"Big and heavy but great..." - Review of The North Face Dark Star Sleeping Bag: -40 Degree Polarguard

I've had the Dark Star for a couple years now. It is an absolutely massive and heavy sleeping bag. I asked my old man for a good winter -20 or -30 bag for the birthday and what showed up was --The Dark Star -- LOL. My personal experience is that it is awesome. It is big and heavy but very warm and comfortable. If it is too hot you learn to manage the heat by simply not zipping it all the way up, which I do quite often. If you are fully zipped up it is capable of the rating that it claims. I use it for a huge assortment of camping, basically any time it will be particularly cold and my small 20 bag won't cut it, but even in fall and spring and in southern Utah in winter, times where it rarely gets below 10 F. It works very well for me, I am 6'5, fit in it perfectly. Again, I manage any excess heat by venting the bag. It would be a great base camp bag though particularly bulky. If size is not a big deal then use it. If you are a winter expedition on foot or limited space there are better bags to get. As with anything though, you always get what you pay for and it is a decent deal as well.
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