Austrian Sleeping Bag Liner, Surplus

Do you ooze filth when you sleep? Everybody does if they’ve had a tough hike and washing possibilities are limited. The sleeping bag will suck in all this and it is a tricky thing to wash, which is a rather crap combo. But worry not, the sleeping bag liner will save you. If you’d like them cheap, Austria will deliver.

Features and use

The idea is that you put the liner inside your sleeping bag and then crawl in there. Thus, the sweat and other yuck will be caught by the liner, which is easy to wash. You don’t have to ruin the sleeping bag’s lovely warmth by washing it.

The idea is simple but there are many ways to do it. Here you have Austrian military visions in green and white. This batch has liners from various generations and they differ from each other to some extent. The green ones have a button closure, and the white ones either have a zipper, or you just simply crawl inside. Quite nice with the Austrian stalker’s sleeping bag but also suitable for other sleeping bags.

Materials

Some of these have a tag telling that they are 100% cotton but many don’t have any info on the materials. All of them are probably at least a cotton blend. The green liners are made from thicker fabric than the white ones. Some of the white ones are made from very smooth fabric and others are a bit coarser.

Sizing

The white liners are bigger than the green ones. So, smaller folks might want to buy a green one. The white liners are c. 225 cm (7’4.6”) long and c. 80 cm (31.5”) wide all the way. The green ones are c. 200 cm (6’6.7”) long and their width at the shoulders is c. 75 cm (29.5”) but they taper down quite a bit towards the feet. The size can vary a bit within the same color as well.

Condition

Austrian military surplus, some used very little, some a bit more. The shade of the green sleeping bag liners varies from darker to lighter. Some of the white ones are actually white, others cream-colored. All of them are clean and perfectly serviceable.