Double bagging... Sticking a quilt inside a sleeping bag

[mad_angler]

I just got back from deer camp. I was bringing a guest and I wanted to make sure that he was warm..

I stuck an Enlighted Equipment 20F quilt inside a 0F Wiggy bag. It was amazingly warm and comfortable. I can not recommend it highly enough...

I need to try it at lower temperature to see low it can go...

 

[JRay]

Interesting. It does sound comfortable. We’ve done the opposite with layering a Kifaru doobie over our bags.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I do this all the time with a fleece blanket, especially when sleeping in my truck without running the heater/generator.

 

[TCUHunter34]

I’ve done this for a few years. I take an extra sleeping bag that stays in my truck. We tend to end up back there at some point during hunts. If it’s cold, I am inside both with one typically open and draped on top like a blanket. It’s very warm and comfortable.

 

[kaleb.nosack]

Just tried this on a rifle elk hunt worked great!

 

[Hunterscamera]

I just got back from deer camp. I was bringing a guest and I wanted to make sure that he was warm..

I stuck an Enlighted Equipment 20F quilt inside a 0F Wiggy bag. It was amazingly warm and comfortable. I can not recommend it highly enough...

I need to try it at lower temperature to see low it can go...

What temp did it get down to on this trip?

 

[Trr15]

Only read the first half of the title when I clicked…double-bagging meant something different when I was a younger man

 

[Macintosh]

This is fairly standard I think. Dont overlook the order of your bags/quilts too. Some people specifically choose a thinner synthetic quilt/bag to go OUTSIDE the main sleeping bag. Outside because moisture from your body is going to be pushed to the outer layer and condense there more, simply due to the temperature gradient. Plus any moisture from condensation in your tent. This keeps the moisture from both inside and outside concentrated in the synthetic part where it makes less of a difference than it does in your down bag/quilt.

 

[Taco John]

Put your fancy bag inside a giant/double cheapo from wally world. Ive survived -27° in that combo.

I tried to get my dog in there with me, but she wouldn't have it. Just slept on the foot of my cot....till it got below -10°.....then she would jump in without an invite.

 

[elkguide]

Fleece blanket here. Very warm.

 

[Lawnboi]

Quilt will work even better on the outside. You won’t lose any loft due to compression.

 

[camelcluch]

I have a rule that if I need to double bag, I don’t want to be in there.