'Sleeping Bags' Post Category

There are two basic shapes that sleeping bags come in, which are rectangular sleeping bags and mummy sleeping bags, with a wide variety of different shapes and sizes that fall somewhere in the middle of those. Mummy sleeping bags are smaller, and ...

Many sleeping bags come with their own sleeping bag compression sack custom built for their particular size. But if your sleeping bag doesn’t come with its own compression sack, it’s a little piece of gear that is definitely worth investing in. On...

If you’re going to be spending any considerable amount of time in the outdoors overnight, outdoor sleeping bags are what you will need to stay comfortable all night long. But you do have quite a few decisions to make when choosing an outdoor sleep...

There are two main choices that you have when it comes to the insulation type used in your sleeping bag. Synthetic insulation does have a few advantages, but most people looking for a serious sleeping bag end up going with a goose down sleeping ba...

Most higher end sleeping bags tend to be filled with down, rather than synthetic insulation, but there are some definite advantages to synthetic sleeping bags that should not be overlooked. One is that synthetic insulation performs better when wet...

Sleeping bags come in all different shapes and sizes, but like most other products, they’re targeted at the middle of the market, and it can sometimes be difficult to find really short sleeping bags, or really long sleeping bags. Part of it is jus...

There are two different shapes when it comes to sleeping bags, those being mummy shaped and rectangular. There are also plenty of sleeping bags that exist somewhere in between those two extremes. Mummy sleeping bags eliminate excess space inside t...

A good sleeping bag for hiking is an essential piece of gear to have. But hiking sleeping bags come in all kinds of different shapes and sizes, and it can be hard to know just what exactly you need. Where it starts, of course, is deciding on what ...

If you’re a backpacker or anyone else that carries camping gear on a regular basis, then you want a sleeping bag that weighs as little as possible. Ultralight sleeping bags can often weigh pounds less than other sleeping bags with a comparable tem...

15 degrees is a good temperature rating for fall, winter and spring in a lot of different areas. A 15 degree sleeping bag will likely be too warm for summers in all but the northernmost parts of the world. And while identifying the temperature rat...