Reviewed by: Brett Wilmore(Unregistered User)
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Car Camper
, from Tucson, AZ
Price Paid:
$25.00
at Popular Outdoors Summary:
At 33% off of clearance price, with additional discounts, this was admittedly a can't-miss purchase. I had been deliberating paying retail for a Slumberjack Aurora 15, and had assumed I had "settled" based on price. I had thought I had wanted the mummy bag for the space/weight savings, and the better-known Hollofil filling. However, I was pleasantly surprised on my 8-day campout at 9200 feet in AZ White Mountains. Although temps only dipped into '40's in evenings, I was very comfortable in the Katmai. The bag stuffs into its sack very compactly--bulk and weight not significantly greater than "backpacking" bags, and the roominess of the rectangular foot was great. Cotton flannel lining much cozier than nylon/poly. Toggled drawstrings around mummy-style hood and neck draft-tube worked smoothly and efficiently, and that from a guy who has gotten claustrophobic fighting out of my old (back when I had discretionary $$$ to blow) North Face mummy. Foot of bag got a bit damp during seasonal monsoons, but Coletherm (Coleman's proprietary synthetic hollow-fiber filling) stayed lofty/warm and bag dried quickly when I aired it out next day. Summary: a cut well above traditional "camp" bags, great warmth-per-weight, value, features, construction; would work for backpacking for all but most discriminating, in probably 95% of outdoor applications. Should enhance Coleman's solid reputation. Similar Products Used:
The North Face Cat's Meow 20 degree mummy bag (Quallofil) (circa 1986)
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