Sean N

I've been using Marmot sleeping bags for a decade, and they are well made and last. This sleeping bag is light weight (only a pound!), stuffs small, and is very comfortable. I bought it because my older 15-20 degree bag was always too warm for most of my camping, and I wanted to reduce the weight some. I used this bag several times in the mountains in late spring where the temperature ranged in the low 30's to upper 20's. Though the bag is only rated to 40F, with a silk sleeping bag liner, and wearing silk weight thermal underwear, I was able to sleep well. I was a little cold but I think that was due to the new sleeping pad I was trying out that was bought more for comfort (it didn't have an insulating rating because I suspect it doesn't really insulate). For all my summer trips where the temperatures been in the 40's or hotter, I've never been cold (even with that bad pad). I also haven't been too hot either which was always the problem with my older 3 season bags.

I've been using Marmot sleeping bags for a decade, and they are well made and last. This sleeping bag is light weight (only a pound!), stuffs small, and is very comfortable. I bought it because my older 15-20 degree bag was always too warm for most of my camping, and I wanted to reduce the weight some. I used this bag several times in the mountains in late spring where the temperature ranged in the low 30's to upper 20's. Though the bag is only rated to 40F, with a silk sleeping bag liner, and wearing silk weight thermal underwear, I was able to sleep well. I was a little cold but I think that was due to the new sleeping pad I was trying out that was bought more for comfort (it didn't have an insulating rating because I suspect it doesn't really insulate). For all my summer trips where the temperatures been in the 40's or hotter, I've never been cold (even with that bad pad). I also haven't been too hot either which was always the problem with my older 3 season bags.

I bought mine in April '06. I have used it on several 3-day trips, and it has worked very well. It is large enough to hold my gear internally except for my 3lb tent. Normally I carried 22-25lbs. and it felt very comfortable. Once I had to pack an additional 3 quarts of water hanging off the back to a dry camp, and I estimated the weight to be near 30lbs. It handled the extra weight fine. This pack is rated at 30lbs, and I don't think the suspension could handle carrying any more then that for any length of time. My only complaints are the water hose opening was too small for my Big Bite Cammel Back tube to go through, and the extension collar is too tall. It just gets in the way of putting stuff into the pack. You would never be able to carry enough gear in this pack to have the collar fully extended as it wouldn't carry well. Overall, it's nice lightweight pack.