Canadian Military Sleeping System - Temp?

[cdncowboy]

I recently purchased a Canadian military sleeping system which consists of the inner flannel blanket, inner down sleeping bag and outer down sleeping bag. The tags on them do not state at what temperature they are rated for. Does anyone know what each is rated for and combined what they are rated for?

 

[Blastattack]

If it's the same thing I have, thy are rated to -50C. I can attest it is very comfortable at -40C

 

[Frioletdj01]

I've used it countless times in the winter in -40 weather. I'd recommend you take most if not all your clothes off. You'll sweat like a madman and when you get out you'll freeze.

 

[Sudsy15]

I've used it countless times in the winter in -40 weather. I'd recommend you take most if not all your clothes off. You'll sweat like a madman and when you get out you'll freeze.

I second that. If you have the ranger blanket (or woobie) inside of it, you can put your clothes outside the woobie but inside the sleeping bag and they'll be warm and dry in the morning. Add the bivvy bag on top of it all and you're golden. Nothing more miserable than putting on cold clothes in the morning. Also I highly suggest for colder temperatures having a sleeping toque and a day toque to switch out to deal with the night time sweat, and always have a mattress of some kind under you to insulate yourself from the ground. The rolling inflatable ones are good, the folding foam ones are better. In my opinion.

 

[sail32]

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary and Tenzing Norgay used a New Zealand two sleeping bag system on Mt. Everest.

I bought the same type of bags when I was in New Zealand.

The outer bag made a nice summer bag, if it was too hot to sleep in the bag it was warm enough to sleep on top of the bag.

 

[sunray]

Very comfortable at -40C except when getting in or out of the Bag, Sleeping. snicker.
The inner isn't a blanket. It's a sheet that keeps you from sticking to the nylon and allows the Bag, Sleeping, to be issued to other troopies. You're missing the air mattress(absolutely essential to use an air mattress. Preferably one you do not blow up by 'cake hole'.) and apparently the bag too.
Those tags are for inventory control. Tags that give a temperature range are civilian. Think in terms of the inner bag being a summer sleeping bag and the whole thing as winter. As mentioned, take your clothes off. Your clothes go between the bags.

 

[QM 8687]

I slept in them at -30 to -40 for 2 weeks, and they will keep you alive, but place your morning cloths inside with you. And better not to go Adam, when you go inside it's like a frozen tomb.

 

[infideleggwelder]

-40 easily done, as others have stated. have been in one at about -55 in Suffield, survived 7 nights but wasn`t happy about it. don`t remember if that was wind chill, but we were in unheated mod tent as opposed to a toasty 10 man.

 

[mrbeil]

Did -45 in shilo a few times in (relative) comfort. Id recommend finding the sleeping hood that goes with it. That thing makes you look like youre a klan member, but it's actually amazing kit. As stated above, mattress underneath is essential so get a foam thermarest from wss or something.