Huge

By Jim Saunders Ranked #74 - Sleeping Bags December 20, 2010

I can't rate the effectivness of this bag as I never used it. It was nice looking. Glow in the dark zippers and the small pocket for ear plugs seemed very well thought out. The hood was pretty sweet I thought as it seemed to be cut to cover most of your face. I sent back the MontBell Spiral Hugger 2 down bag and the difference in weight and size was mind blowing. Montbell was about 1.5 pounds and the size of a nalgene. I was getting cold in the montbell in the teens and this was to replace with a synthetic. This bag weighed in at a mega 4 lb 6 oz. Worse was the fact that it just won't compress... It is huge. It looks like a bag of football gear and even in the compression sack was too big for my Osprey 70 liter pack. I bet it is warm but I can't justify the weight or size. Probably fine for car camping or really really cold camping but the size is just too much. The picture may not be a fair comparison but it is the mountain hardware ultralamina 15 degree... 15 degree difference in the bags, this one is almost 1 1/2 pounds lighter and is less than 1/2 the size compressed. Also about $20 bucks cheaper on sale. Proof is in the pudding. Hiking 5 days in the teens this coming week. I will let you know on the MH ultralamina

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