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Originally Posted by Bushleague
My personal experience has been that when the temp gets much below zero, the insulation under you is at least as important as the insulation on top. For winter camping I use two bags, a thermarest, and a good layer of pine boughs. I once tried replacing my outer bag with a warm blanket and that small of a change resulted in the ground sucking the heat right out of me. Of course this all happened at about -25, but its a lesson I have not forgotten.
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Problem is your loft compresses underneath you anyway. You need a good pad no doubt though. If you have an R7 or R10 pad that may work at -25, not sure. I’m not a winter camper. I use my R4 pad down to around 0 in the mountains without problems.
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