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Old 04-18-2008, 12:34 AM   #1
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Default Down vs. Synthetic sleeping bags

I own two down bags. I have never owned a nice synth bag.

Down is lightweight and packs small. Very warm

Down has one big downside. Useless when wet.

A persuasive argument for synth was provided by those idiot campers in the Northwest that snowed in and wet, and only one person had a synth bag, and they used that to survive.

Seems to me that for life-saving camping, synthetic should be the choice.
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