Tiny but warm

By Joe L.-S. Ranked #61 - 55 to 30 Degree Down Bags June 23, 2011

Just picked this bag up from SAC for a steal and I love it. I'm 6'3" and 200 lbs and got the long which fits great. It leaves plenty of room for taller people and had lots of space in the torso area for shoulders and arms. I will not have any problems fitting, even with a warm base layer and a liner. I'm most excited about this bag because it will be great for my summer bicycle touring trips, and if I couple this with my Marmot Never Winter (which is only good for 3 seasons), I'll have a modular sleeping system that I can use in all four seasons.

The bag (long) packed into the included stuff sack is 24 ounces, which is nearly half the Never Winter (also long), and measures 5.75"DIA x 8.75"long, which is a touch smaller than the specs listed on the website. And just to be clear, getting it in that stuff sack is no easy chore and I don't believe it can get much smaller with a compression sack. I might be getting a compression sack anyway, simply because the stuff sac looks pretty stressed with the bag jammed in there, and I would hate for it to bust the seams in the middle of a trip and have to carry it around all fluffy like.

I wish I could give you a temperature that I've slept in it down to, but my thermometer didn't seem to be working. I tested it side-by-side with a Lafuma Simple Use 600 (long, again) which has almost identical specs but half the price, and after the test I would say it is also half the bag. The test was performed in my living room during several consecutive cold spring nights with the windows open. The thermometer read 75degF, but now I'm realizing that it only reads 75degF and never changes. I would have guessed it was down to the mid to high 50's and the weather reports in my city say it was high 40's/low 50's. I was much warmer in the Sunrise and didn't wake up much, but I woke cold several times in the Lafuma.

Also, the Sunrise compresses much easier than the Lafuma and feels like a sturdier construction. If I had to pay full price for the Sunrise I would have gone with the Lafuma because it was still a good bag, but at the SAC price for the Sunrise, it wasn't a tough decision. Twice the bag for twice the price seems fare to me. I love the bag and this is addition is one of the last additions I need to completing my ideal system.

View Details: Mountain Hardwear Sunrise 50 Sleeping Bag: 50 Degree Down

Helpful Votes: 0 Yes