The North Face Nova Sleeping Bag: 0 Degree Down - 2009 BCS

This bag rules! The body-mapping anti-compression pads is no gimmick - the down is so lofty it seems like it won't ever fit in a stuff sack. But it does, and it is like 15 clowns getting out of a little car when you unpack it, filling up your tent with a warm cocoon of down. I got size Long, and is feels more like 7'6'' than the advertised 6'6'', so if you're wavering on the size I would go smaller.

works great for almost any sleeping bag situation for me. I sleep cold, so really appreciate the coziness and the loft of the down--conforms nicely and fills in the cracks, nothing worse than a drafty air pocket to keep me awake! car camping all year round at trailheads in the southern sierra, this is my choice....huts, yurts, tents, even friends' couches--I love it.

I have used this a few times over the last 8 months and am very satisfied. I used it one night in a bivy last February at 10,000 ft and was mostly comfortable, but it took me a little while to warm up since I got in wet after a day of waist deep snow. I also used it a few weeks ago in Colorado during some summer camping and slept just fine. I think it is worth it to buy quality and to buy down. Going cheap on a sleeping bag is like going cheap on a motorcycle helmet; it could really come down to saving your life sometime.

I am 6'1" 180 lb and feel like the bag is a little bit tight, but not bad. I would reccommend the long for my size or bigger.