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Just found out my cheap sleeping bag was rated all wrong
So I bought this sleeping bag online for about 60 bucks last fall, thinking it was a good deal. The listing said it was rated for 20 degrees and perfect for three-season camping. Took it out to the Blue Ridge Mountains in early October, and man, I froze. The temperature only dropped to about 35, but I was shivering all night in my long underwear. The fill was clumped and thin in spots right out of the stuff sack. I basically wasted that money and had a miserable trip. I should have just saved up for a known brand from a real outdoor store. Has anyone else been tricked by a fake temperature rating online? How do you even check if a bag's rating is real?
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derekgibson20d ago
My last cheap toaster had a fake energy star sticker.
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the_cameron20d ago
Ugh, that's so shady. It's crazy what companies will do to make a cheap product look legit. Makes you not trust any labels anymore, right?
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