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Mark M.

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Oct 23, 2017

Hey @Joshlon @Ant696 ! Both models are made in a standard and long version. The option being offered on this drop is the standard sleeping bag as the long is not available. They are both lefthand zip @Ozzie3015.

Oct 23, 2017

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Joshlon

Oct 23, 2017

Mark M.Bummer. I definitely need the long version of whatever sleeping bag and pad I get. Why are people so particular on lefthand vs. righthand zip sleeping bags? I haven't thought much about this before. Is this mainly a driver of your tent orientation and it getting pretty frustrating unzipping your sleeping bag every morning opposite your tent door?

Oct 23, 2017

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DannyMilks

4557

Oct 23, 2017

JoshlonPeople care about zipper side mostly because it makes it slightly easier to use with your right- or left-handedness. If you're right handed, you'd want the zipper on your left side, so your right hand would cross your chest to use the zipper. This is left zip, which is the standard option for most sleeping bags.

Oct 23, 2017

Ant696

Oct 23, 2017

Mark M.I definately need the longer too. Doesnt make a difference to me what side the zip is as im ambidextrous. How long is regular? Im assuming about 182cm?

Oct 23, 2017

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Cardamomtea

588

Oct 24, 2017

DannyMilksProof that sleeping bag manufacturers want to give women the shaft! ;-) [edit: this is in jest] Women's bags usually have a right zip. Despite the fact that it is MEN who are more likely to be left handed than women. This also gets annoying when layering a men's bag over a womens... zippers on two different sides ><

Oct 24, 2017

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gnarledcoulee

537

Oct 26, 2017

CardamomteaI’m all for gender equality but suggesting Marmot purposely makes left handed zippers for bags to annoy females is ludacris. The vast majority of men are also right-handed. I’m assuming the left zipper is often in drops because they sell less left-zippered bags. Simple. Not a conspiracy against women. 🙄

Oct 26, 2017

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Cardamomtea

588

Oct 27, 2017

gnarledcouleeSorry, humor is hard to get across on the internet. My comment was meant in jest -- I do not actually believe any sleeping bag company is deliberately trying to make it more difficult for women to zip up their bags.
If you compare men's and women's bags generally you will see men's bags are left zip, womens are right zip. I presume this was done so a hetero couple could partially unzip their bags and face each other. This is only my assumption.
It never occurred to me that a left hand zip bag would be easier to open, as I've used both left and right and never noticed a difference.
In regards to left zip being in this drop, that is because it is a men's sleeping bag. The majority of bags sold are mens. So rhe majority of bags out there are left zip. Sometimes they're called "unisex", but if they're not wider in the hip than the shoulder, they're mens.
Anyhow, thank you for responding to my comment -- I would have never known my humor didn't come across otherwise!

Oct 27, 2017