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Posted by Tom D on May 17, 2008 at 2:08:36 pm EDT
In reply to new kind of bag-Lippi Selk Bag posted by MTB416 on May 13, 2008 at 12:50:46 am EDT

Bill, ya got me on that one-hehehe. The suit I tried on was one of the ones used for astronaut training. I think it was one of the ones used in the big water tanks. A visual effects company I knew at the time was using it for something, so we all tried the suit on. For the show, they had all the components, but we just had the suit itself for some impromtu pictures, so about five minutes in it in LA weather was plenty.

My point about the down suit,regardless of whether we are talking rocket science or not, is that it just isn't that practical for the application. Another thing no one has mentioned yet is that I don't see how it could compress to anything the size of a down bag, with all the extra fill and material. That alone makes it less appealing to the average backpacker. I have a big down parka, for example and that thing stuffs down to about the same size as my sleeping bag.

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