Backpacking Sleeping Bag

The Best of Backpacking Sleeping Bags

Being among the most popular of outdoor activities, backpacking combines the best features which define hiking and camping as popular outdoor excursions. As a combination of both hiking and camping, backpackers need to travel light, using backpacking gear types made to answer this need to travel light.

Enter Backpacking Sleeping Bags.

When it comes to backpacking trips, getting the right kind of backpacking sleeping bag somewhat defines the overall “quality” of the backpacking trip. After all, a good night’s sleep is known to truly yield wondrous results, regardless if one were out in the outdoors or in the comfort of one’s own bedroom.

Backpacking sleeping bags are built to be light enough, as well as provide enough comfort for sleeping purposes. As backpacking trips would demand it, they are quite essential, as they keep backpackers warm during the night, if not comfortable.

Here are two of the best of backpacking sleeping bags out in the market today.

The Mountain Hardwear Phantom 0° Backpacking Sleeping Bag

Standing to be a favorite among backpackers, the Mountain Hardwear Phantom 0° is an insulated “mummy cut” sleeping bag, and is built with an insulated 800-fill down material. Superlight 15 denier fabric basically makes up the backpacking sleeping bag, making it light as well as functional and durable, capable of withstanding the tests of the outdoors.

Its multi baffled footbox is designed to follow the natural foot position, improving warmth, as well as fit. The Phantom 0° comes designed with a draft tube, which extends from the bottom of the back, blocking cold spots during the night, ensuring comfortable warm sleep. The backpacking sleeping bag’s ergonomic draft collar is insulated, and is designed to seal heat, keeping a sleeper’s below the shoulders areas warm.

Easy to roll, easy to unroll, the Mountain Hardwear Phantom 0° Backpacking Sleeping Bag is truly built for backpacking trips.

The Big Agnes PomerHoit 0°F 725 Down

Though specifically designed for winter use, the Big Agnes PomerHoit 0°F 725 Down ranks to be a popular backpacking sleeping bag, not just limited for winter use. Its mummy cut makes it easy to pack, affecting the bag’s overall weight, making it lighter. It comes with a no-draft yoke which seals around the neck area, keeping warmth in.

The Big Agnes PomerHoit 0°F 725 Down could “mate” with other bags of the same type, meaning it could be easily connected with another Big Agnes sleeping bag. Though a 60” YKK #8 zipper, two backpacking sleeping bags could be made into one, providing more heat and comfort, making it a sleeping bag for all.

Designed to be so, it is truly a backpacking sleeping bag.