Slick bag size?

[BrushyHillGuide]

I’m about to pull the trigger on a 20° slick bag and I’m wondering about the size I should get. I’m 6’ 2” and 180lbs. I figure I need the long but not sure if I need the wide? I’d rather not add any more weight than I need to but I don’t want to be in a sleeping bag that’s too short of too narrow to be comfortable.

Suggestions?


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[AdamW]

I tried both at Kifaru last summer and the wide definitely felt, well...wide. If you are okay with just a standard bag fit and don't require a lot of extra roominess in the shoulders I think you'd be fine with a long/regular.

 

[verysimple]

I tried both at Kifaru last summer and the wide definitely felt, well...wide. If you are okay with just a standard bag fit and don't require a lot of extra roominess in the shoulders I think you'd be fine with a long/regular.

Wide = more air for your body to heat up. Standard slick bag are pretty wide already.

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[BrushyHillGuide]

I tried both at Kifaru last summer and the wide definitely felt, well...wide. If you are okay with just a standard bag fit and don't require a lot of extra roominess in the shoulders I think you'd be fine with a long/regular.

Thanks! I’ve never owned a “wide” sleeping bag in my 42 years of sleeping in them, even when I weighed 220! Lol! But when presented with the option, it got the old gears turning. Haha!

Thanks Adam!


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[AdamW]

You bet and as verysimple said the slick isn’t narrow by any means. I wasn’t planning to buy any time soon but I knew I’d have the same question so I tried them out.

 

[Jbehredt]

6’2” 185 here. I had the same question. I sleep a lot in what I call the “running man” position. It’s somewhere between laying on my stomach and side with one leg pulled up. I Needed to know if I could pull a leg up in the regular width long bag. I live across town from the shop so I played hooky from work one Friday and headed over there to try the bags on. Regular long is the ticket at our size.

 

[cody6510]

I’m about to pull the trigger on a 20° slick bag and I’m wondering about the size I should get. I’m 6’ 2” and 180lbs. I figure I need the long but not sure if I need the wide? I’d rather not add any more weight than I need to but I don’t want to be in a sleeping bag that’s too short of too narrow to be comfortable.

Suggestions?


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I'm similar to your height/ weight and originally ordered a wide/long. I ended up swapping it for a regular/long. The wide was just way to big for me.


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[jdk81]

6’2” 185 here. I had the same question. I sleep a lot in what I call the “running man” position. It’s somewhere between laying on my stomach and side with one leg pulled up. I Needed to know if I could pull a leg up in the regular width long bag. I live across town from the shop so I played hooky from work one Friday and headed over there to try the bags on. Regular long is the ticket at our size.

That is great information. I was wondering if I would need the wide, as I sleep in a similar position from time to time, and I didn't want the additional weight.

I'm just under 6'2"... Do you guys think the regular length would work for you? Or is the long required? The difference is only .1lbs however