Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm an avid backpacker, hiker and camper. I like deep-woods pack-in and pack-out camping off the grid. This sleeping bag performed well in its outing overall, even in a hammock. It compresses fairly well, is more lightweight than my heavier Coleman, and the additional material behind the head and shoulders is a nice touch. However, I am dinging it a star. Manly men like myself have broad shoulders packed with powerful muscles; we can crush beer cans in our biceps. For such prime physical specimens who are approaching 41 and don't have a dad bod at all (no sir, I promise) the shoulder width as-advertised here doesn't seem to align with reality. I found the top of the bag a tight squeeze. This meant the tops of my shoulders were somewhat exposed to the night air, and you can lose a lot of heat in that scenario, and if you weren't as masculine as myself you might find yourself reaching for those hot hands thingies that say they last for six hours but effectively only warm an area the size of a postage stamp. I also didn't care for the zippers, which are oddly finicky the closer to the top of the bag you get. The strap of Velcro near the apex of the bag seems an afterthought to help deal with these, though, and is a nice touch, easy to find and bind in blackout conditions, which is useful if you ever want to catch some Z's while you're awaiting your final showdown with the Predator. This is a solid value camper's sleeping bag, but those of us who hit the Contra Code for our muscle mass and probably look like a cross between Ron Swanson and Rutger Hauer in their prime would do well to keep the bag width limitation in mind.