Emergency Sleeping Bag, Survival Bag, Emergency Zone Brand, Reflective Blanket

by Emergency Zone

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• 36" x 84"
• Retains 80% of your radiant body heat
• Wind and waterproof
• Emergency Zone? Brand

Product Description

Emergency Zone Brand. The Emergency Sleeping Bag is made of the same Mylar material as our emergency blanket but is formed into a sleeping bag to prevent heat loss even more efficiently. The bag retains 80 percent of body heat and is wind and waterproof. The bag measures 36 x 84 inches.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000Y9H09Q
• Item model number: 102
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,520 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #4 in Sports & Outdoors > Outdoor Recreation > Camping & Hiking > Safety & Survival > Emergency Blankets
  • #20 in Home Improvement > Safety & Security > Emergency Kits

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

276 of 278 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Good survival backup and great gifts November 16, 2009

By BB Indiana

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Bought several of these to hand out to friends. While they look flimsy they are quite difficult to puncture. The conductive metalized surface is on the inside. In bright light you can see through one. These are so much warmer than a blanket made of the same material (I have both). The bag is about the size of a 'big hand' and can easily fit in the car, tackle box, even a coat pocket. They are very reflective and would be easy to spot from the air, just 'crunch them up' so there are many different reflecting angles. When they arrived, I unpacked one and tried it at 70 degrees F and became too warm in about 2 min... Once you unfold this thing, you will never get it back in the bag so I use a 'vacuum seal' food bag for used ones. Highly recommend everyone have one for each person. Keep a couple in the car, boat, camper, house, etc.

2010 FOLLOW UP:My lightweight sleeping bag was getting cold so I put my 'normal sleeping bag' INSIDE one of these, it made quite a difference...

928 of 953 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Properly using emergency blankets March 30, 2011

By Arthur Bradley TOP 50 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Reflective emergency blankets of all sorts have been around for quite some time. Their advantage over a conventional blanket is that they are small and lightweight, easily tossed into a glovebox or a grab-and-go bag. Emergency blankets will only keep you warm if they are large enough to fully wrap yourself up in them, preventing cold air from getting in and heat from escaping. The bag types (like this one) are definitely better than conventional tarp-like emergency blankets.

Here are a few suggestions regarding their use:

First, don't lay directly on the cold ground. Believe me when I say that the mylar bag won't be enough to keep you warm. It is much better to lay on top of an insulative material or structure - anything can help, from old clothes to a bed of pine needles. Second, if you're clothing is damp, take it off before getting in the bag. Some people prefer to lay in these bags nude (or in their underwear), but I find that a light layer of clothing is preferrable since it acts to insulate you from the cold surface of the bag. Third, if possible, use this bag in conjunction with regular blankets or a sleeping bag. This will make a huge difference, because once again, they insulate you from the outside world. Fourth, you need to figure out a way to secure the bag up around your head. Many people tape them up to leave a small face hole to peek through. Any hole is a leak path for your heat, so you ideally want it quite small. If you leave the top of the bag open, you will lose a great deal of heat. There are products similar to these that are designed with a drawstring to close up the top except for a small face hole. They are more expensive, but also easier to use.

Hope this helps!

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Written by Arthur Bradley, author of the "Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family." Read more ›

126 of 130 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't go wrong here. June 4, 2010

By T. Peak

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If you're not familiar with these things, you're missing out. They are great at keeping you warm, fold up into a very compact size(about the size of a wallet) and can be used in many situations, mostly of an emergency/survival nature. In addition to being used as a blanket, it's intended use, it can also be used as a way of signaling for help.

All in all, with as cheap as these things are and as much help they can provide to you in an emergency(not to mention how little room they take to store), everyone should have a handful of them in storage "just in case" they ever need them for anything.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars It does work March 19, 2011

By Bruce Turner

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The item is not very tear prone, and really does work. What I would really recommend it for is an outer layer on a light-weight sleeping bag; for those traveling ultra-lite. In this case it does provide a modest amount of extra heat (which you will feel very quickly) to your sleeping bag--certainly enough to make the difference between a comfortable or uncomfortable night of modest cold. There is not a slit or zipper down the side, so once inside you are wrapped around in it, and that is that. You will also have to get use to the "crinkle" sound as you move around in it. The item is fairly roomy, and is quite a bit larger than many sleeping bags--certainly the "mummy" type. Again, a nice item to place on the outside of your normal sleeping bag. Also, if your sleeping bag is not waterproof, this item will certainly help with that.

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars It's not a Marriot, but it will keep you alive in an emergency January 23, 2012

By K.O

I have been interested in these for a while because the concept was so peculiar. How could something so small, flimsy and light possible keep you warm in the dead of winter?
So I bought 2 of these. 1 to keep for emergency purposes and 1 to try on a winter backpacking trip to the Cutler Coast in Maine. This is one of the eastern most points in the United States. It's only a few miles from Canada and consequently another time zone.
Generally the January temperatures in Cutler at night are between 0F and 10F. When you add the wind chill from the Ocean it can make for some very harsh conditions. I was "fortunate" that the night time temps only dropped to about 20F and there was no wind to speak of.

I used the reflective bag inside a Bivy sack and tried out a number of different things. When I first started, I used it as a sleeping bag with my head sticking out of the top. Almost worthless! Any heat I retained was more likely due to the Bivy then the Reflective bag. No matter how tightly I held the bag close to much air was getting out.

Then I adjusted the bag to close the top leaving only a small hole for me to exhale out of so moisture didn't build up inside. Within about 20 minutes I could feel myself warming up. I was shocked at how warm it made me. I won't tell you it was "comfortable" but with only my thermals on, I could have defiantly survived the night.

Last, I went naked. I apologize for the visual, but I have read a lot of articles that suggested this was the way to maximize your body heat in one of these bags. Personally, I didn't find that to be the case and 20 minutes into the "All natural" experiment I gave it up....
After an hour or so of playing around I switched to the comforts of my 0 degree sleeping bag and liner (and boy did my sleeping bag feel good!)

That said, I have drawn the following conclusions from my experiment:
1.) I'm confident that in an absolute emergency this bag will keep you warm enough to survive. It won't be comfortable and you won't like it, but using it correctly can save your life!
2.) I didn't find it "easy" to rip as others have suggested. This isn't Teflon, if you're rough with it, I imagine it will rip. But for practical purposes, with a little common sense, it should be fine.
3.) I'm 6'3 and 230lbs and I used this inside a Bivy sack (which adds warmth). While the bag produced A LOT of heat for me, the results may be different for smaller people.
4.)This is for emergency purposes and I'm not encouraging anyone to run out and use this as your primary sleep system on a freezing night. Going forward, I will include this in my "White Mountain Day Pack." The White Mountains have very unpredictable weather. It can be 90 degrees in July and I still pack for a snow storm any time I go above Tree Line. I would never want to spend a night with this thing but it's reassuring to know it works. Read more ›