Snugpak Elite 3 not very warm

[Aristotle]

I am well aware of zip baffles etc. and carefully fastening and unfastening them.

The Snugpak Elite 3 almost always snags it zip.

I would have been disappointed overall had I bought it new.

 

[Aristotle]

I have used the sleeping bag a few times. It seems best suited to sleeping in a house.... How did they manage to sell so many when they are clearly not very warm.


I slept in a tent, sleeping in my Snugpak Elite 3 this weekend. Wearing pyjama long pants and a German army cotton zip neck top.

The temperature dropped to possibly around 4-5 DegC.

The first night I was on a camp bed. I was cold in the night and added my Jungle Blanket XL, which helped a lot.

For the remaining two nights I slept on my Dutch Army Thermarest type mat with the Jungle Blanket covering me and folded under the foot of my sleeping bag. I was very comfortable and warm. Wearing a warm beanie hat helped too.

The Elite 3, although well-constructed, should really be named the Elite 2. It requires the Jungle Blanket to make it a 3 season.

 

[Nice65]

I don’t know of any sleeping bag that lives up to its rating. If you want to sleep comfortably in -5°, go for a -20° bag. Definitely overshoot by at least 10°.

 

[gg012]

I use the British army medium bag when it's forecast for less than 15 at night, I don't know what it's rated for but that works for me. I think most commercial ratings are very optimistic and are definitely based on use in a very good tent rather than a tarp etc. A good handful of salt is recommended I think!

 

[matarius777]

I use the British army medium bag when it's forecast for less than 15 at night, I don't know what it's rated for but that works for me. I think most commercial ratings are very optimistic and are definitely based on use in a very good tent rather than a tarp etc. A good handful of salt is recommended I think!

I used my British army medium weight FECSA sleeping bag inside the BA bivi bag, in a German Army pup tent when it was cold enough to freeze my milk and a banana which were outside my tent (plus it was damp as I was camped on a peat bog with water logged woodland). I only had thermal long johns and top on, but was snug as a bug, I was very impressed.

 

[ged]

I used my British army medium weight FECSA sleeping bag inside the BA bivi bag, in a German Army pup tent when it was cold enough to freeze my milk and a banana which were outside my tent (plus it was damp as I was camped on a peat bog with water logged woodland). I only had thermal long johns and top on, but was snug as a bug, I was very impressed.

IMHO the BA bivi bag is the unsung hero of the camping world. I never go anywhere without one. If I use some random sleeping bag/blanket/whatever instead of my more usual kit I'll always use the bivi, if for no other reason than it prevents condensation on the bag and makes the experience so much more comfortable. I've woken up in a puddle and been perfectly dry inside the bivi. On one occasion about fifteen years ago it literally saved my life. In the pouring rain I got in it, fully clothed and soaking wet, passed out, and woke up snug and dry about ten hours later. Managing water - and its vapour - is key to keeping warm. There's no point driving water out of a fabric, at a huge cost in energy, if all the water does is condense on the outer layer and soak right back in again.

 

[Aristotle]

Yes.

I have a (fairly old now) Dutch or UK army 3 layer Goretex/membrane bivvi bag. It is really useful when it is cold in a tent or sleeping outside or under a tarp.