Gear

What a great site, ta to David Gray for telling us about it. Only downside is that as a Macintosh user, it seems I can only have 10 grammes of down filling :-(

The fillpower to temperature ratings are a bit funny even when they work. By jiggling back and forth through the different fill powers, the temperature ratings shift slighty. I played around with it for a while and got the 200 weight bag to shift from +7c to +11c.

Neat stuff though.

mmm -17 bag weighing only 1274g. exactly what i want, as well. i was going to go for either macpac or fairydown, as i dont like the phd stock desings, but seeing this may have changed my mind.

my specs:
outer = dryshell
inner = pertex
outer colour = gold
inner colour = charcoal
stuff pattern = std
zip = short left
down = 650g 800 fill
overfill = no
collar = yes
hood = nonstretch
collar = stretch
bivvy = no
length = std
width = slim

out of interest what did everyone else go for?

I already have a PHD Diamir 500(long), which is a rather good (-8) bag.

If I was buying again, I would keep the same spec (800 fill, collar, full length zip, standard stuff pattern, etc) but omit the dryshell inner panels - bit of a luxury on a 3 season bag - saving a few quid as a result.

I would also order it in black/charcoal, although my current red outer is far from offensive (and not as bright as the PHD website suggests).

James - your 'design' looks ideal for Scottish winter use. I wonder if I could somehow 'lose' my old ME snowline...

Looks like a very interesting site.

I would prefer it though if one could select the dimensions of the person (chest & height) to go into the bag rather than the dimensions of the bag itself. I have no idea if a person who is 180cm tall will fit comfortably into a bag that is 182cm in length.

If I ordered a custom built bag only to find it didn't fit, I couldn't return it under distance selling regulations - custom built items are exempt from that rule.

Look again Anthony!

The bag length IS based on the person's height i.e standard up to 72 inches (6') long up to 78" (6'6").

Don't know whether you could return it if you didn't like it, though