Gear Review - REI Sub Kilo +15 Women’s Sleeping Bag

August 23rd, 2007 Wade

Elizabeth is at it again. This time with a review of a killer sleeping bag from REI. She was very excited to get her hands on this just before we headed to South America to go trekking in the Andes. This would be a real test with temps ranging from frosty-sub-freezing to humid-sweatin-your-booty-off.

REI’s Sub Kilo +15 Women’s Sleeping Bag

• Retails for $239
• 750 fill power goose down
• Comes in Regular and Long lengths
• Weighs 1.9 lbs
• Internal Pocket for watch, headlamp, etc.
• Sleeping Pad Loops

Talk about love at first sight, that’s how I felt when I rubbed my hands down REI’s silky Sub Kilo +15 lavender sleeping bag. It looked perfect and with the temp rating, interior zip pocket, and 750 fill power goose down filling I was sure it would perform on my four day, 15 thousand foot Incan trek to Machu Picchu in Peru.

Pros:

This bag cinches way down for easy packing and it weighs almost nothing – 1.9 lbs. There was room for my pillow to fit in the hood and on really cold nights I cut the draft by closing up the neck area using the drawstrings.

I stretch out when I sleep and found plenty of leg room, plus the bag is soooo soft and fluffy!

Cons:

I am a very cold sleeper and found my feet and hips got cold whenever they touched the inside of the bag. I ended up wrapping my fleece around my feet and a thin jacket around my waist and had no problems getting to sleep.

If you sleep on your back or stomach this is the bag for you, but side sleepers may need more room.

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