Silk filled duvets?

Roy said:

Struck me that if it worked perhaps silk filled jackets or sleeping bags may
be less problematic than down in our damp climate (though not this week of
course). Could be rubbish though.

Silk should work for the basic application, just as cotton and wool do
to various degrees.

However, as regards a comparison to down, silk won't be anywhere close
to down as a raw insulator, at least not with a comparable pack size
(not an issue at home, of course). And contrary to popular opinion,
down isn't really problematical in our damp climate (unless you're
allergic to down, of course) if you take a bit of care.
I've been using down and feather sleeping bags for about 25 years now,
and I've had a wet bag *once* in that time (and having learned from the
experience, current procedures would mean if I was in the same basic
position again it wouldn't get soaked). Just take a bit of care, get
one with a water resistant shell if you want to be extra-safe, and down
will be fine. A down bag has to be /soaked/ to become useless. That
takes a lot of water, usually combined with carelessness and/or freak
conditions.

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On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:36:49 +0100, "Roy" <roy> wrote:

| Not strictly OT, as in not walking gear but close. In our local paper this
| week was an ad for silk filled duvets (home type, single or double beds). I
| had no idea silk is or was used in this way. Anyone got one?
|
| Example:
|
| http://www.rockcloud.com/
|
| Struck me that if it worked perhaps silk filled jackets or sleeping bags may
| be less problematic than down in our damp climate (though not this week of
| course). Could be rubbish though.

I sleep under one, with some wool, from Lidl and it works just fine. Mine
is very light at only 5.2 tog but as that is what I like, no problem. Most
duvets are 10-13 togs or thereabouts.

As the website quoted does not quote Tog ratings, you can not be sure how
warm it will be.

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They are worse than down in wet conditions
Rob N
"Roy" <roy> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Not strictly OT, as in not walking gear but close. In our local paper this
week was an ad for silk filled duvets (home type, single or double beds).
I had no idea silk is or was used in this way. Anyone got one?

Example:

http://www.rockcloud.com/

Struck me that if it worked perhaps silk filled jackets or sleeping bags
may be less problematic than down in our damp climate (though not this
week of course). Could be rubbish though.

Roy.

BTW this is definitely NOT advertising - thought I'd better get that in.

I've had a silk-filled duvet from www.rockcloud.com for a few months now and
it's so wonderful! It's so much cooler to sleep under during these sumer
nights than my old down one was. And you guys are talking about using the
silk in sleeping bags which is interesting to me - 'cos the rockcloud duvets
are beautifully handmade in China and i've seen documentaires on tv that
have shown chinese adventurers sleeping in silk filled sleeping bags. No
tent, just the bag! These old chinese guys seemed very smart about the
elements - so i guess the silk filled bags really must work. You should
contact the rockcloud people for more info - i bet they'd know the answers.

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I have a winter weight silk filled duvet on my bed at home from rockcloud
and we love it, warm and light, you do not get too hot underneath them. Just
great.

However I do a lot of hill/ Munro walking and the this type of silk batting
is unsuitable for compressing down like my Rab down filled one does, so I
would not use it to carry in a rucksack. It is more of a luxury bed item!

To Sarah, Some Mongolian Nomads do sleep outside wrapped in silk filled
duvets but they carry them as a roll.

Hope this is helpful
Matt

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