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I actually didn’t know there were different types of sleeping bag! Now my dream is one step closer!
No problem! I'm privately quite often what you would call "off-grid" and between two lifestyle extremes (ecologist and high-technologist), means: parttime unheated buildings while it's -4°C outside right now. And inside like -1°C. ?
Yep, different sleeping bags, with quite the variety of filling materials. Downs (by gooses) are expensive and often mixed with their other feathers (which are cheaper, but less insulating), but very light. They don't insulate well if wet (while often being water-repellent themself or coated), but that's why the bags are made with water-repellent or exchanging materials themself. Plastic fibers are less sensitive to getting wet, but insulate a bit worse and don't exchange steam / fumes aka sweat that well to the outside, neither do they "adjust" the temperature that well.
But they can be bought starting at around 25-50€ for a very cheap, simple sleeping bag. Which I wouldn't suggest one to sleep in any icy environment with, else frost bite and necrotic results might occur. ?
Deuter as example fabricates "mountain usable" sleeping bags, like their Astro 800 / 1000 line. Filled by downs and very comfy, even at below 0°C temperatures. There are other manufacturers and even deeper temperature areas which some other models can be used in (the Astro 1000 should go down to around -10°C, before it gets quite cold inside). They cost a few hundred €, tho.
Really important is as well another aspect: the insulation related to the ground. If one wants to sleep outside in snow, that's possible, same goes for sleeping on a cold ground, but it needs insulation below your body. Either a thick foam-based mattress (if weight doesn't play a role) or a light insulated air mattress (which costs a few hundred € as well, if made for extreme temperatures). For temporary solutions without relevance of their weight (as such: you don't travel with the mattress on your back) a foam-based mattress is fine. Insulates to the ground better than most air mattresses.
If you have warm clothes, as example for skiing, you can add insulating underwear below. And you don't change this for a day - it's possible to sleep in sleeping bags with clothes (or at least partial clothes) for better insulation and less stress for the body if you go in and out of it. Changing clothes in sub zero temperatures is not that enjoyable. Even as I go peeing outside sometimes.. in boxer shorts at snow, but that's another story.
Really relevant is the "how does insulation handle getting wet by as example sweat?" aspect. Rain or snow being another one. If you don't have to fulfill heavy muscular works outside, you might not sweat that much, as such it shouldn't change too much over time (your temperature in the insulation). But if I as example would use a warm, but not water proof jacket outside and it gets wet.. that's for many of their insulation concepts a reduction up to 90% of their effect.
As such it gets cold, wet and unenjoyable, even more if you are not bodily active, but just standing around or sitting. You would have to do body sports to keep enjoyably warm and that's rarely an option for hours of waiting for the sleds to arrive.
There's as well the possibility to use electronic-heated (rechargeable battery powered) clothing pieces, like gloves, jacket, boot inlays.. but that's expanding this little information too far.
With the right clothes (and no need to swap them in the short time span of likely < 24 hours) that's well do-able and very comfortable, even if you would just sit around until they arrive.
@FloofyNewfie : Will respond to that in another posting, else it gets toooooo long.
You're a well-caring owner, that's visible.
Wonder why the prior owners (or just anyone) got or kept dogs if they abuse them.. not understandable.
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