which is best a silk or a fleece liner for a sleeping bag?

finallydebtfree!!

Hiya

hope I am posting this in the right place

I am taking part in a charity trek at the end of the month and have just purchased my sleeping bag which is suitable for the freezing night temperatures we will be getting in Peru :eek: I now need to get a liner and wondered which would be the best liner to get, its been suggested to get either a silk or a fleece liner.

what are the advantages/disadvantages over each? hope somebody can help

(I would have asked when I got the sleeping bag, but silly me forgot to! )

fdf!!

Horace

A fleece liner can become sweaty whereas silk breathes. It really depends on how cold it will be I guess.

Personally I don't use extra liners in my sleeping bags as I try and buy the correct weighting for the time of year (plus they all get washed after use).

Silk might be lighter and easier to pack - you will need to take weight into consideration as you will be carrying it.

Enjoy your trip

boatman

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] From the RAB down website

Why choose silk?
Down bags are more time consuming to wash and dry than synthetics and the use of a silk liner will help to avoid the need to clean your bag.
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• [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A silk liner adds 2°C of warmth to your sleeping bag. [/FONT]
• [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Silk sleeping bag liners are extremely light weight, have a small pack size and are easily washed making them perfect to carry on lightweight backpacking trips. [/FONT]
• [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Finally silk is luxurious to sleep in![/FONT]

100% silk liner will trap a lot of warmth within the sleeping bag, making the combination of a sleeping bag and liner a very warm and compact unit. A silk liner is a must when travelling in hotter or widely fluctuating climates, its natural heat-managing characteristics keeping the body comfortable in extremes of both heat and cold.