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  • Re: Canadian Army Goose Down Sleeping Bag

    From N Winter@21:1/5 to David Yung on Thu Oct 20 00:52:19 2022
    On Monday, June 17, 1996 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-6, David Yung wrote:
    Hi all,
    I am planning to buy a Canadian army sleeping bag from an army surplus
    store. It cost $100 and the guy at the store told me the bag is good for -20C. Is this true? Any comments?
    David
    Edmonton, Alberta
    CANADA
    The Canadian army sleeping bag is really 2 seperate sleeping bags , both nearly identical . There's an inner ,and an outer . I have slept in 0 C temperature with just one . with the inner bag tucked inside the outer you will be comfortable at -27 C ,
    but you need to be protected from the frozen ground with a good sleeping pad. The feathers get squashed flat and lose the insulating value . These bags are very very durable . not like todays sport bags that need tender love and care . I throw mine in
    the washer ,then dryer , they take a beating .. Oh yeah they will melt if you smoke and the cig touches them for long . but I sewed a hole I melted in mine .

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  • From nathan@ng-mail.net@21:1/5 to N Winter on Thu Aug 17 18:42:52 2023
    N Winter <nlwntr@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, June 17, 1996 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-6, David Yung wrote:
    Hi all,
    I am planning to buy a Canadian army sleeping bag from an army surplus
    store. It cost $100 and the guy at the store told me the bag is good for
    -20C. Is this true? Any comments?
    David
    Edmonton, Alberta
    CANADA
    The Canadian army sleeping bag is really 2 seperate sleeping bags , both nearly identical . There's an inner ,and an outer . I have slept in 0 C temperature with just one . with the inner bag tucked inside the outer you will be comfortable at -27 C ,
    but you need to be protected from the frozen ground with a good sleeping pad. The feathers get squashed flat and lose the insulating value . These bags are very very durable . not like todays sport bags that need tender love and care . I throw mine in
    the washer ,then dryer , they take a beating .. Oh yeah they will melt if you smoke and the cig touches them for long . but I sewed a hole I melted in mine .


    I love that this is reply to an original post that is almost 30 years
    old. Usenet is amazing

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