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Great warmth, roominess, a big foot box, and the ability to pack down to nothing. Less weight and bulk - in fact, the Slick Bag has the best warmth to weight ratio on the market. Remarkable compression lets it shrink into a tiny package. How slick.
Available in right or left side zip, and a wide model with a full 8 inches more of circumference for those who prefer a bit more room.
Function & Design: This bag blends the best of insulations with our Rhino Skin fabric to produce a bag that is extremely compact when stored, yet lofts up to deliver lifesaving warmth. Deceptively "thin", this bag is devoid of bulky, quilted filler - the Combat Climashield maximizes heat retention.
They’re for LIVING in, for the duration, no matter the circumstances.
Roominess: These bags are much roomier than typical recreational mummy bags, whether you choose our standard cut or wide cut. They are built for long term living in difficult terrain and conditions, where restful sleep is more important than a bag built as light as it can possibly can be. Nevertheless, the breakthrough new materials we are using produce an extremely lightweight bag in terms of its warmth to weight ratio. The roominess and super tough shell means you can sleep fully clothed, including boots.
What size is best? Standard built guys will want the standard cut, if you're broad in the shoulders or girth, err on the side of comfort and order the wide cut.
Colors:
- coyote with OD interior
- multicam with OD interior (add 10%)
Incredibly compact
One of the best benefits of the Regulators is how they shrink down to nothing using Kifaru Stuff Sacks. |
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a 40 degree bag in the #1 Stuff Sack |
Add the Kifaru Woobie as a liner.
Four ratings:
40° bag
20° bag
0° bag
-20° bag |
Two sizes:
Regular - fits up to 6'1"*
Long - fits up to 6' 7"
*tested by 300 lb., booted subject. |
Two widths:
standard
wide |
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STANDARD CUT
| Reg. Length |
Long Bag |
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Coyote
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Multicam |
| 40° |
$256.00 |
$281.00 |
| 20° |
$296.00 |
$326.00 |
| 0° |
$337.00 |
$371.00 |
| -20° |
$377.00 |
$415.00 |
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Coyote
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Multicam |
| $271.00 |
$298.00 |
| $313.00 |
$344.00 |
| $356.00 |
$392.00 |
| $398.00 |
$438.00 |
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WIDE CUT
| Reg. Length |
Long Bag |
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Coyote
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Multicam |
| 40° |
$286.00 |
$314.00 |
| 20° |
$326.00 |
$358.00 |
| 0° |
$367.00 |
$404.00 |
| -20° |
$411.00 |
$452.00 |
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Coyote
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Multicam |
| $301.00 |
$331.00 |
| $343.00 |
$377.00 |
| $386.00 |
$425.00 |
| $432.00 |
$475.00 |
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IMPORTANT: this item is built to order and may take from 6 to 8 weeks for delivery.
Shipping costs: will be emailed separately in order to give you the best possible price.
Shell: Our proprietary RhinoSkin™ is the lightest, yet toughest material available with an excellent DWR finish with a new level of durability.This ripstop fabric isonly 1.1 oz sq yd - a little lighter than Pertex Quantum, yet was proven 2-3 times more puncture proof and tear resistant in testing. It's tough enough for military applications; and for any back country use. Boots-in-the-bag? No problem.
Insulation: we use ONLY the new Climashield Combat Insulation. Continuous filaments provide superior strength, moisture resistance, durability, thermal efficiency and excellent drape properties.
It is a continuous filament fiber synthetic insulation that has all the properties we were looking for in an insulation. It is very compressable, very thermally efficient, and does not need to be quilted, laminated, or glued to the shell fabric. It also has excellent drape, allowing it to conform naturally around the body. Its continuous filament provides breathability - moisture is released from your body and not trapped, avoiding a clammy feel. You get warmth, even in wet conditions.
Thousands of continuous strands of polyester are spread into a naturally interlocking insulation. This stability means no heavy shell is needed, letting us cut the weight and bulk of your bag dramatically.
Other benefits include:
- highest thermal efficiency possible
- water resistant
- fast drying
- no fiber migration
Getting the most from your Slick Bag.
Due to the fact that the human body produces a lot of perspiration
(up to a quart even in one night!), you'll want to air out your clothing and sleeping bags.
If left unchecked, damp insulation will make your 24/7s less efficient at trapping heat.
When you get home, air out your gear again thoroughly, and hang or store it
uncompressed in a Stow-Away. Cleaning.
Seasoned folks know that cold weather soft goods rarely get washed,
as the process can reduce the effectiveness of the insulation.
Never dry clean your 24/7 CCS!
We recommend hand washing with Nikwax Tech Wash or Woolite,
then hang it over a clothes line.
Q. Patrick.
How does one determine the temp rating of a bag from a manufacturing standpoint?
Is it based on the
stats of the insulation, Bag construction or combo of the two?
A. In our case, it's determined by my sleeping in the bag.
Down to the point I get chilled, then back up to where I don't. This
involves many, many nights chasing the temperatures I need to determine the
rating(s). It's one reason for the lengthy time put into this project. Dan
Garcia in AK is confirming the lowest ratings on the lowest pieces of the the
system. By the time Dan signed on I had enough experience with the
elements--design, materials, etc.--that I knew my predictions on those units
were very close. Dan's tests thus far are right in line with those predictions;
if anything, I was conservative in the predictions. More from him is still
coming in, and we'll do some final adjustments based on that input. Or not. We
may find that we'll sit tight with my original ratings estimates.
I'm the Chief guinea pig, in other words. It's an accurate method. Perhaps you'll
recall that Ed T. and I were testing new sleeping bags from many
manufacturers...this was about two and a half years ago...before I decided to
build my own. I tested a bag that declared itself to be a 35*F bag; and found it
was actually a 45* bag. Another that said 32*, and by golly it was exactly that.
Along about that time Backpacker Magazine came out with an issue on sleeping
bags. Their testers positioned those two bags precisely where I had just
personally rated them--45* for the bogus rated bag, and exactly 32* for the
truthfully rated bag. Ergo, my findings jibe with a cross-section of Backpacker
Magazine testers. I suppose we can say that I'm a pretty good guinea pig. The
ratings I put on our bags can be trusted, within the range of variances between
"cold" and "warm" sleepers, because I've actually used them successfully down to
the temperatures cited.
Bottom line: the ratings on these bags, and
Sections of bags, are derived from field testing, not theory. I don't know how
other manufacturers derive their ratings.
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Q. How does Climashield stack up against Polarguard?
A. Perhaps i should make clear that Climashield Combat is a very big step-up
from Polarguard in many important ways. Drapier (extemely important to warmth),
more compressable, lighter per warmth, etc., etc. The reason I sometimes
cite Polarguard is in reference to outstanding DURABILITY, which
Combat shares with the older insulation. And which is a very good thing too.
Climashield is so tough it doesn't have to be quilted, glued,
whatever, to stay put...making it even MORE desireable than
the older stuff in terms of warmth-to-weight!
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