Any thoughts or opinions on the extreme lightweight duck down sleeping bag at £80 and there bivi bag at £20 oh and I get 15% extra forces discount to boot

Any thoughts or opinions on the extreme lightweight duck down sleeping bag at £80 and there bivi bag at £20

Kind of answered your own question right there

Bag's a ratio of 75/25, so alarm bells are ringing straight away. F/P is likely to be less than 500, loft is likely to be less than the length of a midges nob. There's far better ways to spend £80 on a bag: https://rockrun.com/collections/mountai ... a-spark-32

No mention of breathability on the bivvy details. I'd be putting my £20 towards a Hunka.

I have a Mountain Whorehouse synthetic sleeping bag, it ok in high summer and thinner than a towel.

I have a Mountain Whorehouse synthetic sleeping bag, it ok in high summer and thinner than a towel.

But is it lighter than a towel? If not .... take a towel

Spend your money with companies who have a rep for testing and developing good value kit - Alpkit, Decathlon etc.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

Any thoughts or opinions on the extreme lightweight duck down sleeping bag at £80 and there bivi bag at £20

Kind of answered your own question right there

Bag's a ratio of 75/25, so alarm bells are ringing straight away. F/P is likely to be less than 500, loft is likely to be less than the length of a midges nob. There's far better ways to spend £80 on a bag: https://rockrun.com/collections/mountai ... a-spark-32

No mention of breathability on the bivvy details. I'd be putting my £20 towards a Hunka.

yep your right alpkit order placed ( I must have shares with them by now) and I may well get the bag you recommend to "buy once buy right"

The bag's not down but it is very high quality and should last years if stored well. I tend to think there's a price point where synthetic makes much more sense than down simply because it's down.

I've got one and am pleased with it. It's not for poor weather but OK above around 8 degrees. I use a liner to add warmth and take a down jacket always so have extra warmth if needed. I used this setup with my bivvy on the TNR last year. I was never cold.
I have a warmer bag which doesn't weigh much more, but packs a bit larger.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

There's far better ways to spend £80 on a bag: https://rockrun.com/collections/mountai ... a-spark-32

I picked one of these up for daughter to use. Used it last week, very impressive.

Really well made, soft, comfy. Warm enough at 2c and I’m a cold sleeper.

Packs surprisingly small for a synthetic bag too.

Is very yellow though and has no neck baffle which I always think is worth having on a winter-ish bag.

But an absolute bargain for the current price!

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

Any thoughts or opinions on the extreme lightweight duck down sleeping bag at £80 and there bivi bag at £20

Kind of answered your own question right there

Bag's a ratio of 75/25, so alarm bells are ringing straight away. F/P is likely to be less than 500, loft is likely to be less than the length of a midges nob. There's far better ways to spend £80 on a bag: https://rockrun.com/collections/mountai ... a-spark-32

No mention of breathability on the bivvy details. I'd be putting my £20 towards a Hunka.

Ta Bearbones norm
I have taken your advice sort of with a Mountain Hardwear lamina z sleeping bag for £75.60 from Taunton leisure

I also Smashed the piggy bank and got a Hunka to

many thanks for the guidance