Originally Posted by
Juha
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I've looked into using a military surplus synthetic bag on top of my lighter down bag. I think I'm going to buy one of Carinthia's military models new after all.
Regarding packing size, all the military synthetic models I've looked into are big, stuffed or not. A similar down bag would obviously be smaller and lighter than synthetic, but my general impression was they are not particularly interested in optimising size/weight. For my intended use (winter bag) it doesn't matter so much, but YMMV.--J
A local Government surplus seller has 20 below down mummies for $25, and 20 degree mummies for $50 in as new condition. The 20 below are less expensive due to having a huge amount of them.
I'm thinking at that price, it's hard to go wrong. If it won't compress or is heavy, I could always use it for weekend camping.