Sleeping Bag Liners
Sleeping bag liners are simply material that line the insides of your sleeping bags. Just like any other sheets or material that you use sleeping bags get dirty as well. But since it’s quite difficult to clean an actual sleeping bag you can use sleeping bag liners to keep the bag itself clean. Sleeping bag liners come in several types of fabrics and each type of sleeping bag liners has its own positives and negatives and here we are going to take a look at some of these positives and negatives.
The most prevalent sleeping bag liners are actually made of silk. Silk sleeping bag liners are very nice and very popular. Silk liners can add a little warmth to any sleeping bag or bed. In warm climates you don’t even need to use the sleeping bag, as the silk sleeping bag liners can be used all on their own as a stand-alone cover. Another big advantage is that silk sleeping bag liners can wick moisture away and they dry off really quickly as well.
For more everyday use the cotton liners are recommended. They are much cheaper and pretty widespread. The cotton sleeping bag liners are nowhere near as warm or nice feeling on the skin as the silk sleeping bag liners. An added gripe is that damp climates do not vibe well with cotton since cotton can absorb a great deal of water. The positive side to all this is that cotton is very easily washable. Another plus point is the major price drop. If you compare the same design of sleeping bag liners between cotton and silk, cotton would cost around twenty dollars, while silk would cost near sixty dollars.
A fast rising newcomer on the sleeping bag liners scene is wool. Wool is getting a lot of attention and it getting more and more widespread with everyday. Wool is not as good as silk, but it certainly is a good material for sleeping bag liners. Wool liners can handle moisture extremely well. It is also very comfortable. Wool also breathes well which is added comfort. Best of all, it is easily washable. If not silk, wool would be the best material for sleeping bag liners. Similar wool sleeping bag liners would cost near sixty dollars as well.
Lastly we come to the synthetics. Synthetic material is getting a lot of good and bad reviews about their performance and there are several different fabrics out there by several different companies. But the bad news about these sleeping bag liners is that the synthetic fabrics are bulky and that makes the sleeping bag liners bulky as well, which is not good for hiking. They do wash very well, however.
In conclusion silk is definitely the way to go for sleeping bag liners. Wool a close second but definitely silk is the best.