Thanks so much for this advice guys. I was very unsure.... the last time a bought a bag, water repellant bags were not so much a thing (not that I knew of anyway), and as such I've had zero experience with which to reference from in the way of water repellant bags. Are all these answers taking into account the fact the bag can simply be unzipped in warm weather? Are these moisture build up issues with less breathable bags still an issue if I open the bag when I'm sweating?
My other half is quite short (163cm), and female. We were thinking of getting me the Bungle from One Planet (183cm, -4C comfort rating for women, -10C for men), and getting her the Sea to Summit Latitude III short (170 cm, -10C comfort rating for women, -17C for men.... she says she wants that rating as she struggles to retain her body heat when sleeping on her own). The S2S has their own kind of water repellency on the bag, but she really likes the bag. We checked it out in person at Paddy Pallin, and the quality SEEMED pretty good (she reckons in some ways it was better than the One Planet, which we checked out in Cooma on the same day). After seeing the S2S bag, I am wondering whether I too should get the S2S Latitude... I kind of wish I never saw it cause now I'm torn between the two
....... Does anybody have any experience with the S2S bags, preferably the Latitude model? Can anybody attest for One Planet over S2S or vice versa?
Another thing: has anybody managed to zip these bags together at any point (or at least two different brand/length bags)? I contacted One Planet, and they said they use a YKK #5 zipper. Sea to Summit state on their website that they also use a YKK #5, which they say can zip on to any other YKK #5 toting bag in the Sea to Summit range (which is all but two of their models).... but I'm not sure how well zipping two DIFFERENT BRANDS together works in the real world.... Even if it did zip together, will the shorter bag prevent the longer bag from closing at the ankle? Will they stay together, or will the zip separate in e middle of the night?? So many uncertainties!
I'm so sorry for so many questions... I just HATE buying the wrong thing and then having to either buy again, or put up with my expensive mistake.