How much does a wool sleeping bag weigh? Ours weigh from 4 lb to 15 lb depending on the bag, the size and the loft, and the one you would carry — the Rewilder in Standard 2″ loft, field rated 20°F — is 4 lb / 1.8 kg. That is about three times a 20°F […]
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Waxed canvas is the one outdoor fabric you can bring back to new in your kitchen. When rain stops beading on a jacket, pack, tarp or tent, the fix is a bar of wax, a hair dryer and half an hour. This is how to rewax waxed canvas step by step with Trail Wax, how
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Canvas tent care comes down to one rule and a handful of habits. The rule: never store the tent damp, not even for a night. The habits: pitch it clear of the ground, brush before you wash, re-wax before it leaks, and put it away loose in something a mouse cannot chew through. Do that
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Sleeping outside without a tent is not a stunt. Under a tarp you carry a fraction of the weight, wake up dry instead of dripping with condensation, and see the ridgeline from your bag. What you give up is bugs, wind and walls. This guide lays out the trade honestly, shows the three pitches that
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Non toxic camping gear is a phrase that gets used loosely, so this guide is specific. It covers the four classes of chemistry that actually show up in tents, sleeping bags, pads, packs and rain shells: PFAS water repellents, flame retardants, polyurethane coatings and foams, and shedding synthetic fibre. For each one it says what
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A sleeping bag liner is the cheapest way to make a bag warmer, and the only way to make it cleaner. A sheet of fabric inside the bag adds a few degrees to a lot of degrees depending on the material, keeps sweat and skin oil out of the insulation, and doubles as a bed
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Tent condensation is not a leak, and it is not a defective tent. It is the half-litre of water you breathe and sweat out every night, plus whatever your wet gear and the ground add, hitting a wall that is colder than the air inside. Understand where the water comes from and where it goes
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The best non toxic sleeping bag is the one whose materials you can name, all the way down. Most bags are a polyester shell with a fluorinated water-repellent finish, a polyurethane coating or laminate, polyester or down fill, and sometimes a flame-retardant treatment, and none of that appears on the hang tag. This is a
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The cowboy bedroll solved a hard problem with two materials: a canvas tarp to shed weather and wool blankets to hold heat. A century and a half later the problem has not changed, and neither has the answer. A modern wool bedroll is a 4 lb sheet of dense US wool felt, 50 by 76
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Summer Nights Call for a Lighter Sleep System There’s something special about sleeping outside on a warm summer evening. The air is soft, the stars stay out late, and you don’t need bulky winter gear to enjoy a comfortable night’s sleep. One of the greatest advantages of wool is that it naturally regulates body temperature.
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