Reeder Custom Guns - Kind of an oddball question

I know there are some on this forum that backpack hunt as well as do a bit of hiking.

As it stands now, I do not have a sleeping bag. I have two USGI poncho liners. Also know affectionately as woobies. These a great for summer nights as well as early fall nights but if it gets chillier it may leave one wanting.

I really don't want to go to a sleeping bag. Most mummy style bags for me are very uncomfortable. So there are alternatives.

There is a following for specialized quilts which are lighter and seem to be more packable. Kifaru and a few others make a thicker and more updated "Woobie".

Anyone on this site every use them? For those that have the blessed opportunity to head to the great open skies, what do you use for a sleep system? I know some will say Holiday Inn but I still like to dream a bit of the smell of smoke and feel of cold on my face. Thank you

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Prices are reasonable. The lighter weight, the more you'll pay. Also consider a camping hammock like the Hennessy Hammock. Personally, I'm done with sleeping on the ground. Snugpak makes a lightweight bivy, too.

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Also make a square bag! The good ones will unzip down the side and along the bottom. So if you have a good ground pad you can unzip the bag and use it like a comforter. The pad will insulated you from the ground. You can use a mummy bag the same way just put one foot or both in the end box and pull the rest over the top of you. No one ever said you had to sleep in the bag!

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is the best way to go. Sitting on a poncho liner with a wool blanket around you has to be the most uncomfortable way to sleep there is. Plus you are just asking for creepy crawlies to snuggle up with you, looking for body heat.

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in 2003 I bought a REI Large Square Down bag. Best investment I have ever made in a sleeping bag. I also got a extra large wide Long pad to go under it. Again very good investment. Pad fits under you pack or on top depending upon what kind of pack you have, and the bag goes into a stuff sack that is about 12 inches long by 6 inches in diameter and is very light weight. Since I was going to Alaska I got the -35 degree bag so now I use it as a comforter or as padding under me LOL. A good bad and pad for the temperature range you expect to be in is a really good investment. JMHO.

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If you can afford the weight in you r gear, it makes camping so much better than a rocky river bed. It allowed camping at the foot of a glacier more comfortable. Mine is a Camp Time Roll-A-Cot, Ibex, to be more specific. Worked for me.

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Kind of an oddball question

Snugpak makes a good, high quality, square foot sleeping bag

I used wool army blanket and poncho liner

A lot of good companies that make mummy bags

I agree with Blake. The square sleeping bag

When I first started going to Alaska

I’ll second the cots that allow a pad inside.