Foreword

This document (EN 13537:2012) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 136 "Sports, playground and other recreational facilities and equipment", the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2012, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by November 2012.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 13537:2002.

In comparison with EN 13537:2002, the following changes have been made:

a) the calibration of thermal manikins for the measurement of thermal insulation of a sleeping bag has been introduced following the results of an extensive round robin test between 6 laboratories using a reference set of sleeping bags. This has improved the precision and reproducibility of the test results;
b) the test procedure of the thermal resistance measurement of the sleeping bag with the thermal manikin has been specified in more detail, improving the reproducibility of the test results;
c) a pre-treatment has been introduced for the thermal property tests for the sleeping bag;
d) measurement of the inside dimensions of sleeping bags has been included. It was formally specified in EN 13538‑1 which has been withdrawn;
e) the thickness and elastic recovery of the sleeping bag, as determined by EN 13538‑2, has been deleted from the requirements;
f) the easiness of packaging of the sleeping bag, as determined by EN 13538‑3, has been deleted from the requirements;
g) based on new research, the extreme temperature limits in Table 1 have been recalculated and amended.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 13537:2012

Requirements for sleeping bags

Published:

30 Jun 2012

Withdrawn:

31 Jan 2017