Gonk Sacs

[Tab]

My how times have changed, all we had was a light weight blanket and a poncho. After a while you where so shattered you could not care less as long as you could shut your eyes.

[dannyd]

I've got a Snugpak Softie 12 (Osprey). It is extremely warm, packs down to a relatively small size and is much lighter than the issue bag. A good buy in my opinion (though perhaps pricey at £100).

Stay clear of the Softie 3 (Merlin). If you use it outdoors at any time other than the height of Summer you'll freeze your nuts off. I only use mine for mountaineering trips where I'm staying in a bunkhouse or similar as it is very small & light.

Anyway, just my 2p.

[Ploggers]

There does seem to be a fashion for abandoning issued/pussers kit for expensive kit complete with go faster stripes.

It's fair enough to compliment your gear with bits and bobs, who hasn't carried a few herbs and spices or a racing spoon, but to go all out on purchasing stuff that HM forces will give you for free seems a bit daft to me.

After all, there was nothing wrong with our DMS boots was there

[H3]

http://www.rv-1.co.uk/ Have a look at the sleeping systems on this site.

[mercury]

Just to drag up an old question

Does anyone know the temp rating of an issue bag without a bivvy bag

[alex4013]

I was told in TA that temp range for modern issue doss bag is down to -25 in a pair of skiddies an t-shirt... Whether you're happy to risk that is up to you.!!

[Spooky]

with regard the softies, you can buy expander panels, that zip in to the zip,if you see what i mean...