Reconsider bedding 1/2

How you can use sleeping bag as daily bedding.

01

Camping seems to be booming in the streets (in Japanese society). Rather, it may have already peaked and is settling down. Even the 100-yen shops I frequent these days have corners for camping goods. I personally like camping. It's nice to get a glimpse of primitive life away from everyday life, right? I hope you agree with that.

However, even if I say that I like camping, I don't go out right now because of the lack of energy. I just remember the feeling that I experienced camping so many times when I was young then it has been stuck in somewhere in my mind.  At night, inside the tent, I could clearly hear the rustle of the leaves rustling in the wind. I can't help thinking about “that’s the life in nature” now the only thin skin of the tent separates us from the outdoors, with slipping into a sleeping bag (which is also a factor that gives me an extraordinary feeling).

Then, I fell asleep under the stars, feeling awe of nature. But when I try to To be honest, I've never really felt "slept well" in a sleeping bag. Rather, I think that there were many times when I tried to roll over in my sleeping bag, I felt the rocks, the ground, and the roots of trees on my back, and passed through the night for the time being. However, even so, spending time outdoors more than compensates for the feeling of being in harmony with nature over time.

02

Camping gear is functional. If the camping goods that can be purchased at the home center are like the bottom of a mountain, the quality of the items that adventurers who go out to the ultimate environment are at the top of. However, even in the cheaper goods, if there is such a boom, there are also products with good cost performance, and it seems that the top and the bottom are composed of a gradation of quality and price.

This time, when I was living alone, I wanted to add some elements of an experimental way of living, so when I thought about what to do with bedding, I thought about living in a sleeping bag relatively soon. Unfortunately, the sleeping bag I bought a long time ago had already been thrown away, so I decided to buy a new one. I sleep on my back and sometimes turn over on my side, so I thought it would be better to have an envelope type instead of a mummy type. Therefore, I chose a model from a Japanese manufacturer called “Montbell”, which claims that it can be used even at an outside temperature of -1 degree. If the specs are true, it is unlikely that the temperature will drop below that temperature indoors even in the middle of winter. This manufacturer is also using some hobby bicycle products, and the balance between price and performance is good. The color of the model was bright orange. This model seemed to be the only color available. I can't give up performance here, so I can't help it. Since it is an envelope type, it can be closed all around with a zipper on three sides, and since it is a double zipper, you can open your feet. Apparently, if you have two, you can connect them and make a big sleeping bag. That was the reason that I came to sleep in that sleeping bag at night.

First of all, on the first day, the effective width of the middle of the closet was about my height, so I used it as a bed, took apart the cardboard boxes I had taken out for packing when I moved, and laid it out neatly, then put a sleeping bag on it and tried sleeping. I thought it was funny because it looked like Doraemon, but since I'm the type to experiment anyway, all I can think about is execution.

(to be continued)