Which season sleeping bag?(or liner)

[cailinnua]

Hi everyone,

I know the topic surrounding sleeping bag vs sleeping liner has been discussed before, but I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on the different season sleeping bags?

I will be travelling for the month of April so from what I have read, most advise to bring a sleeping bag as it could still be cold...However with the aim of keeping luggage as light as possible, can anyone advise on which season bag to bring? Season 1, 2 etc...

Is there a big difference in weight? SInce have already spent a lot in boots, clothes etc, trying to keep cost down so is there a difference in price?

Any comments, thoughts or advice is welcome and very much appreciated.

Go raibh míle maith agaibh agus buen camino!

Slán

 

[tipperary]

Hi cailinnua,
Even the end of April is too cool for a sheet bag only. Use a 1 season sleeping bag , mine is a Gelert 700 less than 40 euro and it packs small. Blankets are rarely available outside of middle of winter ,but one can always put on some clothes going to bed !!.. Some hostels have heating, in particular in my experience all in Galacia . The sleeping bag mentioned is about 750g.
Weight in my opinion wears people down, so weight everything using a kitchen scales and pull a fast one on Michael O Leary. Its quite feasable to get bag down to 6-7 kg without food and water
enjoy
justin

 

[Tia Valeria]

Hola and welcome,
We use Snugpak sleeping bags. Ours also weigh about 750gms plus compression sac, comfort rated 0-5C. Not sure which one on the page here is ours, but they cost about £35 last year.
Keep warm and snug
Buen Camino

 

[dougfitz]

I carried a Paddy Pallin Wollemi bag. Its a semi-rectangular down filled bag rated at 5deg C. I am not sure whether I would class it as a 2 season bag, but certainly its more than a 1 season bag. The bag itself is about 880gm, and with a liner (120gm) and stuff sack the all up weight was just under 1.1kg.

Comparatively, my 3.5 season bag weighs nearly 2kg with liner and stuff sack, and would have much more than I needed, even on the couple of nights where I stayed in unheated halls in early Apr.

Unless you really do plan to camp, my view is that something that is rated around 5deg C as a comfortable rating is probably enough.

 

[CaroleH]

Hi Cailinnua,

Last year for my fourth and longest camino on the VdlP, I was determined to cut back on weight, to get my total, including pack and water, to below 8kg. So, I got an Aarn Body pack (32ltr) and a One Planet down sleeping bag. Not sure of the Season rating, but it's about 5 degrees, probably a 1 or 2 I'd say, weighs only 460gms, and most nights was usually too warm for me. We started from Huelva on 25th April. I agonised over taking just a sheet liner, and could have got away with just that, but you are travelling earlier in April, and I would advise taking a sleeping bag, a light one.

With such a light sleeping bag, the decision is not such a problem. The One Planet bags are available in Australia from "Snowgum" in Sydney. Excellent even though expensive.

 

[cailinnua]

Thanks to everyone for their advice-great info on this site! The kindness of people on this never fails to amaze!

Go raibh maith agaibh.