So I got another chuckle out of reading yet again about this "interesting" sleeping bag. Then I got an idea, and maybe others might be interested? If anything, it will be a fun little diversion.
What if a group of us BPL members pool together and buy the damn bag, but what is important is that one or more of the member pool have some solid MYOG experience with down. See where I am going yet?
We buy the bag together, empty out all the down, and use the down to make other bags, jackets, skirts, pants, etc. The person or people that are MYOG skilled don't have to pay into the pool, because they can pay with their skills, and in the end get free supplies to make gear of their choice for themselves. The rest of us in the pool that won't make anything split the cost of the bag, and get gear made for us using the down from this absurd bag in question.
I checked on thru-hiker.com, and a rough calculation using 256oz down that is in the moon bag, it would cost about 3328 USD if we ordered 800 fill down there (without shipping costs). Let's say a group of us could score the bag for 2500 USD, and maybe get lucky and one of us is from PNW and can go and pick the damn thing up rather than pay the insane shipping costs. Best case, sure, but it's not implausible, and a significant savings.
Let's say 20 people chip in 150 bucks, that's 3000 bucks. That covers the bag (in the ideal situation outlined above), plus 500 bucks to buy fabric and such for gear, and maybe cover shipping. Then once the bag gets to the person or people that is good with MYOG, each person that paid into the pool gets to order stuff made using the 11.6oz down (22 people–20 that paid and say two that are sewing the gear–divided by 256oz down) that each person owns. That's a lot of down per person, from what I gather. Depending on your size, that could be from a 40 degree bag for bigger people, to a 20 degree bag for smaller sized people. Or a set of jacket, pants, socks, and gloves–maybe just a very warm/poofy jacket for a big person.
I'd be willing to chip in 150 bucks for some good MYOG 800 fill down gear.
Thoughts? Anyone with me (especially if you live in PWN and are good at sewing!)?
PROJECT RECYCLE MOON BAG?!
EDIT — Also, if we got serious about this and got 20 people together and ponied up the funds, we could contact the seller directly and make them a lower offer perhaps? Like offer 2K and that someone will come and pick it up (assuming we can find someone to go get it)?
EDIT 2 — It just occurred to me that the above deal might be unfair to the person or people sewing the gear? Maybe let them have more of the down/fabric to make gear that they can then sell on gear swap?
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