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Posted by Jim S on December 10, 2006 at 4:36:31 pm EST
In reply to Feather question posted by Blackbeard on October 21, 2006 at 7:25:08 am EDT

The Army chose a mixture of "chicken feathers" and "water fowl plumage" as the general stuffing agent of a huge number of sleeping bags with thin, pretty much water resistant, cotton shells. I had one such bag called a US Mtn Regular. It was wonderful.... warm and soft and a cotton liner is more comfortable to your skin than a nylon liner. The waterfowl feathers were for warmth and the stiffer chicken feathers were to generate loft. Now theres a thought - Loft does not equal Fill Expansion. It was a concept, it worked.
Jim S

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