The Great Big Sleeping Bag Thread

[RedLeader]

Dammit, that's one of the best bargains I've seen in a while.

I think this is a bargain:
Mountain Hardware Lamina 20 @ Cotswolds on offer @ £90

Just a quick question.... im looking for a new sleeping bag with around £100 to spend. Any recomendations advice will be much apreciated  its for a bit of wild camping in and around the Mournes.... an all year round sleeping bag is prefferable. Ive read through everyones kit and some sound ideal ! but what would you all recomend ?

NOW ONLY £65 !!! but i don't like the colour 

[jonny2324]

Think ill treat myself since its such a bargain !! Hopefully it will be on at least until the end of the month 

[Ed]

Guys,

I'm considering a Mountain Equipment Titan 650.
I had my eye on an Alpkit pipedream 600, but now their site says no stock until summer (and this is kinda meant to be a birthday pressie end of feb).

Any thoughts on the bag?

[Spud]

Guys,

I'm considering a Mountain Equipment Titan 650.
I had my eye on an Alpkit pipedream 600, but now their site says no stock until summer (and this is kinda meant to be a birthday pressie end of feb).

Any thoughts on the bag?

dont know anything about that bag, looks good tho!

[jonny2324]

Couldnt help myself and ive went a bought the Mountain Hardwear Lamina 20  .. £65 ! I couldnt turn down that bargin .. colour doesnt bother me as long as it keeps me nice and warm headin up for a wee overnighter up Binnian on Thur/Fri so ill let you know how it handles .. wish me luck ! I need it if the weather stays like this lol

[Craigy123]

Any thoughts on the snugpak black tactical 4? its expensive but its awesome on paper.

[LandyLiam]

Couldnt help myself and ive went a bought the Mountain Hardwear Lamina 20  .. £65 ! I couldnt turn down that bargin .. colour doesnt bother me as long as it keeps me nice and warm headin up for a wee overnighter up Binnian on Thur/Fri so ill let you know how it handles .. wish me luck ! I need it if the weather stays like this lol

I was in Cotswolds yesterday and had a long stare at the Lamina 20 and 35 (only £60 and a nicer colour  ), managed to resist buying one, now if the lamina 0 had been on sale i'd have bought 2 

[Ed]

I've crawled into my new SkyeHigh 800 to try it for size. It is very roomy for a man my size, but roomy means comfortable so that's not a complaint.
Zips are fine, anyone who says they snag easy just aren't being careful to straighten the baffle when zipping.
Generous shoulder width and a good comfortable hood.

Seems fine, but won't be able to make a proper judgement on it until I get it out.

[Rusty Madra]

Make/model : Snugpak Chrysalis 3
Price : 80
Lower comfort rating :  -5 °c
Down or Synthetic : Synthetic
Weight : 1.6kg
Thoughts : As yet not field tested. Looks the business tho. Best of a limited bunch really: had to purchase a sleeping bag from Podium 4 Sport as part of another deal. I kind of like my gear to compress down quite compact so hoping that with a bit of tactical brute force it'll go down to a nice wee bundle.

Previously owned one of those Tesco Mummy ones that compresses down really small. It was the business for £10. But after a night on Cavehill in about 0 degrees I'm firmly a believer now that those tesco ones are for summer use only (the comfort rating on the Tesco one was +8 degrees and the extreme rating was about 4 degrees I think)

Got a Snugpack Stratosphere Bivvy Bag to go with it.... Anyone used one of these before? Looks good on paper but haven't used it yet

[ChuckMcB]

Make/model : Tesco Comfort Mummy Sleeping Bag
Price : £5.26
Lower comfort rating : -2.4C
Down or Synthetic : Synthetic
Weight : 1900g with compression sack
Thoughts : It's a cheap bag as it was on sale and it weighs more than i'd like, but it's managed to keep me warm and more than comfortable. The zip is on the left* despite me being right handed but the price was a bargain.

*edit: Actually meant to say, the zip on the sleeping bag is on the right which is a bit of a hassle being right handed.

+1 (well +3 since I got two more in the sale last year for £4 a piece  )

Cheap as anything, get it stinking, machine wash it each time you use it, squashes down to nothing [1] , use two if it gets realy cold

[1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcrobert/6426808329/

[robertsreilly]

Make/model : British Army Issue Arctic sleeping bag "the maggot" (LRG)
Price : around 30-40 quid online
Lower comfort rating : I've used it down to -10 and been fine
Down or Synthetic : synthetic
Weight : too much, little over 2kg with no compression bag
Thoughts : nice bit of kit but it takes up a huge deal of space inside my bergen, I might start putting it in a drybag and lashing it to the outside but that's still less than ideal. heavy at a little over 2000g. It is however quite cheap and very very warm. I've used it down to minus 10 and know of them being used with a bivvy down to -30. Would like to switch to a decent down bag for compression reasons when I can

[KyleL]

So now that my sleeping bag is frozen to the side of Bernagh, I've opted to buy another:

Vango Latitude 300



Just arrived in the post. Very light, feels much thinner than my previous one yet still warmer. Uncompressed it is the same size as my last one (and my brothers, shown in the pic) but it compresses down nicely.

Here they are side by side, fully compressed - beside a size 10 shoe for scale.



This should make packing a whole lot easier, and lighter.

Price: £50. Which is 5pound extra than my previous one - but hopefully it will be worth it.

[clairebear]

Make/model : gelert x tremendous lite 1200
Price : 35
Lower comfort rating :  -1
Down or Synthetic : Synthetic
Weight : 1.5 kg
Dimensions: 210 x 78 x 50 cm

Bought again on recommendation from site.  3 season and very toasty inside tent.
Had to put on my photon jacket but I do feel the cold easily.
Loads of room for me I'm a size 10/12 5-6 but if you were per 6foot I'd imagine it tight. 
Intend to bivi in it with British armi bivi bag over summer months and confident it will be warm.
Compresses well down
Nice flap inside that tightens up as well as a snug hood
I uses 99p pillow from b&m bargains which does the trick
Will update once I've been in a bivi

Intend it to be a starter bag and next winter ill upgrade to a down (possibly).

Ill ask for advice again on here.

Great bag for the price
Bought on amazon

[clairebear]

Here's a pic. Next time I have it out will take better pics

[specimanYak]

This seems like an interesting alternative to synthetic or down bags, Llama Fleece. It's a Kickstarter campaign at the moment so whether it makes it to market is another thing, worth a quick look though:

http://goo.gl/x9uDjB