Scrub & SummitCamping gear decisions for Australian trips

Camping and hiking

Conditions

Temperature, weather and terrain, with real numbers.

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Quilted beige mummy-shaped sleeping bag with mission badges, mounted behind glass in a museum case

Conditions

The EN rating on a sleeping bag: what comfort, limit and extreme actually describe

What the EN rating on a sleeping bag measures, why it prints three temperatures instead of one, and which of them applies to you.

Updated 6/11/2026 · 7 min

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