Testimonials

The following testimonal relates to Equip's ANTI Insect, ANTI Bacterial Sleeping Bags & Liners.

Below received from Jane Thorson, Events and Operations Manager at Ranger Outdoors Group Support in June 2010:

We walked the Kokoda Track over 11 days, in that time I slept in the sleeping bag 4 evenings as the weather was cold and the other nights I used the bag as a blanket, I also used a Black Wolf Mantis 11 tent.
Every evening I slept in the liner and found the anti – insect treatment fantastic, this was especially noticeable on the last evening in Kokoda where there were plenty of mosquitos. My fellow walkers did nothing but complain about the mosquitos the next morning but I had no problems and enjoyed a wonderful night’s sleep.
I didn’t experience any problems regarding moisture and found both the bag and liner fantastic.
I have since used the bag in cold conditions last August in Dwellingup and over the last two weeks in the Kimberley in hot and humid conditions while cycling the Gibb River Road.
The liner washes well and is quick to dry and now gets left in the top of my sleeping bag.

Below was received from Duncan Clegg in FEB 2009:

I'd like to thank the makers of the Equip sleeping bag for making such an effective bug resistant product.

We used the Equip sleeping bag over a period of 3 months whilst completing the Bibbulmun track end to end, north to south. We started in spring and finished in summer. Through the last weeks of the walk, and promoted by the late rains, we found ourselves overnighting in the open huts with masses of mosquitoes. This was a worry because the areas down south are prone to the Ross River virus, a mosquito-borne flu like illness that can be quite debilitating. I had no net and I slept in the treated sleeping bag, whilst the others slept under nets. Most nights it was zipped up, but sometimes it was too hot so I had it open. Occasionally the buzz of the bugs woke me up, (and filled me with unease), but I was never bitten. I was told the bag was impregnated with a 'synthetic pyrethroid' which certainly seems to work.