jfb
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I just bought a FF Peregrine bag last summer, haven't used it yet. The quality looks very nice, but it's hard to stuff in a stuff sack because it just doesn't want to be small. When shopping for bags, I considered WM but their bags are made slimmer in the hip than the FF bags. Because the WM bag dimensions closely matched my EMS MM -20 bag (which I donated to Boy Scouts) and I couldn't even change my socks in the EMS bag, I chose the FF bag. The FF bag dimensions are similar to my Marmot Pinnacle bag and I can change clothes inside easily. Another problem I found with narrow bags was that if I slept on my side (fetus position) the outer shell would compress the down behind my back and I'd get cold after I fell asleep. It was barely noticable at first, but after a while I figured it out. With more hiproom in the wider bag, I can bend my legs inside the inner shell without compressing the down.
I have spent over 20 years using a combination of 15-degree and 40-degree bags that were designed to be used together for -20 degree weather. It was a very cost-effective solution for year-round sleeping, just a bit on the heavy side when both bags were carried. I've washed those bags several times and never noticed any significant loss of loft.
I have spent over 20 years using a combination of 15-degree and 40-degree bags that were designed to be used together for -20 degree weather. It was a very cost-effective solution for year-round sleeping, just a bit on the heavy side when both bags were carried. I've washed those bags several times and never noticed any significant loss of loft.
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