Adult Sleeping Bags

Anytime you are searching the web for information about adult sleeping bags, you will quickly encounter many pages of information telling you all about sleeping bag liners.

But if you’ve gone to all this trouble to find the perfect sleeping bag, why in the world do you need a sleeping bag liner?

There are actually three main reasons why most people add sleeping bag liners to their outdoor sleeping system.

First and foremost, any type of sleeping bag liner provides an extra layer of protection to help keep your sleeping bag clean and extend its life by minimizing the wear on the bag’s lining. By using a liner, it limits the amount of perspiration, dirt and body oils reaching the interior surface of the bag minimizing resulting damage.

Besides, isn’t it much easier to removing liner for cleaning than it is to either take the sleeping bag to a commercial laundromat or dry cleaner?

Absolutely!

The second reason people add sleeping bag liners to their bag is to increase the warmth rating and extend the comfort range of their sleeping bag. Depending on the material used to construct the sleeping bag liner the warmth rating can be increased anywhere from a few to several degrees centigrade. This allows the dedicated camper to use their existing bag in colder environments than originally rated and still remain relatively warm and comfortable.

Another reason people add liners to their sleeping bags also relates to extending the temperature range of the bag but this time at the opposite end of the temperature scale. If you happen to own a quality cold-weather bag with a quality sleeping bag liner there is a way to adapt to warmer environments. When find yourself camping in places with very warm temperatures, the liner can be removed from the bag still keeping the nights chill away while the bag becomes part of your sleeping platform.

How “Cool” is that (every pun intended)!

Sleeping bag liners are usually constructed from one of five types of different materials including: silk, cotton, fleece/microfleece, synthetics, or insulated synthetics. Each one of these materials differs in features such as comfort, warmth factor, weight and cost.

For instance cotton liners, which most bedding is made from, may be strong, durable, low cost and fairly comfortable offers little in the way of increased warmth. Silk sleeping bag liners on the other hand is soft extremely comfortable, very lightweight not as durable; has a much better warmth factor; but obviously costs significantly more than fabric.