Sleeping Bag Sizing

We often get asked about the sizing of our sleeping bags, the most common question being from someone that is 6ft 3” asking if they will fit in one.

Well, we determined the maximum size our bags using our mate Steve. He is 6ft 2” and has spent quite a few nights in a sleeping bag so we value his opinion. We put Steve in one of our regular bags and asked him if was comfortable. He said he was but he wouldn’t want the bag any smaller. Build wise he is no rugby player but I wouldn’t say he was skinny.

There are plenty of people a little bigger than this who say they have fitted in, but they will putting up with a little discomfort; with either the bag a little tight across the chest or will be snug and possibly tight on the head. There is no way we can describe this, so we will stick with our 6ft 2in measure and hope that if you are on the cusp you will be able to draw your on conclusions. However if we were 6ft 3” we would go for the next size up.. the long.

The same goes for short bag we reckon that if you are taller than 5ft 6in then you need to consider the next size up.. the regular.

The next consideration is width. The PipeDream has a trim cut in order to get the very best performance out of it. If you are a 44” chest or larger the bag with will feel tight, remembering of course that this isn’t a quilt and any mummy bag is supposed to feel constricted if you are not used to it. If the PipeDream sounds too tight for you then the only other option is the SkyeHigh series which has a roomier cut than most.

Do you do the PipeDream in longer lengths?
At the moment we only offer different sizes in the SkyeHigh range and although we would love to offer different sizes for the PipeDreams this isn’t going to happen soon. There are other companies that offer long and short models such as PHD based in Glossop. So maybe it’s worth giving them a shout.

Created Nov 04, 2008
Category: Sleeping Bags

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