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A very good general purpose sleeping bag
While I probably wouldn't use this sleeping bag on any ultra-light packing trips, I WOULD use this for most everything else. While not nearly as light as my nicer bag, it IS plenty warm, waterproof, durable, comfortable etc and a fraction of the price. Why beat up on my nice bag for car camping? What I really like most is the versatility. For warmer nights, this sucker can unzip into a blanket for car camping. For colder nights, zip the thing up completely and use the head pocket. I also love that I can unzip the feet separately to get some needed venting for additional comfort while still maintaining insulation. Helps get the moisture (and farts) out. I think it would be more honest to call this a 3 season bag, but hell, if you throw on enough layers anything can be a 4 season bag. Would it hold up in snow? Yes. Would you be comfortable in it? Probably not, unless you have a well insulated pad, some layers on you, and maybe some wool blankets for good measure. I think this is a great bag for anytime you DON'T want to use your x hundred dollar "nice" bag for car camping, visitors, low distance hiking trips etc. Basically anywhere where weight isn't your priority and you don't want to beat up on your nicer gear for "basic" usage.
I plan on using this bag for my road trip /car camping trips, leaving in my car trunk in winter for emergency use and local camping trips with the family primarily.
For those of you hiking the AT/PCT, this bag isn't for you. For the other 99% of us "normies", this bag would work just fine for backyard camping, cub scout camping with/for the kids, unexpected guests, emergency/prepper usage, road tripping or whatever else that would require the use of a sleeping bag.
August 2018 · Sports and Outdoors · verified purchase