The Selk’Bag Human Sleeping Bag
The Selk’Bag Sleeping Bag hopes to entirely reinvent the way you camp– whether that’s in a forest wilderness or the comforts of your own home. The Selkbag makes the sleeping bag mobile, giving you the free movement to walk about instead of being stuck on the floor in a cocoon. The design itself is comfortable and even a bit stylish– you can freely rock the Selkbag without looking like, well, a douchebag. It does have a few shortcomings, but we love designer Rodrigo Alonso’s ingenuity with this design.
The basic sleeping bag is all in one wrapped unit for a reason: the closer your extremities to your body, the more heat the bag retains. The fact that your arms and legs are separated will allow less core heat to be stored within the bag. Second, sleeping bags don’t get very dirty, but a mobile version could collect a whole lot of dirt, campfire smoke, leaf debris and otherwise. These issues combine to make the Selk’bag not the most camping friendly unit.
Any other application, from cabin camping to visiting friends from college to hanging out around the house– the Selk’bag will do you right. It’s the thinking man’s Slanket, and it looks a hell of a lot better than that blankety relative. In all, we love the design, we totally want a Selk’bag, it’s the best thing to happen to comfortable around-the-house clothing since the footie pajama’s we rocked as kids. [rodrigo alonso via thecoolhunter]
This looks terrific!! Where was this when you and I were in Boy Scouts, Mike?
was i supposed to stop wearing footie pajamas when i was a kid? i guess i didn’t get the memo…
That is awesome! I always feel trapped in regular sleeping bags, but the Selkbag looks perfect for cold weather.
Doesn’t this take away some of the key ‘warmth’ effects that a ‘regular’ sleeping bag has?
By separating your arms and legs from your body, you cool yourself down because each arm and leg have to heat themselves, think of it as glove vs mitt:
‘Mittens are warmer than gloves made of the same material because fingers maintain their warmth better when they are in contact with each other. Reduced surface area reduces heat loss.’
(wikipedia, (I know, not the most reliable source, but good enough))