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<blockquote data-quote="jmden" data-source="post: 1031770" data-attributes="member: 1742"><p>I've got a couple of decades of mountaineering and rock climbing experience on two continents and a fair amount of backcountry hunting experience and it's always been my experience that, if the down bag is rated appropriately for the conditions your in, sleeping with little on keeps u drier and more comfortable overall. This with -30F rated custom made Feathered Friends bag to 30F rated down bags of high quality. To each his own. You can lighten your overall pack weight doing what u r talking about, something very important for climbing.</p><p></p><p>Also, I'm not sold on the DWR goose down yet. Keep it dry and it shouldn't be a problem, but I saw what appeared to be Patagonia crashing and burning with their recent attempt at using it in their new 'Belay' parka, I think it was called. Reviews were horrible in terms of consistent long term lofting and the pictures of such (lights used to shine thru the jackets so u could see how the down was distributed) clearly bore that out. That nearly $700 parka is no longer on the market from what I've seen. Granted there is different technologies for that out there and those will likely improve, but I'm not sold on it yet. Just me. Regular down still works great and many agree if you start digging on reviews.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmden, post: 1031770, member: 1742"] I've got a couple of decades of mountaineering and rock climbing experience on two continents and a fair amount of backcountry hunting experience and it's always been my experience that, if the down bag is rated appropriately for the conditions your in, sleeping with little on keeps u drier and more comfortable overall. This with -30F rated custom made Feathered Friends bag to 30F rated down bags of high quality. To each his own. You can lighten your overall pack weight doing what u r talking about, something very important for climbing. Also, I'm not sold on the DWR goose down yet. Keep it dry and it shouldn't be a problem, but I saw what appeared to be Patagonia crashing and burning with their recent attempt at using it in their new 'Belay' parka, I think it was called. Reviews were horrible in terms of consistent long term lofting and the pictures of such (lights used to shine thru the jackets so u could see how the down was distributed) clearly bore that out. That nearly $700 parka is no longer on the market from what I've seen. Granted there is different technologies for that out there and those will likely improve, but I'm not sold on it yet. Just me. Regular down still works great and many agree if you start digging on reviews. [/QUOTE]
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