I am in the market for a down sleeping bag for temps 0 degrees F or lower.
A really good down sleeping bag can cost nearly $500. Yes, you will quickly forget about the cost when you are faced with brutal cold, but I might go hard-core winter camping four times per year at the most.
SOoooo.... I start thinking. WHAT IF, instead of buying a new and expensive down sleeping bag that some marketing guy SAYS will keep me warm below zero, why not MAKE a SUPER MONDO DOWN SLEEPING BAG for half the cost or less.
Here is what I am thinking. On Ebay or Craigslist, you can find some primo old down sleeping bags. You can pick them up for $50.00 or less.
What if you picked up two old down sleeping bags, wash them, dry them, then transfer the down from one of the bags into the interior baffles of the other sleeping bag? Just split the long seem on the bags and transfer the down fill from one bag to the other.
Has anybody here tried this?
A really good down sleeping bag can cost nearly $500. Yes, you will quickly forget about the cost when you are faced with brutal cold, but I might go hard-core winter camping four times per year at the most.
SOoooo.... I start thinking. WHAT IF, instead of buying a new and expensive down sleeping bag that some marketing guy SAYS will keep me warm below zero, why not MAKE a SUPER MONDO DOWN SLEEPING BAG for half the cost or less.
Here is what I am thinking. On Ebay or Craigslist, you can find some primo old down sleeping bags. You can pick them up for $50.00 or less.
What if you picked up two old down sleeping bags, wash them, dry them, then transfer the down from one of the bags into the interior baffles of the other sleeping bag? Just split the long seem on the bags and transfer the down fill from one bag to the other.
Has anybody here tried this?
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