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Eugene Rush
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Most dry bags are water resistant, not water proof. I use a small dry bag as a stuff sack. Then the small dry bag goes into my big dry pack. Tests in the water have shown this combo to go 30 minutes without the sleeping bag getting damp. Still, I use synthetic bags for all canoe camping and most back packing. A week of rainy, damp weather will challenge any down bag, regardless of the level of care exercised and modern synthetics just aren't that enough of a weight or space penalty to be worth the risk. After 55 years of camping in all conditions, I'm using down only for deep winter and high altitude purposes.
If you really want down and cost is no concern, there are some down bags with Goretex outer covers (or Dry-loft which is appareantly a Goretex made especially for sleeping bag use). I have not used one of these but the reports are that Dry-loft only adds a couple of ounces to the bag weight and drops the temperature range by quite a bit as compensation.
Tommy T.
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Messier13
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Thanks. I just bought a SD Vanwinkle flex down bag. After trying several I decided I really liked the way it expanded, particularly for my knees and feet.
Now just to keep it dry...
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