Re: Down Sleeping Bags
I have a Western Mountaineering Versalite, 2lbs rated for -12, love the bag and have no complaints. Sleeping in -10 last year was toasty warm, I had to get used to sleeping with the draft collar but it did it's job and the one night i tried seeping without it I quickly realized the benefit and but it back in.
So I think any of the high end bags(upwards of $800 US for the WM) will do what they say they will do, by that I mean if they say minus 10 or minus 15 the bag will keep you alive in those temps toasty warm not so sure but the bags from someplace like MEC I don't believe live up to their claims.
I did find that if my feet got cold before I went to bed it was tough for me to heat them up so I bring down socks now to keep my feet warm before bed. They add about 8oz to my pack and squeeze down about the size of half of a pop can.
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