Anyone find or make an attachment system for sleeping bag to pad?

[lifeisgoodsteve]

Hi All,

I've loved my WM bags and they're light enough I appreciate the simplicity vs a quilt. That said, I love the idea of having the sides attached to the bag to not only prevent slipping off the pad, which seems to always happen (know I can use silicone on pad to help) but also to secure the bag to allow me to roll from side to side comfortably.

Zen Bivy has those clips now to use a dif mfr quilt with their sheets, so wonder if anyone has done something similar with their sleeping bags?

I know Big Agnes has an integrated sleeve in some of their bags to attach to a pad, but if I'm going to go for a new bag I'd just try the Zenbivy. The WM were a serious investment though, and been great, so would be nice to use them.

Long shot here, but thx.

 

[Mangata]

Try a pad inside the bag???
I am at the same point. Hate to ditch my WM bag but the Zen Bivy does have some solid positives!

 

[BBob]

Zen Bivy has those clips now to use a dif mfr quilt with their sheets, so wonder if anyone has done something similar with their sleeping bags?

I’d do that. They’re removable so not much risk.

 

[gtriple]

You could try contacting Katabatic to see if they'd sell you some of their clips that attached to the 2mm cord. They work really well on both of my Flexes. Then you just use tenacious tape or something to attach them.

Replacement 2mm Cord

Get the replacement cords you need for your Katabatic Gear sleeping pad attachment system. Order here to replace your lost cords, or just pick up some spares.

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Or just attach some shock cord directly to the sides of your bag and wrap it around your pad. That would be pretty easy.

 

[lifeisgoodsteve]

Try a pad inside the bag???
I am at the same point. Hate to ditch my WM bag but the Zen Bivy does have some solid positives!

It could work but would take up too much room inside my bag, plus would rather not have my bag without the protection of the pad between my expensive bag and the tent floor.

Leaning to try the zen bivy, then just sell if don't love it more than what I've got. Thanks.

 

[passinggas33]

Z packs sells some stick on loops that you could put on each side of your sleeping bag and then you could do some paracord or something like that that goes around the pad. Only concern would be if it was strong enough to withstand a good solid “turn” in the bag without pulling off.

I just wish more companies would use the big Agnes sleeve idea. It works. It’s easy. And it only adds a few ounces.

 

[whoop]

big fan of zen bivy 10 deg with 25 deg half sheet. good sleep!

 

[lifeisgoodsteve]

Z packs sells some stick on loops that you could put on each side of your sleeping bag and then you could do some paracord or something like that that goes around the pad. Only concern would be if it was strong enough to withstand a good solid “turn” in the bag without pulling off.

I just wish more companies would use the big Agnes sleeve idea. It works. It’s easy. And it only adds a few ounces.

Maybe with the popularity of Zen Bivy, a few more manufacturers will consider the sleeve, as it would be a great option. I suppose that when you actually sleep 2p in a 2p size tent, there's not enough room to fall off your pad, though even then the sleeve would make turning in the bag that much more comfortable.

I'd pay a few ounces for that.

Rather than adding another project to my already too long list, I bit the bullet and ordered a Zen Bivy to try. If all goes well, I'll have a katabatic 40 quilt and a WM bag for sale before long, though I'll be sad to see them go.

s

 

[passinggas33]

Maybe with the popularity of Zen Bivy, a few more manufacturers will consider the sleeve, as it would be a great option. I suppose that when you actually sleep 2p in a 2p size tent, there's not enough room to fall off your pad, though even then the sleeve would make turning in the bag that much more comfortable.

I'd pay a few ounces for that.

Rather than adding another project to my already too long list, I bit the bullet and ordered a Zen Bivy to try. If all goes well, I'll have a katabatic 40 quilt and a WM bag for sale before long, though I'll be sad to see them go.

s

Why don’t you just buy the stick on loops from zen it and then you’d also have a second quilt? Thats what I ended up doing. Now I have multiple quilts for ultimate flexibility. Or at least that’s what I keep telling my wife when she sees them all

 

[lifeisgoodsteve]

Why don’t you just buy the stick on loops from zen it and then you’d also have a second quilt? Thats what I ended up doing. Now I have multiple quilts for ultimate flexibility. Or at least that’s what I keep telling my wife when she sees them all

I actually thought of that for my WM bags, to keep from rolling with me, but also to layer them with a zen bivy quilt when it gets cold. Last Nov on a backpack hunt in the snow I used my Katabatic 40 quilt over my WM Alpinlite, which worked real well. Boots and laces were frozen and was darn tough to tie the laces, but stayed warm enough at night.

My katabatic quilt is 40 degrees though and was bought when I hunted in a much warmer environment. Here in western MT it's not really warm enough to use by itself, so I'm going to try the Zen Bivy 25 as a topper quilt and hopefully standalone in summer, then the 10 degree for shoulder seasons.