The
outdoors industry is starting to embrace sustainable manufacture with
real enthusiasm and coming soon is a new Marmot sleeping bag
made from recycled plastic bottles and old fabric.
The new Marmot EcoPro 15 will be in the shops from later
this month and uses high tech UpCycle materials. It's a three-season
synthetic bag which uses 100 per-cent recycled fabrics for the shell
and lining and 80 per-cent recycled insulation.
A wave design combines shingle and blanket construction to save
weight and maximise efficiency and the synthetic UpCycle insulation
and DWR treated fabric should make for reasonable performance in damp
conditions.
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Other features include a snag-free zipper with baffle, a, erm,
face muff, stash pocket for stashing small objects close to the hood
and a trapezoidal footbox for maximum foot happiness. Weight is a
claimed 1361 grammes or exactly 3lb.
The crucial point is that recycled materials are every bit as effective as brand new ones, so by voting for a greener option, you don't have to compromise the performance of your kit, something that Patagonia users have known for years.
The bag will be available for £110 from late February
'08 at stockists including Cotswold, who told us about it in the
first place and therefore get a plug.
More details of the Marmot range at www.marmot.com.
Phil T
