Sleep Systems on The Appalachian Trail

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In this video I discuss the back country sleep systems that I used over 1500 miles on The Appalachian Trail.

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Tags: sleeping bags,Backpacking (Sport),Appalachian National Scenic Trail (Protected Site),big agnes,Mountain Hardwear (Business Operation),Hiking (Sport),Therm-a-Rest (Brand),zpacks

Video Transcription

how's it going guys and gals this is Darwin I want to take a minute today to talk about sleep systems on the trail specifically the sleep systems that I used on my hike of a Appalachian Trail this year so I use two bags one pad technically I started off with a different pad which was the Big Agnes cuecore SLE had a little bit of a leaky valve problem so I instantly switched over to the therm-a-rest NeoAir x-lite it's a pretty well reviewed product you don't know about this pad it's insanely light very comfortable it's about three and a half inches thick it's all blow up mine is a large and it comes in at 15 ounces and you can see packs pretty small and that's 15 ounces with the stuff sack so that's the pad that I ended up using on the trail but getting in the sleeping bags what I started with was a big agnes grouse mountain 15 degree down bag it's a little heavy for down bag comes in at 3 pounds 7 ounces and that's with the stuff sack and the girdle suspension system there stuff sacks don't come with compression straps so you actually have to buy that girdle system which wasn't a big fan of but I love the Gagne's love their products this was an excellent bag I started in March and I used the bag all the way until I got to Virginia so it was great for the Smokies I had a 9 degree night kept me plenty warm and it also has a nice pocket on the back which most Big Agnes bags do that you can slip your pad right in so you don't roll off of it so that's the bag that I used in the beginning

now once the warmer weather started I switched over to a little bit of a lighter bag

it's the mount Hardware ultra lamina 45 degree synthetic bag now I used a z-pack scoopin fiber stuff sack with this so the bag and the stuff sack together weighed in at 1 pound announces for me so it was an excellent bag for the hotter months actually most times it was almost too warm even being a forty five-degree bag there were multiple nights but I just kind of slept on top of it so uh so yeah that's the two bags that I use and the pad that I used hopefully that helps anybody getting prepared for their through hike or any height knowing that when the seasons change it's also nice to change your bags out so you know you're warm enough in the winter and you're not sweating it up in the summer so yeah hopefully that helps thanks for watching you

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