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Thanks for the great idea! Unfortunately once I did that I found out that bag is also too tight at the shoulders so our search continues.The only ting I would suggest is that you take a bed sheet or similar and fold/safety pin it to the same dimensions and look if the size is comfortable enough for you. Buen Camino, SY
I've scoured the forums looking for info a lightweight rectangular sleeping bag. I can't sleep in a mummy bag. I tried the REI Helio Sack 55 and it's just too tight. We are doing the Camino Frances from late September - ending the beginning of November. I've seen a few people recommend the North 49® Micra Lite Rectangular Sleeping Bag on the forum. Would love to hear from someone who has actually used this bag!
Hi, GoLiveIt, I love your forum name!
As I've written elsewhere on here (though I think you haven't seen the posts, which is great because it won't be like I'm repeating myself for you), I wouldn't be without my rectangular sleeping bag on the Camino. I had it the first time I walked in Sept.-Oct. 2010, then for some reason (I think it was to try and cut down on bulkiness), I bought a mummy bag for my second Camino in 2011. I got to Hungary for a three-week pre-Camino hike with a Camino friend from 2010, and quickly found out that a mummy-shaped bag is a disaster for me. I need to move around too much at night and my restless jumpy legs felt trapped! I abandoned the mummy bag at my friend's place in Hungary and (not able to find another rectangular bag there) bought a barrel bag. It was still tapered but not as bad as the mummy shape and I hoped it could work as a compromise. Nope. I hated it, it was so uncomfortable and restrictive! I spent most of the Camino with the bottom of it unzipped to give my legs and feet more room, petrified at the thought of bedbugs finding the easy way to get to me. I think my determination kept them away until Palas de Rei.
When I got back to Canada after my second Camino I gave my rectangular bag a hug and vowed never to do another Camino without it. And I bought a second sleeping bag identical to it so I'd have a spare!
I'm posting a link to my sleeping bag. It's been remodeled but it is still basically the same (new colour, mine is navy blue on the quilted side and tan on the sheet side). I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again. It's been beautiful on my two autumn and two summer Camino Francés journeys and I'll have it with me again in August.
http://www.mec.ca/product/5034-985/mec-intrepid-traveller-15-22c-sleeping-bag-unisex/
Best luck finding what you need, and Buen Camino!
Rachel
P.S. If you read the reviews for the sleeping bag you'll see that two of the four reviewers bought it for the Camino!
Why not simply use a comforter/quilt? Only recommendation I would make is to make sure it is at least closed in a bit from the calf down because mine kept sliding off the bed during the night (the shinny material these camping bedding items are made with makes them slippery) when using it open/flat.
For my next Camino I think I will attach a thin sheet to it, with snap buttons, to create a large sleeping bag so it won't be able to run away from me during the night and end up on the floor over and over again. The sheet will replace the liner.
Yup, velcro, especially to create a foot box.
What I did to my quilt is have an elastic at the bottom to create a foot box (the dogs ate it!) just like you would have a hood on a winter coat made, and then snap buttons to close up the sides if it ever got quite cold. So plan is to keep using the snaps buttons plus, when not in use, they won't prick the skin like velcro would.
Hi, GoLiveIt, I love your forum name!
As I've written elsewhere on here (though I think you haven't seen the posts, which is great because it won't be like I'm repeating myself for you), I wouldn't be without my rectangular sleeping bag on the Camino. I had it the first time I walked in Sept.-Oct. 2010, then for some reason (I think it was to try and cut down on bulkiness), I bought a mummy bag for my second Camino in 2011. I got to Hungary for a three-week pre-Camino hike with a Camino friend from 2010, and quickly found out that a mummy-shaped bag is a disaster for me. I need to move around too much at night and my restless jumpy legs felt trapped! I abandoned the mummy bag at my friend's place in Hungary and (not able to find another rectangular bag there) bought a barrel bag. It was still tapered but not as bad as the mummy shape and I hoped it could work as a compromise. Nope. I hated it, it was so uncomfortable and restrictive! I spent most of the Camino with the bottom of it unzipped to give my legs and feet more room, petrified at the thought of bedbugs finding the easy way to get to me. I think my determination kept them away until Palas de Rei.
When I got back to Canada after my second Camino I gave my rectangular bag a hug and vowed never to do another Camino without it. And I bought a second sleeping bag identical to it so I'd have a spare!
I'm posting a link to my sleeping bag. It's been remodeled but it is still basically the same (new colour, mine is navy blue on the quilted side and tan on the sheet side). I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again. It's been beautiful on my two autumn and two summer Camino Francés journeys and I'll have it with me again in August.
http://www.mec.ca/product/5034-985/mec-intrepid-traveller-15-22c-sleeping-bag-unisex/
Best luck finding what you need, and Buen Camino!
Rachel
P.S. If you read the reviews for the sleeping bag you'll see that two of the four reviewers bought it for the Camino!
I'm in TO right now (just finished an intense but interesting medical therapy course) and was in Ottawa before coming here. I got over to ME AND bought the Intrepid Traveller bag. I'll be going car camping when I get home and trying out my new bag. I'm hoping this is THE one!
