MontBell America, Inc. U.L. Super Stretch Hugger #2 Sleeping Bag: 25 Degree Down

The title pretty mush says it all, I bought this bag because it was light and packed small, but mostly because of its advertised "super stretch". I hate being confined in a tight bag so I went for it with this one. I have to say it wasn't really all I had hoped for. Really it doesn't seem all that stretchy. But when you get into it and start squirming around you start to notice that it really does do a pretty good job stretching, it really doesn't seem all that confining. I think I just got my hopes up a little too much, it isn't quite as stretchy as I had expected, but overall much more forgiving then a normal bag. Warmth wise this thing is hot. Granted my only use of it was 14 nights throughout the Patagonian summer and it never got down to the 25 deg the bag is rated, so I generally slept with the bag unzipped.

I bought this sleeping bag because of it's light weight and all of the good things I've heard about it. When it arrived the first thing I did was to pack it into the included stuff sack and weigh it. Sure enough it weighed 1 pound 12 ounces, just as advertised, on my small, mechanical, postage scale. While I didn't use a ruler to measure the stuffed size I'm guessing that it's about 6 inches by 14 inches. The material it's made of is soft and comfortable making using this bag a pleasure. So far I've used it 3 times and been plenty warm. The night time temperatures were in the mid 30s the first time and the mid 20s the last 2 times. I wore a tee shirt and very light weight long underwear in each case and was plenty warm even though one of the colder nights was in an open shelter along the Appalachian Trail. The regular length bag is for people to 5"10" tall and you can believe that. That's how tall I am and I can't imagine anyone taller using a regular length. The stretch feature is great and makes for a good night's sleep for someone who moves as much as I do in their sleep. Next I'll try it in even colder temperatures. So, if you're looking for a light weight bag, that compresses small, and keeps you warm down to it's rating, this may be the bag for you.

This is my second Montbell Super Stretch Hugger down sleeping bag. I love these things. They compress down to the size of a Nalgene bottle, weigh next to nothing, and are of the highest quality. In addition to this, the "Super Stretch" feature of these bags is awesome. I get claustrophobic in standard mummy bags and definitely don't have that problem in the Montbell bags. I can stretch, spread my feet apart, move around and the bag lets me do it all. Long story short...they are a few bucks more than other brands out there, but WORTH EVERY PENNY.