Military Sleeping Bags - A Cut Above The Rest
by: wingsofsuccess
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Quite a lot of the sleeping bag manufacturers have their own idea of a military sleeping bag that has all the qualities of a military sleeping bag but look a bit different. Make no mistake these look-alike sleeping bags are in no way inferior to the actual military sleeping bags.
The military style sleeping bags are generally built out of 4 units. These four parts can be used separately or together as one single unit as an all-weather sleeping bag designed for survival.
Professional campers prefer these military style sleeping bags. Some professional researchers who need to camp out in extreme conditions also prefer to include a military style sleeping bag in their camping kit.
There are two types of military sleeping bags and a typical military sleeping bag is recognized primarily by the MSS or Military Specification Modular System. These features include:
- A Patrol bag to contain the sleeping bag and manufactured from nylon or some water resistant material and is un affected in temperatures that range between 30 degrees F to 50 degrees F.
- Another bag that can withstand colder climates, primarily -30 degrees F to 10 degrees F.
- The MSS specification bag can be combined with the Patrol and the Intermediate bag for greater warmth at temperatures as low as -30 degrees F.
- Has a stuff sack complete with compression straps to pack it into smaller spaces.
- Contains Gore-Tex Bivy sack for protection against drastic weather change.
- Is insulated with polyester filament.
- Has a draft tube.
- Special 'snap' locking system for integrating the units.
Then there are the VCSS or Variable Component Sleep System bags that have the following features:
- Ability to resist water and withstand temperatures from 30 degrees F to -30 degrees F.
- A delta bag that is unaffected at temperatures up to 30 degrees F and made from nylon and is waterproof.
- Contains a Gamma bag used in colder climates, is water proof, made of nylon with a rating of 30 degrees F to -10 degrees F.
- Combines both Delta and Gamma bags with the Bivy sack for more warmth and protection.
- Keeps out bugs with the help of a bug protector mesh.
- Has Polyguard insulation.
- Does not have any 'cold spots'.
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