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Magdalena naturally moved much at night. Therefore, she always wore many layers in addition. Only when it was very cold, we closed her sleeping bag completely – otherwise we used it mainly as a blanket or only closed the bottom half.

 

Especially when it is cool outside, sleeping bags have to be aired a lot, so that the moisture released by each person over the night can escape. The colder the air, the lower is the capacity to absorb water. Here on Tierra del Fuego it was so icy that we even set up our tent for the lunch break. With a two hour time window, it is a good idea to unpack the sleeping bags.

 

On the Bolivian Altiplano, however, it is rather mild during the day, because the sun has enormous power. But as soon as the sun vanishes in the evening, it gets really cold. The night Livia had just awakened from was cold – 13 ° C!

 

Here the sleeping bags had to show what they were able to! No one of us has been to cold – and such chilly nights we had quite often here! Of course in such an environment needed is also a good camping mat, the hood has to be closed properly and perhaps you should not go hungry to bed … In the picture above, by the way, you can see how much power the sun has in the Bolivian Andes: While the tent in the shade is still deep frozen, the sun-sprayed part is already partly completely dried up!

 

Here, Emilia is just stowing one of our sleeping bags in the Ortlieb bag. You can see what a fantastic volume the sleeping bags unfold, and how compact they can be stored!

 

If the tent is already dry in the morning and there is little wind, you can also put the sleeping bags directly on the roof for venting.

 

One should not underestimate the space babies need when sleeping! Magdalena loves to go crosswise, or spread her arms over the full length. By opening her sleeping bag fully to the foot end the blanket which we then get is in all directions large enough for such cases.

 

The sleeping bags have experienced a lot! Here, for example, you see Magdalena’s first birthday! We spent the whole day in the tent because it stormed like hell the whole day. Cycling was not to be thought of!

 

If the sun was shining brightly, the sleeping bags were usually dried up within a few minutes.

 

That’s how it looked in our tent waking up in the morning. Magdalena gets changed, I am cooking coffee and Livia enjoys some more minutes in her cuddly sleeping bag, until we start with breakfast.

 

The precious and fine sleeping bags were well protected in the Ortlieb Packsack. Scratches (shrubs, thorns, tensioning straps, etc.), masses of dust, continuous rain, extreme UV radiation and from time to time direct contact with the rear tire could not really harm them.

 

If we wanted to achieve a similar isolation output with artificial fiber sleeping bags, I would not have known where to put the whole volume. The pack size of the four winter sleeping bags is truly phenomenal!

 

Magdalena looked like this at the beginning of the journey (Dec. 2015).

 

And that’s how she looks today (Nov. 2016). Not changed has, that she loves her sleeping bag!

 

Let’s look at the details: The zip closures insulated with down-tunnels are high-quality from YKK. If something breaks, Cumulus grants at least five years warranty. Also the outer material is great: it feels pleasant, does not rustle particularly loud, has a low tear resistance thanks to ripstop, is extremely light, yet durable and very fast drying.

 

Inside the sleeping bag there is a small bag. Here fits a smartphone, or Ohropax, or the mp3 player with your good-night stories …
By the way: The Teneqa 700 sleeping bag consists of a total of 37 down combers!

 

The down warmth collar and the hood can be adapted to your needs with elastic cords and a stopper. Intelligent: Even in absolute darkness one can see, thanks to different construction methods, which of the two stoppers it is.

 

The heat collar is closed with Velcro. If you do not need it, the Velcro closure can simply be turned around, and nothing gets stuck.