The look for the right lightweight sleeping bag for backpacking and climbing
Have you ever ever ever been chilly whereas tenting throughout the mountains? I’ve! I did a few hikes throughout the mountains of Central Asia with solely my MacPac 150 summer season season sleeping bag, in any case, it was utterly freezing at night.
So, for this years climbing and backpacking journey to the Caucasus, I was clearly in need for a sleeping bag designed for winter temperatures. This new sleeping bag moreover wanted to be: extreme lightweight, compact and cheap. These days I convey my very personal tenting gear (tent, sleeping mat, sleeping bag) on all my backpacking journey adventures. On account of this reality, it was truly very important that the model new sleeping bag merely fits in my backpack and that it could be utilized in a number of varieties of climates.
After evaluating about ten utterly completely different sleeping baggage, I lastly opted for the Nomad Pegasus 450 sleeping bag and used it all through my 2-week backpacking journey in Georgia. Is that this Nomad sleeping bag truly the right lightweight sleeping bag for backpacking and climbing? Or should I proceed my search?
Regarding the Nomad Pegasus 450 sleeping bag
I launched my Nomad Pegasus 450 sleeping bag on a 2-week backpacking and climbing journey to the Caucasus in Georgia. The Nomad Pegasus 450 sleeping bag is extreme lightweight, has a Down insulation and comes with a compression stuff sack.
Some particulars of the Nomad Pegasus 450 sleeping bag
Pack measurement: 27×15 cm
Weight: 810 grams (!) (27 oz)
Comfort temperature: 1 ranges Ladies, -4 ranges males
Insulation: 3D-Polardown
Max physique measurement: 195 cm
Dimension in cm: 215 x 80 cm
Materials shell: 20 Superlight polyester ripstop, breathable, water-repellent finish
Inside pocket: Certain
When temperature drops: hoodie with draw strings
When temperature goes up: open the zipper on the bottom
Costs: 230 euro
Overview Nomad Pegasus 450 sleeping bag
What I actually like:
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- Sturdy supplies
- The sleeping bag felt great cozy, clean and up to date (slept like a toddler every night!)
- The hoodie provided loads additional warmth
- Extreme lightweight
- Cheap (significantly as compared with associated sleeping baggage of various corporations)
- It’s easy and quick to pack
- it comes with a mesh storage bag, which is good for storage at dwelling
- Acceptable for varied temperatures as you can regulate the hoodie or the zipper
If I was the boss of Nomad, I would improve:
- Although it is nonetheless very small throughout the compression stuff sack, I couldn’t get it to the promised 27×15 cm.
- As a small lady of 1.60, the sleeping bag is fairly large! Maybe it’s an idea to moreover present the sleeping bag in a barely smaller measurement.
As a substitute of the Nomad Pegasus 450 sleeping bag, these are one other good candidates for the Most interesting Lightweight Sleeping Bag for Backpackers’ title:
- Lowland Serai 1 sleeping bag: 895 gram down sleeping bag with a comfort temperature of 0 diploma for males and a pack measurement of 28×20 cm’s. Costs 229,95 euro
- Mountain Instruments Helium 600 sleeping bag: 1070 gram down sleeping bag with a comfort temperature of -1 diploma for males and a pack measurement of 26x23x20 cm. Costs 329 euro.
- Fjallraven Singi 3-season sleeping bag: 1120 gram down sleeping bag with a comfort temperature of -2 ranges for girls and a pack measurement of 20×34 cm.
Bunch of Backpackers closing verdict. Is it truly the right lightweight sleeping bag?
I’m very glad with the sleeping bag! It’s glorious for every climbing and backpacking journeys as a result of it’s extraordinarily light and would not take up an extreme quantity of space in my backpack. It’s moreover cozy and clean. Furthermore, the Nomad Pegasus 450 is perhaps among the many finest price for money lightweight sleeping baggage available on the market.
View by means of the Mestia-Ushguli hike in Georgia. Copyright Bunch of Backpackers.
Do you convey a sleeping bag in your climbing and backpack journeys? What sort of sleeping bag do you have?
Disclaimer: The Pegasus 450 sleeping bag was provided by the Dutch agency Nomad. Views and opinions are as always my very personal.
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