Vaude Sleeping Bag Ratings and Information

Temperature Ratings According to EN 13537:

Comfort

This rating is the lowest temperature at which a sleeper fully enclosed in their sleeping bag can have a comfortable  night’s sleep in a relaxed position. This rating is based on a 25 year-old "standard female" weighing 60kg and 1.60m  tall. A man is able to sleep comfortably at a somewhat lower  temperature.

Limit

This rating is the lowest temperature at which a sleeper fully enclosed in their sleeping bag can expect to have a comfortable night’s sleep in a fetal or tightly rolled-up position. This rating is based on a 25 year-old "standard male", weighing  70kg and 1.73m tall. This is a lower limit; a woman may  already be at risk for hypothermia at this temperature.

Extreme

At this temperature, the sleeping bag offers protection from  freezing, however there is risk of hypothermia. It is assumed  that a "standard female" in a tightly rolled-up position can withstand the cold for 6 hours.

SUMMER	Spring / SUMMER / Autumn	Spring / Summer /Autumn / Winter	Autumn / WINTER / Spring
Down:
Featherlight 200 Ice Peak 150	Serniga 800 Serniga 500 Ice Peak 1000 Ice Wall 800 Ice Wall 450	Featherlight 350	Sherpa 550 Sherpa 650 Rect Ice Peak 400 SL Ice Peak 400 Ice Wall 450
Synthetic:
Blue Beech 600 Blue Beech 450 Snow Cloud 350 Navajo 400 Rect Sioux UL 100	Arctic 1200 Arctic 1000 Arctic 800 XL Arctic 800 Arctic 800 S	Arctic 450 Kiowa 500 Kiowa 300 UL Snow Cloud 800 L Snow CLoud 800 Anow Cloud 350 Navajo 800 Navajo 800 XL Navajo 900 Rect Sioux 800 Sioux 500 Rect XL Sioux 500 Rect Sioux 500 Rect S	Kiowa 900 Kiowa 900 Rect

End Manufacture in Germany

End manufacture in Germany – Vaude fill their down  sleeping bags at the same place in which we store them. They import high-quality European down from Poland and transport it directly to a German family-run company, which then fills the sleeping bags.

But why do they do that?

Well, there are advantages for customers and the environment are apparent:

• No transportation of down to Asia. This means fewer CO2 emissions and a smaller "ecological footprint" for our products.
• The sleeping bags are filled a short time before delivery, so the down is not compressed in a packaged condition over a long  period of time. This provides the sleeping bag with enhanced bulk and and allows it to unfold better.
• As the down is sourced so close to the point of manufacture, Vaude can control the origin and quality of their down better than before.

Down Fillings

Vaude uses only highest quality down fill. The down used in Vaude sleeping bags is European down, originating in Poland. The ratio of down to feathers is the percentual amount of each used to create the necessary loft for effective thermal insulation.

Fill power is the most frequently used measure of down quality and is expressed as cubic inches per ounce (cu.in.). Vaude measures fill power in accordance with the European DIN EN 12130 norm. The higher the fill power, the better the down will insulate.The down is harvested from older birds and only dead birds are plucked (no live-plucking).

90/10 Down Fill

90/10 down fill guarantees optimum insulation at a minimal weight. In Vaude's Serniga sleeping bags, they only use white goose down with 850 cu.in. fill power. In the Ice Peak sleeping bags they use grey duck down with 650 cu.in. fill power measured in accordance with European DIN EN 12130 norm.

80/20 Down Fill

High quality and long-lasting grey duck down with 650+ cu.in. fill power, measured in accordance with the European DIN EN 12130 norm.

70/30 Down Fill

High quality and long-lasting grey duck down with 500+ cu.in. fill power, measured in accordance with the European DIN EN 12130 norm

Synthetic Fillings

Sensofil High Loft

Sensofil High Loft has a 3-layer construction that offers supe-rior insulation. It is low maintenance, lightweight and retains its outstanding insulation values even when damp making it an ideal choice when heading out into areas in which condensation can become a problem.

As the name implies, Sensofil High Loft fibers have a greater loft than previous Sensofil fibers. A special processing has been applied to make them extremely soft and offer excellent sleeping comfort.

The Sensofil High Loft microfibers in the inner fiber layer also serve to reflect body heat that is then trapped and stored in the inner fiber layer next to the body. The 3-layer construction also ensures that moisture vapor is quickly transported outward away from the body.

Sensofil Eco

The Sensofil Eco filling consists of a mixture of camel hair (33%), the natural fibre Tencel® (33%) and a recycled polyester microfibre (33%).

It combines the excellent thermal qualities of the camel hair fibre with the outstanding moisture behaviour of Tencel®; the polyester fibre provides the necessary stability and supports the transfer of moisture to the exterior.

The well-ruffled camel hair contains a lot of air, which insulates against both cold and heat. In cool regions, the heat emitted by the body is reflected more quickly and efficiently, while in warm areas the fibres regulate body temperature by means of good breathability.

The camel hair comes from the north of Asia and is usually combed out during the animals’ moulting period and processed into fibres.

Sensofiber

Sensofiber is a special microfiber that is used to reflect the body heat of a person sleeping. Sensofiber insulates well even when wet, dries quickly, is very long-lasting, as well as durable and easy to care for.

Primaloft Infinity

PrimaLoft® Infinity is a continuous filament insulation, specially developed for use in sleeping bags. It is characterised by particularly good bulk without additional weight. In contrast with other synthetic fibres, the material consists of an endlessly long fibre, so to speak.

As well as its excellent bulk, PrimaLoft® Infinity has many more advantages thanks to its structure. The fibre is very fine and makes PrimaLoft® Infinity incredibly soft, light and compress-ible. The very resilient, tear-proof material has excellent, equally distributed heat insulation, durability and waterproof character-istics. The continuous structure is particularly resistant to move-ment and prevents the fibres from shifting within the sleeping bag, which might cause unpleasant cold bridges.

Cold bridges are defined as places in the insulation where little or no insulation material can be found. It is easy to feel the cold in these places, because the insulation is correspondingly low.

Fiberdown

The loft of Fiberdown is comparable to that of 80/20 down. Fiberdown does not clump when damp, and even then offers outstanding insulation and warmth. Fiberdown’s unique properties make in an ideal supplement for down bags in areas that are hard hit by moisture vapor.

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