For now, I'm heading out to find music happening in the city for the Jazz Festival, walking all the way. TO is a great place, albeit a flat place and full of concrete, to get in a few hours of walking without realizing that a few hours have passed by!
I am so happy for you for that, Heather!I imagined you buying one when you said you'd stop in to MEC in Toronto, and I hope it will be perfect for you! Hurray!!
Rachel
It looks like it would be noisy, which would be very annoying to everyone else in the albergue.Everyone has their favourites & their not so favourites. I've found the following all weather (emergency) sleeping blanket on line (152 x 213 cm & 340g) for only around £25 (around 32 USD). It seems to me that with a sleeping bag liner, this could be a feasible sleeping set/ arrangement since one is sleeping inside.
Any comments?
Suzanne
Everyone has their favourites & their not so favourites. I've found the following all weather (emergency) sleeping blanket on line (152 x 213 cm & 340g) for only around £25 (around 32 USD). It seems to me that with a sleeping bag liner, this could be a feasible sleeping set/ arrangement since one is sleeping inside.
Any comments?
Suzanne
Thank you @David, I recall you talking about this in other threads a while back (but I'd forgotten!). Whilst at 900g it's heavy than I'd wanted, the 'price is right' - certainly at this juncture. And with the present drop in the value of the sterling, the price is even better for me. One more item being processed
Suzanne
I really don't know. Possibly because it is just a throw blanket size.@trecile do you know why they don't think it should be used as part of a sleep system? Because it seems a good idea to me. I like the multi-blanket too. Although happy for now with my Jacks r Us lightweight quilt.
Just be aware that it is quite small. It just barely covers my body. I'm counting on it being fairly warm during late August and September, and blankets being available in most albergues.Two good comments about the emergency blanket that hadn't crossed my mind. Thank you both @trecile & @Camino2010.
With my first Camino finally approaching (mid September, inshallah), I need to get off the fence & start making decisions. Have received my Pacer poles & Macabi skirt. Have just ordered my Aarn backpack (due in a few days). Need now to decide on sleeping arrangements & foot wear. Looking at the different prices for sleeping bags/ quilts, & given the various purchases that have to be made, & based on various searches, I think I'm going to try the Montbell throw blanket that @trecile mentions - at 74USD it's not a bad price (I can always upgrade another year when the basis of my walking equipment has already been bought).
Suzanne
P.S. Just discovered that 74USD becomes 114USD when shipped to France
I've scoured the forums looking for info a lightweight rectangular sleeping bag. I can't sleep in a mummy bag. I tried the REI Helio Sack 55 and it's just too tight. We are doing the Camino Frances from late September - ending the beginning of November. I've seen a few people recommend the North 49® Micra Lite Rectangular Sleeping Bag on the forum. Would love to hear from someone who has actually used this bag!
Does anyone knows where I can order it online from Holland? Thanks!Hi, GoLiveIt, I love your forum name!
As I've written elsewhere on here (though I think you haven't seen the posts, which is great because it won't be like I'm repeating myself for you), I wouldn't be without my rectangular sleeping bag on the Camino. I had it the first time I walked in Sept.-Oct. 2010, then for some reason (I think it was to try and cut down on bulkiness), I bought a mummy bag for my second Camino in 2011. I got to Hungary for a three-week pre-Camino hike with a Camino friend from 2010, and quickly found out that a mummy-shaped bag is a disaster for me. I need to move around too much at night and my restless jumpy legs felt trapped! I abandoned the mummy bag at my friend's place in Hungary and (not able to find another rectangular bag there) bought a barrel bag. It was still tapered but not as bad as the mummy shape and I hoped it could work as a compromise. Nope. I hated it, it was so uncomfortable and restrictive! I spent most of the Camino with the bottom of it unzipped to give my legs and feet more room, petrified at the thought of bedbugs finding the easy way to get to me. I think my determination kept them away until Palas de Rei.
When I got back to Canada after my second Camino I gave my rectangular bag a hug and vowed never to do another Camino without it. And I bought a second sleeping bag identical to it so I'd have a spare!
I'm posting a link to my sleeping bag. It's been remodeled but it is still basically the same (new colour, mine is navy blue on the quilted side and tan on the sheet side). I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again. It's been beautiful on my two autumn and two summer Camino Francés journeys and I'll have it with me again in August.
http://www.mec.ca/product/5034-985/mec-intrepid-traveller-15-22c-sleeping-bag-unisex/
Best luck finding what you need, and Buen Camino!
Rachel
P.S. If you read the reviews for the sleeping bag you'll see that two of the four reviewers bought it for the Camino!
Just wanted to report back that my silk liner and little down throw blanket were perfect for my August/September Camino.@trecile do you know why they don't think it should be used as part of a sleep system? Because it seems a good idea to me. I like the multi-blanket too. Although happy for now with my Jacks r Us lightweight quilt.
I have scoure4d the forums that I buy here and in Germany and cannot find your choice.Does anyone knows where I can order it online from Holland? Thanks!
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