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woodcraft

Trad climber

Fairfax, CA

Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 12, 2006 - 09:26pm PT

The Trailwise light and narrow bag has about lost it. What's the deal with all these short zippers? Didn't we sweat out that issue long ago? I rarely zip up the bag anyway- just use it like a quilt, even in winter. 15 or 20 degree rating- it doesn't get too cold in the Sierra. Suggestions?

Jay

goatboy smellz

climber

boulder county

Oct 12, 2006 - 10:20pm PT

Buy a left handed zipper synthetic bag good down to about 10 or 20 degrees or so, then find a girlfriend with the more common right handed zipper bag and all your suggestions will be answered.

dirtbag

climber

Oct 12, 2006 - 11:00pm PT

I have a western mountaineering bag that rates to 20 degrees. Kind of spendy at $300, but it's light as a kite and warm in a storm.

ms233

climber

Berkeley

Oct 13, 2006 - 12:15am PT

the western bag cited above (if the UltraLite model) is absoutely kickass; there's another 20-degree bag with a slightly wider cut, but that obviously adds weight/volume and would be relatively inefficient

woodcraft

Trad climber

Fairfax, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 13, 2006 - 03:35am PT

does it have a full length zip?

ryanb

climber

Seattle, WA

Oct 13, 2006 - 10:57am PT

Yes. (except for a couple of inches at the bottom). Great snag free draft tube too. Hood area is a bit tigh but all you really need.

youngharz

Boulder climber

Carpinteria

Oct 13, 2006 - 11:30am PT

Might want to look into Feathered Friends as well. They are pretty comparable to Western Mountaineering but, you can choose the length of zipper, amount of fill, lining/shell, etc. I've got the hummingbird model and am pretty happy with it.