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Western Mountaineering #4928797 02/11/11
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 15 Arkansas H hogcarpy OP New Member
OP hogcarpy New Member H Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 15 Arkansas	Has anyone had experience or use a Western Mountaineering sleeping bag, or more specifically the Alpinlite version? A local outdoor store has them 40% off this weekend and I am seriously considering purchasing one even though I already own two 20 degree bags. I'm also looking at a Mountain Hardwear 45 which is also 40% off. Thanks for any input.

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Re: Western Mountaineering hogcarpy #4928818 02/11/11
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 132 G greatwhitehunter Campfire Member
greatwhitehunter Campfire Member G Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 132	WM bags the awesome. I have the Badger. Doesnt get any better when it comes to sleeping bags.

Re: Western Mountaineering hogcarpy #4928834 02/11/11
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,291 Likes: 2 Brad Campfire 'Bwana
Brad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,291 Likes: 2	Originally Posted by hogcarpy Has anyone had experience or use a Western Mountaineering sleeping bag, or more specifically the Alpinlite version? A local outdoor store has them 40% off this weekend and I am seriously considering purchasing one even though I already own two 20 degree bags. I'm also looking at a Mountain Hardwear 45 which is also 40% off. Thanks for any input. Where is the sale? I'd like to get in on that! I've had three WM bags over the last 19 years, and my wife has one. I love WM bags... absolutely top drawer. My wife and I both currently have Versalite's... I almost got the Alpinlite over the Versalite... the Alpinlite is a great bag. “Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Re: Western Mountaineering hogcarpy #4928843 02/11/11
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 21,959 Idaho 340boy Campfire Ranger
340boy Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 21,959 Idaho	Originally Posted by hogcarpy Has anyone had experience or use a Western Mountaineering sleeping bag, or more specifically the Alpinlite version? A local outdoor store has them 40% off this weekend and I am seriously considering purchasing one even though I already own two 20 degree bags. I'm also looking at a Mountain Hardwear 45 which is also 40% off. Thanks for any input. I've got the Alpinlite. Very nice bag, I am happy with it. Not often one finds WM bags on sale! "For joy of knowing what may not be known we take the golden road to Samarkand." James Elroy Flecker

Re: Western Mountaineering 340boy #4928986 02/11/11
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,984 AK kenaiking Campfire Tracker
kenaiking Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,984 AK	Great bags!! I also have a Versalite per Brads recommendation. I love it! "It's my main love for all things Ackley. Plus the dude was cool before cool was cool." SH08

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Re: Western Mountaineering kenaiking #4929350 02/11/11
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 11,562 Likes: 2 Edge of the map Kenneth Campfire Outfitter
Kenneth Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 11,562 Likes: 2 Edge of the map	40 percent off of a W.M. bag? I need to go look out the window for a blue moon... 40% off is rare, grab it. I had the Antelope and loved it( just a skoosh too tight in the shoulders). I now have the Kodiak. Last bag I plan on buying.

Re: Western Mountaineering hogcarpy #4929605 02/11/11
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 8,759 M MtnHtr Campfire Outfitter
MtnHtr Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 8,759	One of the best bags no doubt, I'm going to call the store tomorrow to see what is not on their sale list. (they stated their list is not complete) Thanks! MtnHtr

Re: Western Mountaineering MtnHtr #4929636 02/11/11
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 262 Alaska F Fishkilla Campfire Member
Fishkilla Campfire Member F Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 262 Alaska	Alpenlite and Lynx, love'em both. The Lynx I score on a similar 40% off sale. Jump in with both feet, they are awesome bags. Just use your head, you will not die. Ahh, nice marmot

Re: Western Mountaineering hogcarpy #4929725 02/11/11
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,742 C. Calif macrabbit Campfire Tracker
macrabbit Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,742 C. Calif	Do a search here on versions of Western Mountaineering, WM, Alpenlite, etc.--many mentions & discussions (and I can't recall any negative comments). Campfire Pistolero x2 Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else. -Ambassador Delenn, Babylon 5

Re: Western Mountaineering hogcarpy #4930231 02/12/11
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,234 NC T tjm10025 Campfire Outfitter
tjm10025 Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,234 NC	hogcarpy: Jump on that sale! I have a WM Alpinlite, and like it much. I haven't had it down to 20 degrees, but I can tell you it's quite fine in the high 20s. - Tom

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Re: Western Mountaineering tjm10025 #4931047 02/12/11
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,831 Wasilla, Alaska alaska_lanche Campfire Tracker
alaska_lanche Campfire Tracker Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,831 Wasilla, Alaska	Picked up a couple WM bags last year. Must say I am very impressed with them. Heard great things about these bags and from what I can tell so far they are all true. Someone about sleeping in down is more cozy than synthetic, though the syn bags still do here their place.

Re: Western Mountaineering alaska_lanche #4931270 02/12/11
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 6,975 Likes: 1 Colorado Springs, Colorado USA KC Campfire Tracker
KC Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 6,975 Likes: 1 Colorado Springs, Colorado USA	I own a WM Antelope 5� bag that I really like. It's too warm to use in the summer. But it works great in Spring, Fall & Winter. KC Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.

Re: Western Mountaineering KC #4933071 02/12/11
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 399 Utah R russ_outdoors Campfire Member
russ_outdoors Campfire Member R Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 399 Utah	Some of the best bags made IMHO. Sales for WM are very rare.

Re: Western Mountaineering russ_outdoors #4936201 02/13/11
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 15 Arkansas H hogcarpy OP New Member
OP hogcarpy New Member H Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 15 Arkansas	So I show up at my local sporting goods shop today at 11 am, the WM sale was supposed to start at noon. There are already probably 75-80 people standing in line at the front door. I'm thinking, $h;t! I finally get in the door at 12:15 and go straight to the sleeping bag section, no WM bags were in sight. I grab some other sale stuff and begin to pay. Noticing a WM cotton bag behind the front desk, I ask what it was doing back there. The cashier tells me its the sale bags that someone had second thoughts on buying. I WANT IT! Whew, talk about lucking out! Like hunting, luck can change any moment!

Re: Western Mountaineering hogcarpy #4936439 02/13/11
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 399 Utah R russ_outdoors Campfire Member
russ_outdoors Campfire Member R Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 399 Utah	Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good... Hopefully the bag is one you want. If not, you can probably sell it for more than you paid and apply the proceeds to another.

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