skaldugwas
WKR
I have been alternating between a current 20 degree slick bag and a marmot 15 degree trestles in the last year.
To me the marmot beats the slick bag. Its much warmer for the advertised 5degree difference- i don’t think the slick bag is truly a 20 degree bag, im thinking more like 30. The 15degree marmot compresses down to roughly the same size as the slick bag.
And in my limited experience from using the trestles for mostly truck camping and “saving” the slick bag for back country hunts - I’m guessing I have used the marmot 3 to 1 for the slick- i have found the marmot to be much more durable.
I have ripped the snow collar on the slick bag, punched random holes in it and popped seems. The marmot looks pretty darn fresh in comparison.
Last weekend while bear hunting a random hole the size of a dime showed up on the front of the slick bag, didn’t have a fire going or anything.
I will say I adore the center zip and wide shoulder width on the slick bag otherwise it probably would have been turned into a dog bed by now. Not sure if I got a dud, but it sure didn’t live up to my expectations after only 1 season.
I have seen the 30 degrees trestles in stores and it is dramatically smaller than the 15degree.
Sometimes budget gear actually works, and you get a little more than what you paid for.
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To me the marmot beats the slick bag. Its much warmer for the advertised 5degree difference- i don’t think the slick bag is truly a 20 degree bag, im thinking more like 30. The 15degree marmot compresses down to roughly the same size as the slick bag.
And in my limited experience from using the trestles for mostly truck camping and “saving” the slick bag for back country hunts - I’m guessing I have used the marmot 3 to 1 for the slick- i have found the marmot to be much more durable.
I have ripped the snow collar on the slick bag, punched random holes in it and popped seems. The marmot looks pretty darn fresh in comparison.
Last weekend while bear hunting a random hole the size of a dime showed up on the front of the slick bag, didn’t have a fire going or anything.
I will say I adore the center zip and wide shoulder width on the slick bag otherwise it probably would have been turned into a dog bed by now. Not sure if I got a dud, but it sure didn’t live up to my expectations after only 1 season.
I have seen the 30 degrees trestles in stores and it is dramatically smaller than the 15degree.
Sometimes budget gear actually works, and you get a little more than what you paid for.
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