british army arctic/90 patt sleeping bag.
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not trying to have a p****g comp just going from what i know 1989 to 97 in the mob and mate still in after 15 years gives me heads up on kit. atb.
Hahaha yay! Same here fella I'm only saying what's printed on the kit issued to me. But no drama if we are going to have a competition as to who can urinate up the toilet wall the furthest, Wifey will have a look at the JSP(joint service publication) for clothing and equipment scales and let us know what's what. ATB(apples turnips Berries)
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That's exactly where I got mine and it's MINT... Get a long is my advice if you're over 5'8" - the regular size was too short for me at 5'10".
For the money, you can't go wrong but you need a heavy duty compression sack to compress the beast.
I had one of the same supplier for £24.99 including the compression sack, phone them and ask if they have any in stock. Also, all their kit is sent courier and if you phone and ask you will have your kit the next day at no extra cost.
speaking as a soldier who has used these sleeping bags ....Go for a large you will reget it if you don't
i got mine delivered today from the same seller and he must have sent out all the mint ones first, cos mine looks like its been attacked by mr maker from ceebeebies.
some dopey wotnot has decided to spray a massive yellow cross on the back of the bag and there are various little splodges of paint on the rest of the bag.
i'm not complaining that much because the bag itself is still in good condition with no rips etc and i'll be using it inside a bivi bag anyway.
i'm not gonna bother contacting the seller because it only cost 20 quid, i just wont leave them any feedback.
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Originally Posted by shovel reccy
not trying to have a p****g comp just going from what i know 1989 to 97 in the mob and mate still in after 15 years gives me heads up on kit. atb.
Speaking as someone who used the Arctic issue bag in Norway for 5 winters('94 to '98), I can deffo tell you that you are wrong mate! The Arctic bag has extra baffling and is alot more insulated than the Standard issue bag! I know because I still have both from when I got out and they are different...did you ever do any Arctic training?
As for the question at hand, I personally would just stick the Standard issue bag for this country as the Arctic bag is far to warm for our Climes..just from experience thats all..!!!
not trying to have a p****g comp just going from what i know 1989 to 97 in the mob and mate still in after 15 years gives me heads up on kit. atb.
Speaking as someone who used the Arctic issue bag in Norway for 5 winters('94 to '98), I can deffo tell you that you are wrong mate! The Arctic bag has extra baffling and is alot more insulated than the Standard issue bag! I know because I still have both from when I got out and they are different...did you ever do any Arctic training?
As for the question at hand, I personally would just stick the Standard issue bag for this country as the Arctic bag is far to warm for our Climes..just from experience thats all..!!!
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Ive taken the plunge and gone for the large. Everybody was correct it fits very well. Just cant wait to get out now and try it out.
Managed to get one brand new for £30 but it didnt come with its stuff sack; apparently they are like hens teeth!
Does anyone know where i can get hold of a new/mint condition one?
Managed to get one brand new for £30 but it didnt come with its stuff sack; apparently they are like hens teeth!
Does anyone know where i can get hold of a new/mint condition one?
cadet direct £7.95 grade 1 . i bought one last year for my mod doss bag and it works fine, it is so strong u can sit on it to compress your mod bag ! lol
There are actually two types of compression sack, one of them is waterproof the other not. I'm not 100% sure but I believe the waterproof one is the newer version of the two.
I'll have to try and source a waterproof one, makes more sense to get that than not waterproof version. But if they are really hard to get hold off i might end up getting whatever i can.
Here's the two bags together.
Arctic Issue on the left & Standard Issue on the right.
As you can see the Arctic bag has baffle built over the zip.
And this is the liner for the Arctic bag.
Arctic Issue on the left & Standard Issue on the right.
As you can see the Arctic bag has baffle built over the zip.
And this is the liner for the Arctic bag.
Greg can i ask you a question about the arctic liner.
I got one the other day and am a little puzzled about the second row of velcro at the side of the middle row, its the same on the desert liner too.
I cant figure them out!
I got one the other day and am a little puzzled about the second row of velcro at the side of the middle row, its the same on the desert liner too.
I cant figure them out!
To be honest mate I've never used the liner (it's just cotton with no thermal properties, I used a silk / meraklon liner for the extra bit of warmth!)
I've looked at the velcro and honestly I don't know why its there?
I've looked at the velcro and honestly I don't know why its there?
Mike you can see the difference in the compression sack in these pictures.
The Non-waterproof version:
The waterproof version:
The Non-waterproof version:
The waterproof version:
Greg, i have been confused over the differant types of bags for ages, thanks for clearing upall the confusion. I have a "standard" bag for sale on the bay of evil at the moment, just changed the listing as had it advertised as an "arctic" bag, so you may have saved me a headache. cheers mate.
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