Lightweight Sleeping Bags

Many people wonder what good a lightweight sleeping bag is. After all, these bags have temperature ratings that are above freezing. Yet, lightweight sleeping bags do have practical uses. While their utility may be less than ideal in Montana or other mountainous places, for desert camping or camping in southern climates, lightweight sleeping bags are perfect.

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Additionally, lightweight sleeping bags have another use - for people biking long distances. In general, bikers tend to camp in weather well above freezing on all but the rarest occasions (and on those occasions, just find a hotel!). And because these sleeping bags are ultra-portable and pack down into absolutely tiny packages, lightweight sleeping bags are ideal for bikers who lack space on their rigs.

Similar to other sleeping bags, lightweight bags come in two varieties - one filled with goose down and one filled with synthetic. And just like other, warmer bags, each types of fill have their good and bad things about them.

Goose down bags will be smaller and tend to run a bit warmer. However, goose down bags become next to useless when wet and take seemingly forever to dry out. Thus, if you think there is a real risk of getting the bag wet, or if you frequently camp in rainy weather, go with synthetic.

However, if you plan on doing the bulk of your camping in very dry climates, such as the desert Southwest, then by all means, go with a goose down bag. The extra wet savings and the absolutely tiny package the bag stuffs into makes the slight risk of getting the bag wet a worthy tradeoff.

Lightweight Goose Down Sleeping Bags

If you have no worries about getting your bag wet, then I would suggest going with a goose down bag. They are lighter and far more packable than a synthetic bag.

Marmot Hydrogen Sleeping Bag: 30 Degree Down $308.95	Big Agnes Pitchpine SL Sleeping Bag: 40 Degree Down $279.95	MontBell America, Inc. U.L. Super Stretch Hugger #3 Sleeping Bag: 30 Degree Down $269.95
Marmot Atom Sleeping Bag: 40 Degree Down $268.95	Marmot Arroyo Sleeping Bag: 30 Degree Down $268.95	The North Face Beeline Sleeping Bag: 30 Degree Down $268.95
Sierra Designs Nitro 30 Sleeping Bag: 30 Degree Down $258.95	Sierra Designs Spark 30 Sleeping Bag: 30 Degree Down - Women's $258.95	MontBell America, Inc. U.L. Super Stretch Hugger #4 Sleeping Bag: 35 Degree Down $254.95
GoLite Adrenaline Sleeping Bag: 40 Degree Down $249.95	Mountain Hardwear Phantom 32 Sleeping Bag: 32 Degree Down $249.95	Mountain Hardwear Phantom Women's Sleeping Bag: 32 Degree Down $249.95

Lightweight Synthetic Sleeping Bags

Shown below are some high quality, synthetic sleeping bags for warm weather use. All of these bags are available through Backcountry.Com.

Big Agnes Lost Dog Sleeping Bag: 50 Degree Synthetic $109.95	Lafuma Warm'n Light 600 Women's Sleeping Bag: 40 Degree Down $109.95	Lafuma X 950 Pro Sleeping Bag: 30 Degree Synthetic $119.95
MontBell America, Inc. Super Stretch Burrow #5 Sleeping Bag: 40 Degree Synthetic $119.95	Big Agnes Cross Mountain Sleeping Bag: 40 Degree Synthetic $124.95	Mountain Hardwear Lamina 35 Sleeping Bag: 35 Degree Synthetic $124.95
Kelty Eclipse Double-Wide Sleeping Bag: 35 Degree Cloudloft $129.95	Marmot EcoPro 30 Sleeping Bag: 30Degree Synthetic - Kids' $134.95	The North Face Equinox Sleepingbag: 35 Degree Synthetic $138.95
Big Agnes Gunn Creek Sleeping Bag: 30 Degree Synthetic $139.95	MontBell America, Inc. Super Stretch Burrow #3 Sleeping Bag: 32 Degree Synthetic $139.95	Marmot Eco Pro 40 Sleeping Bag: 40 Degree Synthetic $144.95