Sleeping Bags, Quilts, and Pads

The NEMO Coda 10/20 is a mummy sleeping bag insulated with 800 fill power, water-resistant down. It has a beefy draft collar, a ventable zippered footbox, and a “thermogill” zippered vent on the chest that lets you release trapped warmth and extend …

The Paria Outdoors Thermodown 30 Quilt ($160) is an affordable down camping and backpacking quilt insulated with 700 fill power goose down that costs 50% less than the premium ultralight quilts sold by companies like Enlightened Equipment or Katabatic Gear. Featuring a …

The Sea to Summit Ascent 30 is a lightweight down sleeping bag with impressive quilt-like venting features. Given its temperature rating, it is suitable for much warmer temperatures than you’d expect. It has thermally efficient box baffling and packs up surprisingly small. …

The ZenBivy Ultralight Bed 10 consists of a sheet and quilt that integrate into a bed-like system that is draft-resistant, supremely comfortable, flexible, and non-restrictive, especially for “rotisserie” sleepers who change positions frequently in the night. For a backpacking sleep system, one …

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, …

The REI Magma 30 Down Trail Quilt is a lightweight backpacking quilt with a zippered footbox that lets you open the quilt flat like a comforter. It is conservatively temperature-rated to 30F, uses water-resistant down, and has draft collars at both the …

The Sea-to-Summit Spark Pro Down 30 Sleeping Bag is a top-of-the-line ultralight 950 fill-power down mummy sleeping bag with premium features, including a draft collar, zippered footbox, and dual side zippers. The shell and liner are made with lightweight 10D nylon fabric …

The Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XLite NXT is an improved version of the NeoAir XLite inflatable sleeping pad which is now thicker, quieter, and warmer than ever. The NeoAir was the first really viable inflatable lightweight sleeping pad to hit the market some 10 …

  The Therm-a-Rest Vesper 45 Ultralight Quilt is a 12 oz warm-weather quilt with premium materials and impressive performance features for the weight like a draft collar, pad attachment, shaped footbox, and wide girth. It’s exciting to see such a high level …

The Hammock Gear Economy Burrow Quilt (“Econ Burrow”) is a fantastic value for a high-quality top quilt and perfectly suited as a hammock top quilt for the backpacker who doesn’t mind a few extra ounces in exchange for a much lower price. …

The Therm-a-Rest Ohm 20 is a hoodless sleeping bag insulated with 900 fill power hydrophobic goose down that weighs 1 pound 6 ounces (652 g). It is box-baffled and has a full-length, two-way side zipper with a draft tube, a puffy draft …

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 …

The Featherstone Moondance 25 is an off-the-shelf 850 fill power down-insulated backpacking quilt with a zippered/drawstring footbox, draft collar, and pad attachment system that’s affordably priced and available for purchase on Amazon. It has a box baffled construction used by higher quality quilts …

The Western Mountaineering Versalite 10 sleeping bag is the sleeping bag I would choose if I could have only one. It can be used comfortably between 10 and 40 degrees and pushed a little further in either direction. I’ve taken it below …