Hi folks, Ben from Snowys today with probably
the most versatile sleeping bag in the Sea to Summit range.
It's called the Ascent,
and I'm gonna to tell you all about it.
Let's check it out.
Ben from Snowys here folks, today on the
Sea to Summit Ascent sleeping bag.
Now this is a down filled bag, that is probably
the most versatile bag in the Sea to Summit series.
It's adaptable to just about anything you want do,
from camping, right through to cold weather adventures.
Now there's three bags in this series.
I've got the Ac3 in front of me here.
It comes in an Ac1, Ac2, and an Ac3.
Each version comes in a regular and a long size,
and which one you choose depends on
how warm you want it to be, with the Ac1 being the coldest,
Ac3 being the warmest.
Now I've got the Ascent Ac3 in front of me here.
The temperature range across the series of the Ascent bags
goes from 2 degrees comfort
for the coldest bag in the series,
through to minus 11 comfort for the warmest,
but that warmest will take you through to a minus 18 degree
limit of comfort which is where
a standard man will generally sleep comfortably.
Now with your Sea to Summit sleeping bag,
the down ones come with a storage bag like this.
This is just a lightweight storage bag
so you can store your bag lofted,
it's the best way to store your down bag.
You do get an ultra-seal compression sack so you can
squash it right down to fit into your pack easily,
and you get a down certificate,
which is an official certificate
that come off the test of the down in the bag.
Have a look at it when you get your bag.
Most of the time the loft of the down inside your bag
tests much better than the actual advertised rating.
So, check that out when you get your bag.
Now the sizes of the bags.
The regular, which is this guy here,
will suit a user up to 183 centimetres.
It also comes in a long length,
gives you obviously a bit of extra length,
up to 198 centimetre user,
and also gives you a bit of extra width throughout the bag.
Looking at the fabrics the bags made of,
the outer of the bag, is a 20 Denier nylon,
as is the interior of the bag, the lining here,
also a 20 Denier nylon, and that's containing within
a 750+ loft ULTRA-DRY goose down.
Now the ULTRA-DRY Down has got a nano-treatment on it
that's all but eliminated the effects
moisture has had on the down in the past,
so performs pretty well, even in damp environments.
While we're inside the bag,
I'll show you some of the features.
First you have the top here.
We've got a neck baffle both on the
bottom and the upper side of the bag here,
so this is an enlarged sort of baffle down here,
and around the back, so it stops
hot air escaping up out of the bag.
Just under that on the top here is a little storage pocket
to keep your necessities, or your personal items at hand.
Down the side of the zip here runs right down the side
and along the foot section is a draught chute
to stop cold air escaping through the zip,
or warm air escaping through the zip.
And alongside those zips,
is an anti-snag system that actually really works.
I've not seen any other work
quite like the Sea to Summit ones do.
You can zip this as much as you want
and no fabric actually gets caught in the zip.
It works really well.
Now talking about the zippers in the bag,
there's actually three in total in the Ascent bag.
And it forms part of the
Sea to Summit's free flow zip system.
So on this side of the bag here where I am, is a half zip,
and what that allows me to do is
create a level of versatility in the bag
that you probably haven't seen before.
So we can fold the top half of the bag down like this.
So, allows us to keep our legs and our feet warm,
and our top half cooled down on a warmer night.
Now if the zip finish is halfway down alternatively,
on the other side of the bag here there is a
full length zip that runs right down to the foot section.
Now this bag is
zip coupling compatible.
Which means a left handed unisex bag,
all unisex bags in the Sea to Summit range are left handed,
will couple up, or zip to, a right handed women's bag,
the zip here is the same length,
for the bags across this series
provided they're marked zip coupling compatible.
So moving down the foot section here,
we've got a second zip that overlaps the main side zip here,
so no cold can escape throughout there.
And this zip allows us to zip the foot section open
from both ends so we can create a bit of insulation
for our feet on a warm night.
