Aldaron
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Okay, I'm losing sleep over this, so I need some feedback...or a reality check.
I'm a side sleeper, and I toss and turn a LOT when I sleep, so I always wake up with my sleeping bag twisted around me.
This is what I love about the Big Agnes bags: they don't twist around me. This dramatically improved my sleeping.
But the Big Agnes bag I have is not warm enough (as a 15* bag, it gets cold around 35*), so I really want a Western Mountaineering bag. I could get warmer BA bag, but then it just becomes heavy.
Now that I have a WM bag, though, I'm worried about the twisting that will inevitably occur. So I want to try to get pad loops sewn onto the bag like you see in these Kelty bags or these REI bags.
But despite hours of research, I can't find any useful information on how to do that. It seems that either people don't really use those pad loops much, or maybe they don't work well. In fact, REI used to put them on nearly all their bags, and now it looks like they almost never use them.
So, my questions:
1. Does anyone use pad loops on their sleeping bag? If so, how well do they work?
2. Has anyone ever sewn pad loops onto their sleeping bag? If so, how was it done?
3. Does anyone know anyone who might be able to sew pad loops onto a sleeping bag?
4. Is anyone else a big tosser? How do you deal with getting tangled?
My big fear with putting the loops on is that it has to be done right so that the loops don't tear the fabric of the bag in the middle of the night. And I certainly couldn't do it myself. But I'm also having a hard time figuring out what supplies I would need to do it and where to get those supplies.
Anyway, I thought I would see if anyone has any insight that can help me sleep better at night.
Keith
I'm a side sleeper, and I toss and turn a LOT when I sleep, so I always wake up with my sleeping bag twisted around me.
This is what I love about the Big Agnes bags: they don't twist around me. This dramatically improved my sleeping.
But the Big Agnes bag I have is not warm enough (as a 15* bag, it gets cold around 35*), so I really want a Western Mountaineering bag. I could get warmer BA bag, but then it just becomes heavy.
Now that I have a WM bag, though, I'm worried about the twisting that will inevitably occur. So I want to try to get pad loops sewn onto the bag like you see in these Kelty bags or these REI bags.
But despite hours of research, I can't find any useful information on how to do that. It seems that either people don't really use those pad loops much, or maybe they don't work well. In fact, REI used to put them on nearly all their bags, and now it looks like they almost never use them.
So, my questions:
1. Does anyone use pad loops on their sleeping bag? If so, how well do they work?
2. Has anyone ever sewn pad loops onto their sleeping bag? If so, how was it done?
3. Does anyone know anyone who might be able to sew pad loops onto a sleeping bag?
4. Is anyone else a big tosser? How do you deal with getting tangled?
My big fear with putting the loops on is that it has to be done right so that the loops don't tear the fabric of the bag in the middle of the night. And I certainly couldn't do it myself. But I'm also having a hard time figuring out what supplies I would need to do it and where to get those supplies.
Anyway, I thought I would see if anyone has any insight that can help me sleep better at night.
Keith