TGO Rating: 3.5
The Atom X380 is a reasonable summer-weight bag – the second lightest in the feature – and while it won’t keep you as toasty as some of the other bags at lower temperatures we are, after all, looking at summer bags.
TGO Rating: 4
The Travel Lite 250 offers reasonable summer performance at a price that won’t break the bank and a weight that won’t break your back.
TGO Rating: 1
The Devil 300’s price is almost irresistible But, if we’re honest, you’re not getting a very comfortable bag for your money and, while the two bags might share similar temperature ratings, I reckon the GoLite model will keep you much more comfortable at lower temperatures.
TGO Rating: 5
The big story with GoLite’s sleeping bags is their green credentials: just about every element of this sleeping bag – the insulating fill and the fabrics, inside and out – is 100% recycled.
The Zensor 2S, from Swedish company Haglöfs, is designed for two-season mountaineering in Nordic countries so you can be reasonably sure that it will withstand whatever the British weather can throw at it.
Norwegian brand HelSport is new to me and, as far as I’m aware, relatively unknown in the UK. The box wall-constructed Lom XT is from the Pro section of its wider range of bags.
TGO Rating: 3
The Odyssey’s H-Fill 1 insulation doesn’t loft as well as many of the others and its warmth ratings indicate that it’s best regarded as a summer-only bag well-suited to the kind of wet summer we might expect in Britain.
Many users substitute the stuffsacks supplied with sleeping bags for a drybag. In its favour, the Lifeventure Sleeptight 1100 comes with a drybag supplied. Not only that but it’s inflatable and can be used as a pillow.
TGO Rating: 4.5
MTI 13 is Mammut’s top synthetic fill, a three-fibre blend designed to maximise compressibility and warmth while minimising weight.
The Wave II is well-specified, with broader shoulder and narrow hip areas tapering down to a roomy foot box. The Spirafill insulation is used in what Marmot calls a “Wave” construction, similar to the shingle-style featured in The North Face’s Cat’s Meow bag.
