sleeping bags

[someguyincanada]

has anyone heard anything of a light test for the sleeping bags? we have been getting troops come in wanting a new one cause thier sleeping bag failed the test.

Jay

 

[McG]

I understand that there is such a thing, but have yet to see one.

Apparently it is like a ironing board that you slide the sleeping bag over and it lights-up one pannel at a time.  If the light comes through, your insullation has become too thin and you need a new one.

Any idea where someone could find one of these testers though?

 

[someguyincanada]

would mat techs be the people to talk to?

 

[McG]

I'll know tomorrow.

 

[SigPigs]

Seems like an obvious rumour to me. The insulation in those bags is down as in eider down and it doesn't get thin, it loses it's loft instead. You can re-fluff it so to speak unless the bag has had a hole and lost the down insulation. The bin rats in my supply section have never heard of any test and we have lots of those bags up here. Like I said doesn't mean 100% it doesn't exist but seems unlikely as it wouldn't tell you anything anyway. Weigh it and that would tell you.

 

[Strike]

Are there any synthetic bags available?  Just wondering as a guy in the unit just found out he is allergic to the down in the current one.  Seems these would be better to have for a few reasons -- weight, insulation (still good if it is wet), easier to maintain, etc.

Any takers?

 

[someguyincanada]

will get more info...

where is member located at?

send me a pm....
Jaty

 

[Radop]

The sleeping bags do lose fill and eventually get too thin in the sections.  We have always used the scientific method of squeezing them and see if they fill out again in a short period.  If not, then we exchange them.  So far, I have never been told that I could not exchange the sleeping bag. :threat:

 

[McG]

The answer came back from Ottawa on this.  Light testing is a recognized way of determining that sleeping bags have lost too much of their insulation ability.  Apparently, not only can the sleeping bags loose insulation, but it can "migrate" between panels.  This results in large areas of the sleeping bag with insufficient insulation value.

I know about a half dozen people that claim to have seen the testing devise, but nobody seems to know if it was held by Mat Techs or Sup Techs.  Even Ottawa did not know if light testing had been formalized in any regulation (just that light testing did work).  I watched a test done using an improvised light source, and I was convinced of the process.

 

[someguyincanada]

can you email it to me at work? as a supervisor wants to see "official" proof

dont shoot the messenger...

thanks
pte kornik

 

[Swin435]

Are there any synthetic bags available?   Just wondering as a guy in the unit just found out he is allergic to the down in the current one.   Seems these would be better to have for a few reasons -- weight, insulation (still good if it is wet), easier to maintain, etc.

Any takers?

Strike

There synthetic bags available.  If your buddy is allergic than he will need a chit from the MO and then supply will get one.  I've know a few guys who have gotten new sleeping bags because of this allergy.  They say the bags are warmer as well.

Hope this helps

 

[someguyincanada]

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