Hi
I'm new to this forum and new to bushcraft. I've been a scout when I was a kid, and I love hiking. But now during the simmer I stumbled upon a few blogs and forums about bushcraft and got very interesded.
The thing is that I'm going to buy a new sleepingbag for 3-season use (and in southern Sweden, 4-season).
I've been looking a lot at the surplus US modular sleep system that I can get with freight, taxes and a better stuffsac for about 110 . (Patrolbag for something like 0C (~1kg), thick bag for something like -10c (~2kg) and a bivy (~1kg).
The other item I've been looking at is the Marmot Trestles 15 (1,75kg)http://marmot.com/products/details/trestles-15 that cost about 120.
From reading forums and blogs I get the impression that the Trestles and the black thick MSS bag are similar when it comes to temperatureratings. (The MSS doesn't have any official ratings though so it's only based on users impressions, which varies.) The MSS-bag is a few hundred grams hevier though.
I plan to use my sleepingbag both when hiking in the lowlands and in the Nordic mountains with a tent. But I also want to be able to use it for more bushcraft-style campsite. I plan to use a regular hardwarestore tarp and the sleepingbag when I'm out by myself.
Now to the question. Do I need a bivy when I have a tarp. Which of the alternatives do you recomend? I want a good bag thats durable but still not to heavy. I want it to suit both multiday hikes and bushcraftstyle campsite with homemade shelters. Is it even possible to combine?
//Askel
I'm new to this forum and new to bushcraft. I've been a scout when I was a kid, and I love hiking. But now during the simmer I stumbled upon a few blogs and forums about bushcraft and got very interesded.
The thing is that I'm going to buy a new sleepingbag for 3-season use (and in southern Sweden, 4-season).
I've been looking a lot at the surplus US modular sleep system that I can get with freight, taxes and a better stuffsac for about 110 . (Patrolbag for something like 0C (~1kg), thick bag for something like -10c (~2kg) and a bivy (~1kg).
The other item I've been looking at is the Marmot Trestles 15 (1,75kg)http://marmot.com/products/details/trestles-15 that cost about 120.
From reading forums and blogs I get the impression that the Trestles and the black thick MSS bag are similar when it comes to temperatureratings. (The MSS doesn't have any official ratings though so it's only based on users impressions, which varies.) The MSS-bag is a few hundred grams hevier though.
I plan to use my sleepingbag both when hiking in the lowlands and in the Nordic mountains with a tent. But I also want to be able to use it for more bushcraft-style campsite. I plan to use a regular hardwarestore tarp and the sleepingbag when I'm out by myself.
Now to the question. Do I need a bivy when I have a tarp. Which of the alternatives do you recomend? I want a good bag thats durable but still not to heavy. I want it to suit both multiday hikes and bushcraftstyle campsite with homemade shelters. Is it even possible to combine?
//Askel