Great material, design, warm
Written by treasured and favorite (and only) wife of Matt: To be up front, we haven't used it camping yet, but I will update once I do. But, on initial impression and trying it out for 45 minutes at home, I'm impressed!!! First - LOVE the material!!! We don't like about 90% of bags out there due to the "plasticy" (and loud) materials. This bag is all cloth - as you can see in the picture. I mean, maybe you can't see the cloth texture, but you can see that there is no sheen. The outside feels tough and a little like a smooth burlap - but not uncomfortable for the arms to rest on. The inside is flannel like - can't remember if it's flannel or cotton - but either way, it's soft and cozy and not loud. Second - They can zip together. And they both have 2 zippers - so if it gets too warm (don't know yet if we will sometimes be to warm because, again, we haven't actually camped yet), you can choose to just unzip part of your side OR just the bottom of your side, or both, to ventilator. There is a small hole in the middle between where the two bags attach - but ALL bags that we've used have had that hole. With other bags, if it was too cold, we'd just stuff a blanket down at the bottom across the zipper line and that helped. Third - the size! Hubby is 6'3 and I'm 5'4. I'm overweight at the moment and hubby is not. We had more than enough room to be able to move around - which is good because we like to cuddle until we are actually sleeping, but then we don't like to be squashed up - legs touching is o.k., but not much more unless we are freezing and must cuddle out of necessity. If you want to zip your bags together and plan on cuddling and you don't mind smooth, plastic-like materials, then check out The North Face Dolomite Double 20 sleeping bag (sold at REI - loved the warmth, but it was too narrow for our liking and not "cloth like"). Due to the cloth materials, this bag rolls LARGE. Not a backpacking sleeping bag at all - but a good car camping bag. The other sleeping bag I mentioned above rolls to about half the size this one rolls into - but again, the other bag is also narrower and uses lots of syntheticy materials which probably retain more heat with less material. I attached some pictures to show size and even thickness (see the photo of the corner of the sleeping bag next to the lazy-boy rocking chair and how high the bag comes up from the floor). The child is 10 and only about a head shorter than I am, to give head perspective. So those are our initial impressions. Stay tuned for updates after our mid-July camping trip (we were supposed to camp this weekend, but kids are sick. Sigh.). Lastly, in case you are looking for a camp pad (for car camping) check out the Lightspeed Outdoors PVC-Free Warmth Series Self Inflating Camp Pad. Very comfortable. Pricey though. We purchased 3 (yikes on price!) to put beneath this behemoth sleeping bag. The closet thing to glamping that you can get without actually looking towards getting a motor home.... But it all takes up solace in the car. Comfort equals big, so consider your packing space. We got a roof top carrier. Read more













