kifaru slick bag

[Mnbowhunter]

Does anyone use one? Thinking on buying one for elk hunting

[otcWill]

Yep, love it! I have the 0 degree. The water resistant outer covering is a game changer

[Mnbowhunter]

Thanks otc will . I want to get a good bag a guy I know told me about the slick bag. Now what till tax time

[pointysticks]

i HATED mine.

i had the regular 20 degree wide bag.

the good? super light, super compact..super cool color.

the bad?
i froze my butt off. BA UL sleeping pad. summer trout fishing trip. in the 40's at night.
the bag was smaller than expected. i compared the dimension listed to my existing bags, and it should have felt bigger. nope.
again, the bag was not warm for me at all.
the zipper. i had the older bag. the side zip. the very first zip..while laying on the living room floor. zip!! the fabric got caught up in the zipper. i felt there was too much loose material near the zipper. i locked it all up. i had to shimmy out of the bag all sweaty..and work the zipper loose. it happened a lot.
it annoyed me very much that you buy a bag, and you had to buy a t bag and compression bag seperately. this really pushes the cost up to some of the best bags in the world.

[realunlucky]

They did change the insulation on the new slick bags.

[Mnbowhunter]

Is the new insulation better?

[Tim in Wa.]

i HATED mine.

i had the regular 20 degree wide bag.

the good? super light, super compact..super cool color.

the bad?
i froze my butt off. BA UL sleeping pad. summer trout fishing trip. in the 40's at night.
the bag was smaller than expected. i compared the dimension listed to my existing bags, and it should have felt bigger. nope.
again, the bag was not warm for me at all.
the zipper. i had the older bag. the side zip. the very first zip..while laying on the living room floor. zip!! the fabric got caught up in the zipper. i felt there was too much loose material near the zipper. i locked it all up. i had to shimmy out of the bag all sweaty..and work the zipper loose. it happened a lot.
it annoyed me very much that you buy a bag, and you had to buy a t bag and compression bag seperately. this really pushes the cost up to some of the best bags in the world.

My experience was the same as this. I had a 20 deg. bag and froze my butt off. I was never even near the temp. rating
Tim

[jmez]

I've not used one but the common sentiment over on Rokslide is that the temp ratings are way off on the bags. All but the most ardent fanboys recommend going one temp rating below what you think you would need.

[njdoxie]

I had a kifaru sidezip 0 degree bag, and couldn't quite get warm during mid Oct CO, but it's hard for me to get warm.....i now have a centerzip -20 bag and was able to get warm this year, finally, but this year was also unseasonably warm during 2nd rifle CO......sorry, I realize this post wasn't helpful in making a decision one way or another with kifaru

[Mnbowhunter]

I'll look into it a little more before I make my decision. Thanks everyone