REI Sleeping bag ??
 

Im looking to buy a new spring and summer bag and ive had my eye on this one, I went REI the other day and checked it out and i really like it, it weights less than two pounds and fits into a tiny stuff sack. I was wondering if anybody has used it and if they liked it, im probably going to buy it anyways since i have a gift card for REI just curious is all.:)
http://www.rei.com/product/731835?pr...:referralID=NA

Should work good, rated 55 degrees Fahrenheit and unisex.

Yeah and i can't seem to beat the price either, im looking to save some weight on my gear.

Sleeping bags are a very subjective thing - read reviews on any of them, and you'll see someone who thinks it's great, while someone else had a horrible cold sleepless night and thinks it's useless. So bear that in mind when asking for opinions about these things - some people are warm sleepers, while others are cold, do you know what you are?

I have the REI Travel Sack, and personally I find it very cold, next to useless in fact. I have not even tried it outside, but rather on the couch in the living room, and I found it to have almost zero loft, and felt cold on the skin. I was pretty cold all night long - and this was summertime here in Eureka CA (where, admittedly, it never gets all that warm, but not all that cold either). It didn't feel much different than draping a single sheet over myself. I like the concept of the Travel Sack, but it's not something I would take camping - for about the same weight you could do much better with something like the Marmot Hydrogen or Arroyo - both down bags rated to 30F, a really good option for summer touring.

Neil

Im a pretty warm sleeper, i camp year round and have a winter bag, i plan on using this for spring summer only and it can get plenty hot in southern idaho even in the mountains, i tried last year just using my liner bag from my winter unit and it was way to warm, it by its self is rated to i believe 25f so i figured the 55f would work for what im using it for.
EDIT: Also im a weirdo and can only sleep while wearing pants when im camping, i dont know why:crash:

The good thing about REI is you can buy it, try it out, and return it if it doesn't work for you...

Seems like a good idea for a summer bag and the price isn't very high. I'll probably pick one up!

I used it camping in Baja. Neil is right. It's not warm. It's fine for warm nights, for hostels, and for staying over at a friend's place, but I definitely wouldn't think of using it for anything outside of that.

Spring and summer where? I can remember being in Yellowstone in summer and waking up to frost. I have also camped in below freezing temperatures in Oregon in the summer, and that wasn't even at altitude.

If you haven't actually got in it, I would do so before buying it, especially if you sleep with a lot of clothes. My REI bag is a bit narrow, especially in the shoulder area.

I own one and really like it, but it depends on where you will be and when. I found it fine for summer camping at low altitudes in the lower 48.

I am a warm sleeper and found it to be good for well below the rated 55 degrees (I can sleep just fine with only a sheet at 55F). I found it comfy in the upper 40s and just OK in the mid 40s. Range can be extended by adding some clothes either worn or piled on top of you.

My daughter has used it as an inner bag to extend the range of another bag. It seemed to work OK in that capacity, except that she didn't find it added enough in some of the conditions where she tried it.

All that said people vary widely in what they find comfortable, so YMMV. If you tend to be cold and will camp where it is chilly it might not work out.

I'd only head out with a 35 or 40 deg. bag. In fact, hitch-hiking from Boulder to Sun Valley Idaho in the summer of 1999, I had a 15 or 20 degree bag, and was fine.

The bag you've chosen isn't even advertised as a camping bag. I'd only use something like that in the tropics or in lowland mid-summer camping. That Lamina model seems more appropriate to touring. You don't really need uber compressibility when bike touring. That same 15/20 deg bag I mentioned above went along with me on a Belfast-Galway-Dublin bike tour and was fine. Even in July, the wind off the Atlantic on the Aran Islands was enough to make it useful.

Summertime temperatures drop below 50, at night, on the coast.

It's the High temperature for the day now.

I ended up deciding on the travel down instead of the travel sack, mostly due to the sizing. The travel sack seemed to be like two feet longer than I plus the thickness was a little nerve racking. I figure if i get warm ill just unzip, plus i think the travel down is only a half pound heavier and compresses to about the same.

Well i changed my mind once again and went and picked up http://www.rei.com/product/763728, and i really have to say its a pretty nice bag for the money. I played around with it last night and took a nap on my back porch, it was 17f and with only jeans and a T-shirt (socks also) on a sleeping pad i think i could have some what slept comfortable. Im not going to lie and say i couldn't feel the cold but for a bag rated to 40f it was pretty impressive the thing compresses down good and weights in the area of two pounds all in all i would give a 8.5 out of 10. Just thought i let you guys know about it. I really did think about going all out and spending 200+ on a bag but i really don't think i need it, im a pretty non fussy sleeper and up untill now during the spring and summer have been using nothing but a sleeping pad and survival blanket to this will be a big step up.