Double Sleeping Bags - heaven or hell ?

[henrycrun]

Minnie wants more passion while camping and has suggested we get a double sleeping bag. What does the panel advise ?

[sleep envy]

hell

at festivals mrs envy wears eleventy layers plus woolly hat, gloves and scarf at night which she then slowly takes off during the night as her cold blood warms up

it would ruin my alcohol induced festival coma sleep with her wriggling inside my sleeping bag whilst she does so

bear in mind, all that separates you from the guys in the next tent is 4 layers of very thin nylon so they'd be able to hear any kind of fart...

Edited by sleep envy on Monday 27th July 13:37

[okgo]

Single ones are bad enough, bloody coffin like asphyxiating bags of doom.

Hell hell hell!!

[louiebaby]

Get a pair of selk bags, you can move around easily then...

See www.iwantoneofthose.com

:-)

[henrycrun]

that Selk Bag looks like a surefire passion killer - not really what the lady ordered !

[deckster]

Sure, infinitely better for getting jiggy than two single ones, obviously.

But still not exactly the height of comfort or romance. Plus they're significantly colder than a single, and, as has been noted, unless you're in the middle of nowhere it's very obvious to everybody around you exactly what you're doing. Which may or may not be your aim

FWIW, the wife and I use one when we're camping but I can't say it's a great passion-inducer.

[Roger645]

Summer duvet on top of airbed, whatever duvet you want on top of you. Double sleeping bags are hell!

[sleep envy]

I'm with Roger - airbed (we've got two singles that zip together to form a double) and a couple of summer sleeping bags

I rarely zip it up all the way but use it more like a duvet in the summer

[okgo]

sleep envy said:

I'm with Roger - airbed (we've got two singles that zip together to form a double) and a couple of summer sleeping bags

I rarely zip it up all the way but use it more like a duvet in the summer

Bloody hell, sounds like you and Mrs Envy are quite the happy campers? how many times do you use a sleeping bag, I have not for about a year now!

[sleep envy]

well I do Le Mans every year and we do a few festivals every summer so you get to learn the tricks pretty quickly

ps - always take a gazebo with you, it shades the tent in the mornings so you don't wake up at 7am in a sauna and it keeps the rain off during the night

[pdV6]

For flexibility, 2 singles with opposite zips. Can be used then as 2 singles, 1 double or (more usually) as a makeshift duvet.

[okgo]

sleep envy said:

well I do Le Mans every year and we do a few festivals every summer so you get to learn the tricks pretty quickly

ps - always take a gazebo with you, it shades the tent in the mornings so you don't wake up at 7am in a sauna and it keeps the rain off during the night

Fair enough, a tent over a tent sounds like a good idea too!

[Corpulent Tosser]

henrycrun said:

Minnie wants more passion while camping and has suggested we get a double sleeping bag. What does the panel advise ?

I advise booking into a nice hotel.

[bazking69]

Not in a million years...

[OzCupra]

'Ms Cupra' would stay a hotel and leave me to camp! She won't... So disapointing as I think she misses out on the atmosphere and fun that goes on at events!!!

I've two sleeping bags which zip togther for a double or just use the one.. Depends on where I'm going and what for? If i'm hiking then I just take one, if it's in the car for a festival or something similar like Lemans I'll take both! (and maybe a duvet as well)

I sleep through nearly anything(alcohol induced coma usually) so she can do what she want's!