Trail Sleeping Bags
21 May 2013 17:18 - 24 May 2013 05:01 #57006
by Smurfatefrog
Trail Sleeping Bags was created by Smurfatefrog
A few weeks ago Mr Price Sport afforded me the opportunity to test their Trail range of sleeping bags for them.
They currently have 3 bags rated zero or sub-zero:
Senior Cowl -5°C / 1.63kg / R300
Trail Tech Cowl 0°C / +-1kg / R500 (this one has a print error on the sack which states its -5°C, the swingtag has the correct info)
Trail Tech Cowl -8°C / +-1.7kg / R600
I was given the -5°C Senior Cowl to test.
Its first test was in my garden in 15°C Durban weather just to make sure it was decent, it easily passed test no.1 with me overheating in a couple minutes.
I then nervously planned my hike with Jon to spend 1 night in the lower berg and 1 night on the escarpment.
As mentioned in the hike report by Jon, night 1 was spent in tents just past Pillar Caves, it dropped to around 2.5°C, I slept in only thermals and was perfectly warm, I don't remember feeling cold at any stage.
I was now more confident about the 2nd night!
In tents behind Rhino Peak it dropped to at least -5°C, the coldest I saw inside my tent was -2.1°C, again the bag kept me perfectly warm! This time I had my thermals & a fleece on, I wanted to test it without the fleece but I couldn't bring myself to stick any body parts outside the bag, just sticking my hand out to check the time & temperature was bad enough!
Overall I was super impressed with this sleeping bag, value for money is unbelievable!
I can't really find any differences when comparing it to my Deuter -5°C , except that it weighs 170g less than my Deuter.
The only minor faults I can find are not really with the bag itself:
- The outer cover/sack does not have one of those circular pieces that fits under the drawstring to prevent water getting in
- The weight of the bags are not listed anywhere, Mr Price Sport have said they will include this info on future production runs
- It does not have a valuables pouch, not that I use those anyway. For R300 I wouldn't expect one anyway, the 0°C and -8 degree Trail Tech bags have valuables pouches
Based on this we've recommended the bags to a couple friends, will update how that goes. I'm very tempted to get myself the lighter 0°C bag if it performs as well as the one I tested.
Fitness, I know you also wanted to test a Trail bag, gimme a shout if you're interested in using this one
They currently have 3 bags rated zero or sub-zero:
Senior Cowl -5°C / 1.63kg / R300
Trail Tech Cowl 0°C / +-1kg / R500 (this one has a print error on the sack which states its -5°C, the swingtag has the correct info)
Trail Tech Cowl -8°C / +-1.7kg / R600
I was given the -5°C Senior Cowl to test.
Its first test was in my garden in 15°C Durban weather just to make sure it was decent, it easily passed test no.1 with me overheating in a couple minutes.
I then nervously planned my hike with Jon to spend 1 night in the lower berg and 1 night on the escarpment.
As mentioned in the hike report by Jon, night 1 was spent in tents just past Pillar Caves, it dropped to around 2.5°C, I slept in only thermals and was perfectly warm, I don't remember feeling cold at any stage.
I was now more confident about the 2nd night!
In tents behind Rhino Peak it dropped to at least -5°C, the coldest I saw inside my tent was -2.1°C, again the bag kept me perfectly warm! This time I had my thermals & a fleece on, I wanted to test it without the fleece but I couldn't bring myself to stick any body parts outside the bag, just sticking my hand out to check the time & temperature was bad enough!
Overall I was super impressed with this sleeping bag, value for money is unbelievable!
I can't really find any differences when comparing it to my Deuter -5°C , except that it weighs 170g less than my Deuter.
The only minor faults I can find are not really with the bag itself:
- The outer cover/sack does not have one of those circular pieces that fits under the drawstring to prevent water getting in
- The weight of the bags are not listed anywhere, Mr Price Sport have said they will include this info on future production runs
- It does not have a valuables pouch, not that I use those anyway. For R300 I wouldn't expect one anyway, the 0°C and -8 degree Trail Tech bags have valuables pouches
Based on this we've recommended the bags to a couple friends, will update how that goes. I'm very tempted to get myself the lighter 0°C bag if it performs as well as the one I tested.
Fitness, I know you also wanted to test a Trail bag, gimme a shout if you're interested in using this one
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