Buffalo Superbag any users?

[Twodogs]

I keep looking at the Buffalo superbag

I like the idea of using it as a system with the shirt


Is there any users out there with experience of these bag?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBcvVepsoBQ

Twodogs

 

[bearbait]

I've had a pair of the pile Buffalo bags since the 80's - I guess the predecessor of the Superbag? - and have been pleased with them. They're good tough bags, and easy to wash and dry at home, unlike a down bag. They're relatively bulky in your pack compared with a down bag. However, I have not used the bag with the Buffalo clothing as the inner bag; I use one, other or both bags according to need.

I have a lot of Buffalo gear: Special 6 Mountain Shirt, Trousers, Mountain Jacket, Hoods, Gilet, Windshirt, Mitts. Buffalo gear works for me.

 

[Wayland]

I used the system for years but it was always a monster to carry. Bought mine back in the eighties as well.

Easy to wash although as the kit pills up it gets less efficient, you need to brush it back into life a bit every now and again but even this has it's limits.

I bought it originally for using with a string hammock. You could thread the hammock through the bag and use it as a sort of "cocoon" systen reasonably well.

 

[Ruud]

I've got the 4s outer and a special 6, worked pretty well in a selfmade shelter while it was minus 18° C outside. The 4s is too hot in summer, in winter the superbag will do a pretty good job at keeping you warm I think. Its bulky to pack, but you can be pretty confident that you will be able to sleep through the cold.

 

[Imagedude]

I used the Superbag at the recent Bushmoot. It's a robust 2 season bag.

 

[Twodogs]

Cheers for the info Gents
Loads to think about there

Twodogs

 

[knifefan]

Check carefully... I think the manufaturers only recommend the supabag for cold, dry high altitude camping. It dosnt do damp low level camping... They suggest their normal bag for general use....

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[sandbender]

The Buffalo superbag and various Buffalo tops and bottoms were my sleeping system throughout the nineties, I did occasionally use it in damp conditions with no complaints, usually in bivi bag though. A robust bit of gear but bulky and heavy.

These days I use the Woodlore bags, only slightly lighter and just as bulky.

 

[Squidders]

I have used the Superbag for a wet windy night under a boulder in the Peak District. It worked well.

 

[R.Lewis]

Got the old Survival Aids version. Me and my wife use a bag each when wild camping and during Bushmoot. Very good bags, work perfect in a hammock. Warm as soon as you get in unlike conventional bags. Never used both together although intend to this winter! I have an old Buffalo lightweight 4 season outer that I used alot in the summer way back in the early 2000's as well.

Overall, very pleased with the system, only downer is the bulk. But I think the pro's beat the downs.

 

[Twodogs]

Thank you for the comments ,
My plan is to use it in lapland in a heated lavvu maybe with a jervens bag as back up .
hopefully the bag with breath out the condensation

Twodogs

 

[Teepee]

Thank you for the comments ,
My plan is to use it in lapland in a heated lavvu maybe with a jervens bag as back up .
hopefully the bag with breath out the condensation

Twodogs

My Wiggy's bag deals with damp well and I chose it over the buffalo for damp conditions in the cold. It's a similar deal. Bulky, heavy old tech that works.

Very well made and thought out gear, made for this kind of stuff and highly recommended. It's almost becoming my arctic security blanket.

 

[Twodogs]

Cheers for the info Pete

 

[shaggystu]

One thing to be aware of with the buffalo sleeping bags is that you really need to get one that fits you if you want it to perform as it should. The fabric neither lofts nor drapes particularly well so if it doesn't fit well you're gonna get cold spots. As a winter system the shirt/sallopettes (spl?) in combination with a superbag should be good for some pretty low temps, in a heated tent with a jervans as a back up I think you'll be absolutely fine down to minus silly.

Cheers,

Stuart.