Enjoy a comfortable night's sleep in colder temperatures with the long Eureka Casper women's sleeping bag. Designed for taller campers, this thin, lightweight bag--which offers a temperature rating of 15 degrees F--offers the ultimate in thermal performance, with premium Rteq insulation that's up to 40 percent lighter and 20 percent more efficient than other fills. As a result, it's perfect for moderate fall and winter camping. The bag also offers a fully adjustable, contoured hood that fits snugly around your head to provide warmth and prevent heat loss, along with a trapezoidal foot box that's designed specifically for the natural forward and outward "tilting" of your feet. And users will love the 210T polyester taffeta interior liner, which feels soft and comfortable against the skin. Other details include a double-layer, offset, multi-needle quilt construction; an inside stash pocket for an MP3 player or other accessory; an external pillow pocket; a 210T polyester diamond ripstop shell; and a two-way, #5 self-repairing zipper. The bag--which includes a compression sack that saves space on your pack--measures 87 by 34 inches (L x W) and weighs 3 pounds, 1 ounce. All Eureka sleeping bags carry a lifetime warranty.
About Eureka!
Though the exact year is unknown, Eureka's long history begins prior to 1895 in Binghamton, New York, where the company still resides today. Then known as the Eureka Tent & Awning Company, its first wares were canvas products--most notably, Conestoga wagon covers and horse blankets for nineteenth century American frontiersmen--as well as American flags, store awnings, and camping tents.
The company increased production of its custom canvas products locally throughout the 1930s and during the 1940 and even fabricated and erected the IBM "tent cities" just outside Binghamton. The seven acres of tents housed thousands of IBM salesmen during the company's annual stockholders meeting, which had since outgrown its previous locale. In the 1940s, with the advent of World War II and the increased demand for hospital ward tents, Eureka expanded operations and began shipping tents worldwide. Ultimately, upon the post-war return of the GIs and the resultant housing shortage, Eureka turned its attention to the home front during the 1950s by supplying awnings for the multitude of mobile homes that were purchased.
In 1960, Eureka's new and innovative Draw-Tite tent, with its practical, free standing external frame, was used in a Himalayan Expedition to Nepal by world renowned Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person documented to summit Mt. Everest only six years earlier. In 1963, Eureka made history during its own Mt. Everest ascent, with more than 60 of its tents sheltering participants from fierce 60+ mph winds and temperatures reaching below -20F during the first all American Mt. Everest Expedition.
For backpackers and families, Eureka introduced its legendary Timberline tent in the 1970s. Truly the first StormShield design, this completely self-supporting and lightweight backpacking tent became one of the most popular tents the entire industry with sales reaching over 1 million by its ten year anniversary.
Eureka tents have also traveled as part of several historic expeditions, including the American Women's Himalayan Expedition to Annapurna I in 1978 and the first Mt. Everest ascents by a Canadian and American woman in 1986 and 1988. In recent history, tents specially designed and donated by Eureka sheltered Eric Simonson and his team on two historic research expeditions to Mount Everest, this time in a quest for truth regarding the 1924 attempted summit of early English explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. During the 1999 expedition, the team made history finding the remains of George Mallory, but the complete mystery remained unsolved. Returning in 2001 to search for more clues, the team found amazing historical artifacts which are now on display at the Smithsonian.
