We have some serious sleeping bags in store at Gear-Zone. You'll literally find something for all seasons with our choice of spring and summer-weight, cold weather down and synthetic three- and four-season ranges.
From the mighty Mammut Ajungilak Altitude 5 Season, their top-of-the-range goose down expedition model with a -25°c comfort temperature, to the lightweight polyester Gelert Tryfan 300 for summer, there's something for everyone here at your one-stop outdoor essentials' shop.
We have a huge selection of heavy-duty Mammut and Rab for facing the harshest of conditions, while our popular lighter-weight examples include Gelert, Lifeventure and Vango.
More about Sleeping Bags
Sleeping bags, like many areas of outdoor equipment, can cause a lot of confusion. There's a lot of choice, and construction methods which can often make choosing one seem over-complicated. It is however, deceptively simple if you know what to look for and in this guide we'll give you a very brief run-down on how to pick a bag, and what some of the terms you'll see mean.
How to Choose a Bag
Although there's a huge variety of sleeping bags around, it's quite simple to choose one if you ignore all the features, and concentrate on the end-use...basically you need to work out what you want it for, and where you want to use it. One thing you will probably not get a choice about is the colour, most bags come in one colour only...so ideally hang up any reservations you have in advance..colour may be an important factor in jacket choice, but in sleeping bags you'll just limit yourself.
The first thing to decide on, is what temperatures you need it to cover. There's no 'catch-all' bag, you won't be able to buy one for every use, a dedicated mountaineering bag will be far too warm/heavy for tropical travel, so put some thought into the primary use, or more importantly, the temperatures where you intend to use it.
Temperature Rating
This is often a confusing area, although the most important to get the right, and is not simplified by manufacturers all having their own methods of testing and rating sleeping bags.
As a rule of thumb, the more specialist brands like Rab & Mammut will give a more accurate rating due to better testing than cheaper brands. To counter this, the cheaper brands don't make bags rated to -4
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Here is a guide to buying Deuter sleeping bags, although it is applicable to all brands. Just bear in mind that some manufacturers call or rate temperatures slightly differently.
The main questions to ask:
- What is the lowest temperature that you are likely to experience?
- Will you be carrying the bag and in what type of environment will it be used?
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