Best Winter Sleeping Bags

The staff at ProLite Gear is frequently asked what is the Best Sleeping Bag?

What is the best is highly subject based on personal preferences, body type, how warm or cold you sleep, and where and how you are going to be using your sleeping bag. As such, there isn't a universal answer for which Winter Sleeping Bag is the best.

However, we can suggest the products we think you should consider for any given category. As such, we have started our Top 5 series of articles.

In this article and videos we will discuss what features we look for in a Winter Sleeping Bags, talk about the best sleeping bag brands, and follow that up with our Top 5 Winter Sleeping Bags.

There are numerous Gear Of The Year, Editors Choice awards, and "Best of" or "Top" articles on the Internet. There are also numerous sources of sleeping bag reviews. If you read those, you will find that 3 brands of sleeping bags always rate as the best.

Those brands are Western Mountaineering, Feathered Friends, and Valandre. Why are these the best? These brands of sleeping bags are not as well known as the main stream brands that are found in every sporting goods store, or traditional big box stores. The reason they are not as broadly distributed is that they are more expensive than the mass produced sleeping bags. They are more expensive because they use Higher Quality Down, Higher Quality Fabrics, More Technical Construction Techniques, and Higher Quality Construction/Sewing.

If you are interested in learning more, please view the videos below where we discuss Best Winter Sleeping Bags.

view video 1 Overview

view video 2 Overview Continued

view video 3 Western Mountaineering

view video 4 Feathered Friends

view video 5 Valandre

	Product 1	Product 2	Product 3	Product 4
Product Name	Valandre Freja Sleeping Bag -20°F	Valandre Shocking Blue Sleeping Bag -15°F	Western Mountaineering Lynx MF	Montbell U.L. Super Spiral Down Hugger #0
Price	Price: $696.95	Price: $679.95	Price: $564.95	Price: $518.95
Average Review	(1) Reviews	(1) Reviews	(1) Reviews	Not reviewed
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Summary	When light is right. A true all-mountain bag for just about any mountain adventure.	A new and radical approach to sleeping bag design, this bag will outmatch anything in it's own weight class and even take on bigger guys.	Rated to -10 but only weighing 3 lb.	By orienting the fabric's warp and weft threads at 45 degrees to most major seam lines the sleeping bag becomes more fluid or elastic in nature.
Specifications	Fabric: Outer, Asahi KASEI Impact 66 Polyamid rip stop / Inner, Anti Static Impact 66 Polyester Rip Stop Down quality: Goose 95/5; 850+ cu in Down load:  954 gm (2 lb 1 oz) Length (inside): 170/185/200 cm Circumference (shoulder/hip/foot): 158/142/86 cm Total weight:  1544 gm (3 lb 6 oz) Comfort rating: -20°C (-4°F) Extreme rating: -30°C (-22°F) Small $697 Medium $729 Large $764	Fabric (outer/inner): Asahi KASEI Impact 66 Polyamid rip stop / Anti Static Impact 66 Polyester Rip Stop Down quality: Goose 95/5; 850+ cu in Down load: 1 lb 11 oz (781 gm) Length (inside): 170/185/200 cm. Circumference (shoulder/hip/foot): 166/144/106 cm. Total weight:  1380 gm (3 lb) Comfort rating: -18°C (0°F) Extreme rating: -25°C (-13°F)	NA	[Thermal Guideline] 0˚F/-18˚C~ 800 Fill Power Goose Down 12-denier Ballistic Airlight Nylon 100 wash rated Polkatex® Durable Water Repellant [Zipper] Right/ Left [Max User Height] 6’ 6” [Inside Shoulder Girth] 57”~81” [Inside Knee Girth] 47”~66” [Stuffed Size] φ7.9” x 15.6” Size: R/ZIP/ L/ZIP Color: SURD(Sunrise Red) [Weight] 3 lbs. 3 oz. [Fill Weight] 2 lbs. 1 oz.
Weight (oz./g) verified on ProLite scales	NA	NA	3 lb. 1 oz. for 6' bag.	NA