Mountain Hardwear

Phantom 32 Sleeping Bag: 32 Degree Down - Women's

Mountain Hardwear makes a lot of sleeping bags, so it's saying something that the Phantom 32 Degree Women's Down Bag is the most popular down bag the company sells. Upon closer inspection, though, it's not particularly surprising. After all, the Phantom's loaded up with 800-fill Piumino down that packs down to practically nothing without losing any of its loft, and uses tightly-spaced baffles to keep the insulation where it belongs so you don't wake up in the middle of the night lying in a puddle of sweat with your feet frozen into a block of ice. In fact, the Phantom's expressly designed to keep your feet cozy, with a special footbox that encourages natural foot position for serious warmth and comfort when you're drifting around in dreamland, and although it's only a two-plus season bag, it has winter-ready features like a draft tube along the zipper and a six-chambered hood that maintains even loft around your head to keep your brain warm for increased dreaming power.

All this, and we haven't even touched on the most important feature that the Phantom has, or, more precisely, doesn't have: weight. Despite all these warm and comfortable details, it checks in a miniscule, a microscopic, a minimal 1.7 pounds, which is probably the same weight as the lunch you just ate. High-loft down is renowned for being ultralight, and the Phantom's mummy shape eliminates any extra fabric (although the soft taffeta lining and ripstop nylon exterior are pretty nice) that would weigh you down on the trail. Even the face gasket is filled with the same 800-fill down, so you'll be toasty during all your spring, summer, and early fall camping, stargazing, and road-tripping.