No Thanks

By ClimbRocker Ranked #2034 - Sleeping Bags July 31, 2009

Was excited to get this sleeping bag and try it out. In fact was going to use it for myself from time to time but mostly for my girlfriend ( i have an awesome down bag from Western Mountaineering...they make awesome bags). Anyway, got it in great timing for a trip (Backcountry is great on expediency) and tested the 'fit' out in my living room....Uncomfortably tight in the shoulders AND the hips. Now, ya gotta understand...I'm about the size of Frodo Baggins...short, not big framed or big boned...maybe a little broad in the shoulders but not bodybuilder type...and I certainly don't have birthing hips! But this bag was simply not roomy around the hip area and I had to essentially keep my arms on my chest to feel any sense of room in the bag across my shoulders. It was an instant , "forget about it" moment! I own other mummy bags so it's not an issue of not being used to a closer fit due to the mummy style. This bag just isn't roomy. So I KNEW not only would I not look forward to being in it but my girlfriend (who has great hips by the way) would not be comfortable. So....no thanks. Got a Western Mountaineering mummy instead. Happy as all get out that I switched

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