Columbia Yorkstone Double Sleeping Bag Review
When things get too stressful and you feel like you’re
in a pressure cooker, you just want to break free.
One of the best ways of doing that is
heading out into the wild and sleeping amongst the trees.
There are a lot of people who don’t
like to do that alone, however. Of
those people, there are even less who are comfortable with the idea of
rigorous backpacking. A feasible
alternative, then, is to take that special person in your life and drive up
to the camp site. This is a simple
idea that allows you to bring everything you need inside your car.
Even better,
If one would write a review for the Yorkstone Double
sleeping bag for the purposes of trail hiking to camp, it wouldn't get very
high marks. The sheer size of
the bag alone would prevent one from walking straight.
Add its 14 pound weight to the
equation, and you’ve got the makings of a Stallone triathlon workout.
That’s not the point of this bag
though, far from it. You want to buy
this double bag because it’s going to give you and your outdoorsy
significant other the snuggle experience of a lifetime.
The Columbia Yorkstone is quite comfy to sleep in due
to its inner material, a warm cotton flannel liner.
Its polyester taffeta shell also
makes it sturdy and easier to maintain. Like
other
This double bag’s ThermalC filling performs pretty well
in relation to its 30 degree F rating. Since
this bag will be used for car camping anyway, colder sleepers can just opt
to bring extra blankets. This double
bag already comes with tiny pillows, but they are removable so you should
bring pillows that you prefer. Also,
a very thoughtful addition is a zipper pocket on both sides, almost like
having mini nightstands. The
Yorkstone looks pretty classy too.
Now, this sleeping bag is already quite comfortable on
its own, but the great thing about car camping is that you don’t have to
rely only on the Yorkstone for your pleasure.
Just bring an extra futon and roll the double bag over it. There are
also straps on this double bag allowing you to properly combine the two.
Finally, at the end of trip, the
Yorkstone double bag can be split in two for trouble-free cleaning and
storage.
So in general, the bulkiness of the bag makes it
totally useless for backpacking as you probably won’t even reach the
campsite carrying this thing. But the
Yorkstone was made for the relaxing car camping trip.
With a decent US$100 price tag, the
Columbia Yorkstone is a great purchase for that second honeymoon in the
wild.
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