The AntiGravityGear Stratum 55 Top Quilt ($99.95) is a no-frills, lightweight, and inexpensive backpacking quilt stuffed with 800 fill power down and rated to 55*F, for those nights when it’s too chilly to just sleep in your clothes or a sleeping bag …
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Sierra Designs Nitro Quilt 800 / 35 degree Review
The Sierra Designs Nitro Quilt 800 (35 degree) is a down quilt with a unique hideaway hood system that you can use to insulate your head in cooler weather if you’re sleeping on the ground on a sleeping pad or in a …
Read More »Warbonnet Wookie Hammock Underquilt Review
The Warbonnet Wookie is a down-filled hammock underquilt that’s super easy to set up and eliminates the need to adjust with a underquilt suspension system, which is the nemesis for many first-time underquilt users. That’s because the Wookie doesn’t have a traditional underquilt …
Read More »Kelty Galactic 30 Hoodless Sleeping Bag Review
The Kelty Galactic 30 is a hoodless rectangular sleeping bag that compresses down to a surprisingly compact size. It is insulated with water-resistant DriDown with a full-length side zipper, which also makes it possible to combine two bags to create a double. I’ve …
Read More »UGQ Outlaw Hybrid Quilt Review
The UGQ Outlaw Hybrid Quilt is a hoodless quilt-style sleeping bag that can be used as a quilt, complete with a pad attachment system, or as a sleeping bag with a full-length zipper. The latter is particularly useful if you sleep on …
Read More »Exped FlexMat Plus Foam Sleeping Pad Review
The Exped FlexMat Plus is a folding accordion-style closed-cell foam sleeping pad with an R-Value of 2.2 (using the new sleeping pad R-value standard). While it is heavier than the comparable NEMO Switchback and Therm-a-Rest ZLite foam sleeping pads, it’s also about …
Read More »NEMO Forte 35 Synthetic Sleeping Bag Review
The NEMO Forte 35 is an affordable, lightweight, Primaloft synthetic-fill sleeping bag with a “spoon” shape for people who don’t like the draftiness of a quilt nor the confined feeling of a mummy bag. The NEMO Forte has lots of unique features …
Read More »UGQ Outdoor Zeppelin Under Quilt Review
The UGQ Zeppelin Under Quilt is an exceptionally well crafted, custom-made hammock under quilt. Made in Michigan by UGQ Outdoor (formerly named Underground Quilts), the Zeppelin comes with a set of standard features that make it easy for people new to under …
Read More »Western Mountaineering Ultralite Sleeping Bag Review
The Western Mountaineering Ultralite is a 20 degree sleeping bag that weighs 29 ounces. It’s filled with 16 ounces of 850+ fill power goose down and loaded with features that make it comfortable to use, especially during early spring and late autumn …
Read More »Sea-to-Summit Women’s Ultralight Insulated Air Sleeping Pad review
The Sea-to-Summit Women’s Ultralight Insulated Air Sleeping Pad is a 66″ x 21.5″ inflatable sleeping pad that is 2 inches thick and has an R-value of 3.8. Weighing 13.8 oz, it is a very quiet and comfortable pad, with individual “air sprung …
Read More »Western Mountaineering Puma MF Sleeping Bag : Minus 25 Degree Down
The Western Mountaineering Puma MF down sleeping bag is rated for negative 25 degrees F and is a fully-featured winter sleeping bag suitable for most winter backpacking trips in the lower 48 where you can expect to experience subzero temperatures. Like all …
Read More »Western Mountaineering Sleeping Bags: A Buyers Guide
Western Mountaineering is a California-based company that has been making ultralight down sleeping bags in San Jose for over 35 years. Ask anyone who owns one of these: they are fantastic! But they are expensive, because every model that Western Mountaineering manufactures …
Read More »Big Agnes Sidewinder SL 35 Sleeping Bag Review
The Big Agnes Sidewinder SL 35 is a new type of sleeping bag designed for side sleepers and so-called rotisserie sleepers that roll around and change positions when they sleep. Instead of a mummy hood and draft collar, the Sidewinder has a …
Read More »Sea to Summit Ultralight Air Mat Sleeping Pad Review
The Sea to Summit Ultralight Air Mat Sleeping Pad is quick to inflate and deflate, folds flat and compactly, and is covered with dimpled air cells that adapt to a sleeper’s curves like the mattress of your bed at home. Weighing 13.9 …
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