Using the Slumber Bag as a Home Sleep System
The Slumber bag...another case of Overengineering...
I have been using Wiggy's bags for exactly 35 years this year. The first was a Desert Bag rated for 40*...used for just about all backpacking, camping and travel until 1999 when I bought a Nautilus...same 40* rating but much roomier.... But it was a little warm for indoor use when most situations are well above 50*...enter the "simple" Slumber bag.
As pictured on Wiggy’s website it seems simple enough. Lightest weight Lamilite, sewn-through construction so it will be as cool as the 50* rating states... As pictured, there is a full-length zipper so it can be used as a quilt...and no draft baffle to again being a "cool" as much as possible... So, two years ago I ordered one and it is exactly as pictured...and works great a "travel/slumber" bag...
Just before Thanksgiving last year I injured my back lifting things I should not have...had to sleep on a firm futon bed for 5 weeks and used the Slumber bag instead of sheets as it was much less restrictive. When I was able to go back to my regular bed, I started off using the Slumber bag on top of the bedding and loved it...no more heavy blankets to stay warm...so why not order a second Slumber bag and zip them together as it would be the exact size of the top of a Queen Size bed...
...well what ones see isn't always what ones get...although the website picture was the same as the one purchased two years ago apparently the Slumber bag is now the Super Slumber bag... Once out of the shipping box the first thing that was apparent is the sewn-through stitching was gone.... now only the interior or the bag is sewn to the Lamilite, the outside is just like all the other Wiggy's bags... And the bigger surprise...it has an added draft baffle...
The two bags were zipped together and the "new" bag put on the bottom and original sewn-through on the top...works perfectly....
So now that I've got a new at home sleep system, I just bought another Super Slumber bag for travel, so I didn't have to take the bedroom set apart...
Great bags.... Bob
Bob lives in New Hampshire where he is getting into the snowstorm so to my delight, he takes the time to write to us, he is writing to knowing I will publish his letter, so it is to us.
I certainly enjoy his testimonials because he goes into some detail of how he uses Wiggy products. In a few days he might write again about something of Wiggy’s he has been using outside once the snow stops.