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fucking sick

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>>681782
I have started looking into making my own sleeping bag.

http://ripstopbytheroll.com/products/primaloft-gold-3-oz-sq-yd

Primaloft gear cost so much premade and living in Scotland makes down fill a bit risky.

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>>681829
Anyone else have experience making there own gear? I'm dreading trying to make baffles for the bag.

You guys are gonna hate me for this, but hammocks

>>681829
I've made a warm-weather primaloft quilt before. It's basically just a big rectangle, with a line of stitching down the middle to keep the primaloft in place, which isn't ideal. If I did it again, I would definitely use the yarn loop method, and sew a footbox.

A sleeping bag would be a trickier piece of patterning, though.

>>681782
What's your illuminati tent made out of and how are you keeping warm?

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>>681829

It will cost you more to make one and it will be a piece of crap.

>>681833
You mean like box baffles? That'd be a pain in the ass. Probably necessary for down, but not synthetic. I wouldn't do it personally, probably better to buy something pre made and make modifications.

>>682384
Not OP, but it looks like cuben. Extremly light but has the insulating properties of tissue paper.

>>682375
Yeah that's what I was thinking just a big rectangle. What do you mean by yarn loop method?

>>682489
That bag looks nice but it doesn't go to as low a temperature as I would like. It also costs double the price in the UK so making my own would still be cheaper.