[pct-l] Montbell Super Stretch Sleeping Bags

[bholt at ix.netcom.com (Bill Holt)]

John

I have the #2 and the #5 (bought them on clearance from REI) I have used the
#2 to temps in the high 30's and as a liner in my Western Mountaineering
Ultralite for single digit sub zero temps.

I would rate the #2 as a 40+ degree bag and workable to the high 20's
wearing everything you have.

I haven't used the #5 but it looks close to  the WM Ultralite in loft. I
would conservatively rate it as a high 20's - low 30's bag (low 20's with
lots of clothing - I've slept comfortably in the Ultralite in single digits
with lots of clothing.)

I'm not a large person,  5' 10'' 165,  but these bags are very roomy for me
and the stretch really works. I don't even notice the lack of a zipper.

Bill in Sacramento

"Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work
and rest! ....who gains the blessings of one mountain day; whatever his
fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever."  -- John
Muir



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Vonhof" <johnvonhof@comcast.net>
To: <pct-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:21 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Montbell Super Stretch Sleeping Bags


I would welcome feedback from anyone who owns a Montbell Super Stretch
Sleeping bag. I am considering the # 3 bag rated at a low of 14 degrees F
with a comfortable rating of 32 to 57. For a one pound 11 ounce bag and a
very small stuff sack size, it has a girth of 78 inches--much more than
about 90% of other bags. The # 4 bag is rated at a low of 21 degrees F to a
comfort rating of 37 to 60 in a weight of one pound eight ounces. It has an
amazing girth of 80 inches. Great shoulder room. Montbell rates their bags
at a minimum temp where one would be in relative comfort for 6-8 hours and a
comfortable temp where one would pleasantly sleep 8 hours or more in a light
layer only.
    I have a trip to the high desert of Chile in a month where we are told
to have bags rated to 32 degrees (the 14 degree bag might be overkill). Then
the mountains in Washington and Idaho in mid- to late-September. The light
weight and size would be perfect for fastpacking trips I like to do.
    Thanks.

John Vonhof
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