as I have wide shoulders and even a extra girth bag like a Western Mountaineering Megalite is tight. The trade off is in cold weather sleeping on a regular air mattress can be cold. I think Big Agnes has an inflatable with some sort of internal insulation that helps with that but it weighs more.