My old sleeping bag made it to 150 nights in the field

I was cleaning out my gear closet and found my first real sleeping bag, a basic synthetic one I bought for a trip to Yellowstone in 2015. I decided to tally up every trip in my old log book, and it came to a solid 150 nights of use. I'm honestly shocked it held up that long without losing much loft, considering I never babied it. It saw rain in the Olympics, cold snaps in the Adirondacks, and a lot of dusty car camping. Has anyone else had a piece of gear far outlive its expected life? I'm curious what your record is.

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miles_young5914d ago

Honestly, I've had the opposite luck. My cheap synthetic bags always packed out and got flat way too fast. They just couldn't handle being stuffed wet a few times. That's why I finally switched.

nora11015d ago

Damn, that's awesome. My old synthetic bag was a total tank too, lasted way longer than the fancy down one I replaced it with. It's wild how the basic stuff just refuses to die. Here's to 150 more.

the_tessa14d ago

Yeah, but @miles_young59 has a point about them packing out.

beth_reed14d ago

That's so cool yours lasted that long. I always hang mine up in a big mesh laundry bag in the closet between trips, never stuff it for storage. Seems to keep the loft way better.