5 tips for choosing the right sleeping bag

Are you about to go on a mission? Are you preparing a bivouac outing with friends? You don't know which sleeping bag would be suitable for your practice? That's why Vetsecurite.com is here to guide you in this essential choice of the flagship equipment for bivouacking.

Sleeping bags are filled with an insulating material, down or synthetic, into which one slips to sleep, but also to face bad weather and cold. You will be able to distinguish different sleeping bags by their comfort temperatures, their insulating capacities, their weights, their shapes and also their volumes when compressed. Each user is led to favor a characteristic according to their use, which is why we are going to help you see more clearly in order to take with you the ideal bag.

Summary:

• Comfort temperature
• The filling
• The shape of the sleeping bag
• Weight and volume
• Our selection

Your body produces heat and it's up to your sleeping bag to preserve it, which is why it's important that it has adequate characteristics for your use. 

Each of them has very specific qualities such as the comfort temperature (the user is comfortable), the comfort limit temperature (the user is at the limit of the cold sensation) and the extreme temperature (the user's survival is at stake).

In order to evaluate the necessary characteristics for your sleeping bag, you must first inform yourself about the minimum temperatures of the area where you are going. Don't forget to take into account possible temperature variations between day and night.  

Subsequently, you will simply need to determine the type of bag that will correspond to the climate in which you will be setting up your bivouac.  

Choosing the right material for your bag's filling is essential, which is why you need to understand that it's thanks to this that you will be insulated from the cold. The differences between the two compositions that we are going to present to you will allow you to adapt your choice.

Synthetic fibers guarantee an affordable price, while insulating well against humidity. They will also facilitate washing, as it is a material that can go in the washing machine. This type of filling will therefore be suitable if you are required to frequent an area with high humidity. Moreover, synthetic fiber bags will be more resistant and much less fragile than those filled with down.

Down is a more insulating material than synthetic which is composed of goose or duck feathers. This material therefore requires a higher investment. Moreover, a bag made of down will lose its insulating power when it has to face humidity.

On the other hand, since the filling is compressed under the weight of the body, insulation between the sleeping bag and the ground is essential. Cold sensations are very often related to this poor insulation, which is why we advise you to use a mattress or a ground mat that will serve as an intermediate layer.