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Originally Posted by lost_but_found
i use to bags - North Face (don't remember which make though) summer bag that weighs a little over a pound - synthetic 45deg. And I have a REI Sub-Kilo 20deg down bag that weighs a little over 2lbs. I like how small the down stuffs - it is almost twice as small as my old winter synthetic bag, and it weighs about 1lb less too.
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We have synthetic, mummy-style bags from Sierra Designs. Mine's the Dreamweaver and Justin's is the Sandman; both are 20 degree bags. Weighs more than a down bag but packs plenty small in its compression sack. And we sleep like a ... well...
dream in it. We've used 'em in winter when frost/ice formed on everything outside our tent for two nights in a row -- we were toasty in lightweight sleep clothes.
We bought them after freezing our tailfeathers off at Bastrop State Park several years ago when a "freak" (everything weather-related in Texas is a little freaky) ice storm moved in while we camped there for two nights. We had el CHEAPO bags and had to wear our daytime clothing in double layers AND boil water on the stove and fill our Nalegene water bottles to use as hand-held heaters, and we still were freakishly cold. We also didn't have sleeping pads back then, so we were losing a lot of body heat to the cold ground. Those were our truly neophyte/haven't-got-a-clue-but-love-this-stuff days!
