The Hyperlite Mountain Gear 20-Degree Quilt is an easy-to-use ultralight backpacking quilt insulated with premium DWR-treated 1000 fill-power grey goose down. It’s a basic quilt with a closed-foot box, neck drawstring, 2 pad attachment straps, lightweight fabric, and baffled construction. It’s unique …
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Sea-to-Summit Ascent Ac II Sleeping Bag Review (15F Degree)
The Sea-to-Summit Ascent Ac II is a 15-degree down men’s sleeping bag that can be used for camping and backpacking. It has a versatile zipper system that lets it be configured in a wide variety of ways to fit different sleeping styles …
Read More »NEMO Tensor All-Season Ultralight Insulated Sleeping Pad Review
The NEMO Tensor All-Season Ultralight Insulated Sleeping Pad is an inflatable air mattress with an R-value of 5.4 that is suitable for year-round backpacking and camping. It rolls up very small and thin making it very easy to pack in a backpack, …
Read More »Therm-a-Rest Parsec 0 Sleeping Bag Review
The Therm-a-Rest Parsec 0 is a VERY lightweight cold-weather sleeping bag suitable for year-round use. It’s a very warm bag with premium box baffling and 60% of the insulation positioned over the chest and 40% on the bottom in order to provide …
Read More »Sea-to-Summit Etherlight XT Extreme Sleeping Pad Review
The Sea-to-Summit Ether Light XT Extreme Sleeping Pad is an insulated inflatable sleeping pad that is 4″ thick and has an R-value of 6.2 making it suitable for cold weather backpacking and camping use. Weighing 25.6 oz, it’s the winter version of …
Read More »NEMO Sonic 0 Sleeping Bag Review
The NEMO Sonic 0 is a down-insulated sleeping bag that can be comfortably used from zero degrees Fahrenheit up to 40 degrees. (This is the 2022 version which has been significantly updated from previous models.) While the Sonic 0 can be used …
Read More »NEMO Quasar 3D Sleeping Pad Review
The NEMO Quasar 3D Sleeping Pad (regular, non-insulated) is an inflatable sleeping pad with body-mapped baffles that are designed to gently prevent you from rolling off the pad at night. When inflated, it provides three and a half inches of luxurious support, …
Read More »Sierra Designs Nitro UL 0 Sleeping Bag Review
The Sierra Designs Nitro UL 0 is a lightweight winter sleeping bag that strikes an excellent balance between cold weather features and gear weight. Weighing just 2 lbs 8 oz, the Nitro UL 0 is insulated with 800 fill power DriDown. It …
Read More »Exped Ultra 5R Sleeping Pad Review
The Exped Ultra 5R Air Mattress is a lightweight inflatable sleeping pad that’s three inches thick and has an R-value of 4.8. It contains synthetic insulation, instead of reflective films, which makes it very quiet to sleep on, and is covered with …
Read More »NEMO Disco 15 Sleeping Bag Review
The NEMO Disco 15 is a spoon-shaped three-season down sleeping bag for camping and backpacking that has more elbow and knee room than a traditional mummy bag. Its thermal retention and draft management features add to its versatility, and several well-designed small features …
Read More »Warbonnet Diamondback Quilt Review
The Warbonnet Diamondback Quilt is a well-designed, high-quality backpacking quilt for use either in hammocks or on the ground. It has a 15D shell and liner, comes in a number of sizes, and has several color configurations. With 19.5 oz of 900-fill …
Read More »Enlightened Equipment Convert Quilt Sleeping Bag Review
The Enlightened Equipment Convert is a hoodless, quilt-style sleeping bag with a full-length zipper and drawstring footbox that allows it to be completely closed like a hoodless sleeping bag, completely open like a down comforter, or partially zipped up like a backpacking …
Read More »Big Agnes Rapide SL Insulated Tent Floor (Sleeping Pad) Review
The Big Agnes Rapide SL Insulated Tent Floor is a 2-person couple’s sleeping pad and not a new type of ground sheet or paw print. I think the product name is pretty confusing which is a shame because it’s an excellent insulated …
Read More »Western Mountaineering Versalite 10 Sleeping Bag Review
The Western Mountaineering Versalite 10 sleeping bag is the sleeping bag I would choose if I could have only one. It can be used very comfortably between 10 and 40 degrees and pushed a little further in either direction. I’ve taken it …
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