How I sometimes want to put a backpack on my shoulders, take a tent and a sleeping bag and go far away, kicking yellow leaves, breathing in the damp, mushroom-smelling air. Or in the spring, watch nature awaken after a long and sleepy winter, listen to the early birds sing, look at the stars.
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But the off-season is a controversial and difficult-to-predict time of year, when the day is warm and the evenings are cold, when in one day the weather can show everything it can do. Autumn and spring make us stand at the closet for a long time, choosing the right clothes for work or a walk. What to say about desperate tourists, ready to roam during the day “God knows where” and every night sleep in a new place?
Choosing sleeping bags for fall and spring
Manufacturers of sleeping bags apparently also refused to anticipate the weather in the off-season, so a rare company can boast of a demi-season sleeping bags.
That’s why we select the criteria ourselves:
- Rather, a suitable option can be found in terms of temperature. For the fall and spring are suitable sleeping bags that can withstand temperatures of at least 5 degrees below freezing. It is great if the tourist knows the weather in the place where he is going. By the way, such sleeping bags are taken in the summer, if you go high in the mountains, where the snow, and in winter, in case there is no harsh weather and the climate is suitable.
- Another distinguishing feature. Sleeping bags with one or two layers of insulation are considered summer. Filling with 4 or more layers is a winter sleeping bag. Therefore, a sleeping bag with three layers is usually considered a demi-seasonal.
- Contrary to expectations, an off-season sleeping bag is not versatile and you can’t take it at any time or in any weather. It won’t stand up to freezing winters and is unbearable for hot summers. Self-insulated sleeping bag also can not, because it only spoils the thing, the seal will be broken and “welcome” moisture, moisture and cold.
- Inseason sleeping bags, like all sleeping bags, come in cocoon and blanket forms. For cooler weather would be better to take a cocoon or so-called “mating” sleeping bag-blanket, stitched with another and forming a double bed. A regular sleeping bag-blanket is fine for warmer weather.
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- Distinguish sleeping bags and on the filling, its insulating. The most popular materials are down and various kinds of synthetics. Down sleeping bags are good because they are natural, excellent heat retention, lightweight and compact for transportation. Ideal for sleeping during cooler weather.
- There are many synthetic materials. The most inexpensive of them is sintepon. Excellent at keeping warm, but loses on the “durability” point. Holloffiber has similar properties, only more wear-resistant.
- It is important to look at the quality of the sleeping bag, how tight the locks, zippers, seams, what its weight and temperature limits, so it does not fail at the right time.
- The only way to take care of a sleeping bag is to have it dry-cleaned. At home, you have to wash with your hands and special products.
“Autumn and spring are a time for poets and thoughtful women, a time … for crazy ideas and almost begun accomplishments.” So said the artist and writer Al Quotion in his book “Part of Improvisation.
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Let’s add only that the accomplishments should still be reasonable, and with the right choice of companions and travel equipment will lead to a healthy and happy time in nature at its most romantic and beautiful periods!
