Good average bag

By Chad Poindexter Ranked #351 - Sleeping Bags November 2, 2009

I have the 2008 Aleutian sleeping bag (last years model) and I think that this is a fine bag, For the money, its great! I can probably get it to about 30* F inside a tent and with midweight top and bottom baselayers, wool socks and a boggin. I have used it alone without a tent and only a Tyvek ground sheet and a REI Lite Core 1.5 pad on a concrete patio to temps in the low 30's. It wet out a good little bit due to the dew fall at around 5:00 in the morning. However it kept me warm enough. It dried out within a few short hours laying back inside the house opened up on the floor.

Its big, and its heavy.

I think its interesting though that the opening line from the description here is "The North Face Aleutian Bx Sleeping Bag retains heat like you’d expect a bag named for Alaskan volcanic islands would." And here is a quote from Wikipedia about the Alaskan Volcanic Islands "The highest and lowest temperatures recorded on the islands are 78 °F (26 °C) and 5 °F (−15 °C) respectively." Funny.....

So, the bottom line here is "OK, you won’t literally be warm as lava. That'd be uncomfortable." And its totally true.If you want a good quality bag for fairly cheap that you're not going to want to lug around on your back on a trail for days on end, then this is your bag!

A draft collar would have been a plus, especially since its a 20* bag!

Heres a pic of it in its stuff sack next to a gallon jug.

View Details: The North Face Aleutian Bx Sleeping Bag: 20-Degree Heatshield

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