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Hot flashes and sleeping bag liners?

littlegreen60

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Early June 2023
OK. A crazy question to women if a certain age.
I regularly have to take all covers off in the night to cool down. I have read many recommendations to use a sleeping bag liner for summer CF. But I don't want to be stuck I n something I can't easily get out of.
Any previous experience or solutions?
 
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I sympathise. Maybe instead of a liner use a sheet? For exactly that reason I turned my down sleeping bag into a quilt. Just kept the foot box and I have an elastic that goes around the mattress the prevent it from slipping on the floor. (Haven’t field tested this yet though so fingers crossed ). If you use your own bag it is totally up to you whether you use a liner. There are also several brands that sell light weight travel quilts instead of a bag. I know some people use the Costco travel blanket. Depends where you are what you can get off course. Hope this helps
 
If you are staying in albergues not all will have a comfortable bottom sheet for you to lay on, hence the use of a liner or sleeping bag allows you to have something between you and the mattress. Sometimes there will be a scratchy disposible sheet between you and the mattress. Sometimes you are sleeping on a plastic covered gym mat and some albergues do have a real bottom sheet.. At hotels, it should be a non issue as you will likely have sheets.
 
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I have test-driven my silk liner at home in preparation for my Camino. I have a Sea to Summit liner (not the mummy style) with elastic “expansion joints” down both sides and I’m happy to report that I was able to toss and turn all night without feeling trapped during those -um- MOMENTS. Yes, I have to wriggle into it from the top, but surprisingly I was ok. The cloth is light enough that it doesn’t make me hot. I have a little quilt for inside the liner that I can put on or push aside, as required by my wild temperature swings!
 
One woman I met took a sleeping bag liner and cut it open to lie flat then sewed it to a light weight down quilt. Depending in the weather or her body temp, she could have down side up or turn it to liner side up. I thought it was a brilliant solution.
Having had bed bugs I prefer to be inside something.
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Camino Chrissy is right. My brother and I pack thin sleeping bags (less than 1 lb.) made of light-weight flannel with elastic straps sewn into the bottom to re-fold it tight for storage. A zipper runs down one side and across the bottom for easy opening / closing so perfect for your scenario. We plan to include it on our September pilgrimage this year, even though weʻre booking mostly hotels ... just in case!
 
Lizhk said:
One woman I met took a sleeping bag liner and cut it open to lie flat then sewed it to a light weight down quilt. Depending in the weather or her body temp, she could have down side up or turn it to liner side up.
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I was ready to say do something similar with the sleep sack, a thicker fabric and a thinner fabric sewn together.
 
Rick of Rick and Peg said:
I was ready to say do something similar with the sleep sack, a thicker fabric and a thinner fabric sewn together.
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A person could add a half zipper to that and it would be easier to climb in and out of...I can't be bothered. Some folks have said they don't like wiggling out and back in to a liner for a night time potty break.
 
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Lol my girlfriend and I just talking about this the other day. We thought anyone that made a line of silk liners that had the ability to unzip the feet only would make a fortune from women in our age group.
 
sjdaotearoa said:
Lol my girlfriend and I just talking about this the other day. We thought anyone that made a line of silk liners that had the ability to unzip the feet only would make a fortune from women in our age group.
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I personally would not want a zipper only in the foot of my sleeping bag or liner because I keep my waist bag in the corner by my feet; easy for a thief to unzip and grab in the night, although it would be a rare occurance.
 
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Camino Chrissy said:
I personally would not want a zipper only in the foot of my sleeping bag or liner because I keep my waist bag in the corner by my feet; easy for a thief to unzip and grab in the night, although it would be a rare occurance.
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Yes, deterring theft could be another reason to have a sleeping or liner instead of just a cover you could toss off. Sometimes it is just difficult to have everything exactly the way we would want to have them at home and we have to have a make some compromises. I know at home I don't sleep with all my valuables in my bed with me and that takes some getting used to on the Camino.
 
Where did you find those?
 
Camino Chrissy said:
I personally would not want a zipper only in the foot of my sleeping bag or liner because I keep my waist bag in the corner by my feet; easy for a thief to unzip and grab in the night, although it would be a rare occurance.
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Dang, Camino Chrissy! You must be one heckuva deep sleeper or that that thief would have to be a true “artiste” at his trade.
 
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