sleeping bag or blanket?

[multi]

Just wondering why the sleeping bags are sold for camping and blankets are not, and wonering if any of you have chosen to take blankets instead of bags, I would prefer ablanket with me instead of sleeping bag.
Wonderong if regulating body temperature is easy etc

Thanks
Adam

 

[Man of Tanith]

i've used both
sleeping bags are a lot cosier in my experience
and they are easier to dry than 100% wool blankets, pack down smaller and offer more insulation

 

[cbr6fs]

i've used both
sleeping bags are a lot cosier in my experience
and they are easier to dry than 100% wool blankets, pack down smaller and offer more insulation

Agree 100%

 

[Man of Tanith]

Don't get me wrong blankets are good for an over nighter as a bit of fun but if i go for more than one night i want a sleeping bag, when it is stupidly cold i take sleeping bag and blankets as extra warmth

 

[multi]

Th one thnng im worried about using a blanket for 2500+ mile trek is getting that flu that makes me really cold and shivery, probably called the cold, the thing with the bag is if I need to escape fast, from under attack of youths or some weirdos or troublemakers of somesort... women etc. I can happily sleep in my cloths

 

[scoops_uk]

when it is stupidly cold i take sleeping bag and blankets as extra warmth

When using blankets with sleeping bags, the blankets are best underneath you. A blanket on top of sleeping bag can compress the loft and actually reduce the amount of insulation around you rather than add to it.

Scoops

 

[Man of Tanith]

When using blankets with sleeping bags, the blankets are best underneath you. A blanket on top of sleeping bag can compress the loft and actually reduce the amount of insulation around you rather than add to it.

Scoops

yup this is true

 

[Man of Tanith]

Th one thnng im worried about using a blanket for 2500+ mile trek is getting that flu that makes me really cold and shivery, probably called the cold, the thing with the bag is if I need to escape fast, from under attack of youths or some weirdos or troublemakers of somesort... women etc. I can happily sleep in my cloths

where on earth are you planning to trek that sort of distance and get in that much trouble?

 

[multi]

The british coast, probably get decapitated in wheen I get to leeds or something by the cia pretending to be civillians

 

[Man of Tanith]

ok then...

 

[andybysea]

Since when has Leed's moved to the coast? and what sort of things have you been burning in your camp fire?

 

[multi]

Well you get the drift, 80 + days of living in a tent /tarp, theres always issues with people living behind brick.
Im notpareanoid about going without food for15 days, im paranoid about other people causing me greif.

 

[Man of Tanith]

why? you will be moving most days if walking tht sort of distance so not much time for them to cause you grief

 

[crosslandkelly]

I think if I went without food for 15 days, I'd be more than just paranoid. Why would you go that long without food????

 

[santaman2000]

I think he means 15 days without resupply.

 

[crosslandkelly]

If thats the case then ok, But if Multi really means to go without ???

 

[MikeLA]

if your that worried take a sleeping bag and use it as a blanket

 

[hobbes]

if your that worried take a sleeping bag and use it as a blanket

I think this thread is slightly nuts, but yes - the down quilt has been where it's at on the ultralight scene in the US for a while now. Combines insulative power of a sleeping bag with the rapid-escape facility of a blanket. Just Google 'backpacking quilt'.

Forgive me, but I wonder whether a couple of shorter trips to try out sleeping bags and blankets mightn't be a good idea? I've done quite a lot of coast path, and 2500 miles is a fair old whack, especially in 85 days.

 

[sandbender]

multi, having looked at few of the threads that you have started here I'd suggest that you may want to attend some of the meet ups that folks organise, probably the best way of learning new stuff and getting to grips with what is and isn't sensible and what you can expect once your journey begins. If you do find yourself watching a lot of youtube videos about this kind of thing, you should stop.

 

[Tengu]

I have never been to Leeds and nor have people bothered me...I think you have an over active imagination.