Sleeping in a Down Jacket?

I've been known to wear a puffy as a sleeved comforter on top of my torso, basically,wear it backwards. Plenty of coverage along the sides an around your neck,No smashed down under your back. Of course. You need good pad insulation underneath,obviously..

BTW- Happy New Year..;)

The more you use a high fill power jacket the more you should wash it as yr body vapor gets into it

Each time you wash it itll degrade the down a bit

Also wearing it daily will abrade the UL fabric and the DWR … Youll get pinholes evetually

UL down jackets last longer than synth, but these arent those 30 year old lower fill power high denier jackets that last decades

Expect a few years of constant use out of a modern UL down jacket

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Just wear a VBL shirt under it and your sweat won't get into the down.

One night, I was using an old jacket as a pillow and the temperature unexpectedly dropped. I got my jacket on exactly as you descibed. Can't believe it didn't occur to me!

I’ve got a sweater weight Patagonia hoody. That thing has really saved me on some cold nights. Yeah, I’m sure it will shorten the life of the garment some, but it’s not drastic or something. I mean you can’t visibly see wear occurring from just one trip or something like that.

HJ
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Hey all, we got a big chill here in Mass last night. About -5º with a windchill warning of about -25º where I am, -35º in other places.

I slept out with the following:

Thermarest Z-Lite L
Thermarest Prolite Plus XS

Mountain Hardwear Ultralamina 15º Long
Wild Things Elephant's Foot (light synthetic 3/4 length bag)

And finally, I used my Outdoor Research Incandescent jacket as a comforter with my arms in the sleeves. I slept like a baby!