Week 8 72 hour kits

 Sleeping Needs

You should now have some protection from the elements, but even if you have a nice tent, you need something to sleep in / under!

Suggestions:

Keep things as lightweight as you can! While you can use blankets from home if funds are limited, they will add a lot of bulk and weight to your kit. You may not have room for much else! If you have any sort of budget, I would consider purchasing a blanket / sleeping bag that is made to be lightweight and used in such a kit.
Small Budget:

• Emergency Blanket
• Emergency Thermal Sleeping Bag

Medium Budget:

• Fleece Sleeping Bag
• “Blizzard” Survival Sleeping Bag(VERY compact, but as warm as a regular, medium weight sleeping bag)
• Deluxe Fleece Sleeping Bag
• Ultra-Compactable Sleeping Bag (this has a 30 degree rating and gets VERY small)

Larger Budget:

• Sleeping Bag rated as low as zero to -30 degrees:

• Sleeping Bag rated as low as 15-20 degrees:

• Sleeping Bags rated as low as 30 degrees:

I keep all of our sleeping bags in my garage in one particular spot so that they are easy to grab, if we had to up and leave really fast then I know exactly where to grab them and throw them in my car. If we don't have that option to be able to grab them then I have emergency blankets in each pack.

 

*Don't forget to add $1 to each pack each week ( or more if you can)  so that you have money in your packs in case of an emergency where your debit/credit card doesn't work!!*