Now just while we're on the foot section here,
this is a three dimensional foot section, or what they call
anatomical food section, so it's not flat,
it gives us a bit of volume, or a bit of dimension,
so that our feet aren't cramped up
in the end of the sleeping bag here.
So talk about the general construction of the bag
as we move up here.
The bottom half of the bag here is horizontal baffles.
There is actually a little baffle in the side here,
a little divider in the side here, this stops the down
moving from the top to the bottom.
And there's a 60/40 ratio.
So 60/40% of the down is on the top, 40% is on the bottom.
In the top half of the bag here,
we've got vertical baffles.
Now what that does is keep the down nice and high
up over the top of the body for maximum efficiency.
One important thing I'll note here,
is that this is actually not a sewn through construction,
so this stitch here on the top isn't sewn through
to the stitch on the bottom.
There's a little bit of fabric between those two stitches,
which creates an even or continuous layer of insulation
all around your body for maximum warmth.
I want to crawl inside the bag,
and show you how comfortable it is.
Now I'm 195 centimetres tall,
so this bag is sized for a user up to 183
so technically I'm a little bit tall for this bag.
But this free flow zip system makes it
really easy to get into the bag,
in fact even sitting up in the tent here,
it would make it super comfortable just
to be able to sit up and read a book or eat my meal.
Now I can feel, I've got tonnes of room for my feet
in the end there, plenty of volume.
If I lie back, I can very easily do the zips up,
due to the
anti snag panels on the sides here,
I can easily do it from the inside,
there's extended zipper pulls.
And even though I'm too tall for this bag,
I've got heaps of room for my feet at the end there.
I've got quite a good amount of space around each side,
I could actually push my arms out and feel like
I've got probably 10 centimetres
between my arms and my body,
so I've got a good amount of space here.
I'm starting to feel warm already.
I can pull the hood over my head here,
and I've actually got two draw cords
because of the free flow zip system.
There's one draw cord on the side here,
which is all caught up at the moment,
and that does up the panel across the front of my face here.
And then there's a second draw cord
that tightens up the hood over the top here.
So I can pull it up really tight around my head,
then I am feeling
pretty warm and comfortable here right now.
I won't lay here all day though,
what I do want to show you is
how to pack the down sleeping bag away, so let's do that.
Now when you pack up your down bag,
you don't want to try and roll it.
Firstly, it's just going make it really difficult
to get back in the stuff sack.
And secondly, rolling is not good for the down.
It kind of flattens it out and
creates big sheets rather than maintaining the loft.
What you want to do is stuff it in the bag.
Just gently stuff it, you don't want to be damaging the bag,
there are sort of light weight baffles inside the bag,
there is a fair bit of construction in this,
so you don't want to damage it.
You just want to start by gently stuffing it in the bag,
get into the bottom,
I'll just put it between my feet,
and as you go make sure you stuff it
right to the bottom first,
you don't want to leave it all to the last minute
to try to be jamming it all into the bag.
So I just work my way around the bag here,
until it's all inside.
And provided you squash it in
nice and tightly from the bottom first,
that goes back in the bag pretty easily.
Now it is a compression sack,
so you can pop the cap over the
top here and squash it down even further.
But. just as a comparison,
a standard one litre Nalgene bottle,
and that's the bag uncompressed there.
If I put a bit of pressure on the top here,
and tighten up these straps down the side,
I'll be able to squash far more out of the bag to make it
fit inside a pack much easier.
Now you can probably keep going all day squashing this,
just keep squashing down further and further,
but that's probably about as much effort
as your average persons going to put in.
There's a bit of comparison for you
against your standard one litre Nalgene bottle.
Now these Ascent bags are super versatile.
If you're looking for something to kind of do everything
from hiking and backpacking to even travel just for general
camping or even for cold weather environments, the Ascent
has kind of got everything you need for comfort,
versatility, and light weight.
You can grab them online at snowys.com.au,
lowest prices everyday.
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