Recommend me a really small sleeping bag

[stinkwheel]

For touring this summer. 1 or 2 season, packing as small as possible. I intend to use it with a washable liner as i'll be sleeping in it for three months on a tour of Britain.

I find my biggest problem in the summer is being too hot in the tent. I'll also be making use of camping barns/bunkhouses etc.

I'd rather it took up as little space as possible when packed but it needs to be long enough for me to comfortably fit in at 186cm.

Ideally not more than £50-60.
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

I find the down filled bags pack the smallest. Vango Venom are in your price range, thats if you can live with the tapered fit.
I couldn't so went for the Rab but pricey.

A silk liner is nice for those very warm nights. Undies T-shirt.

[edit] only bad side of down filled, is if they get wet, they won't keep you warm like a hollow fill would.




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[John933]

Thin as against thick ... Is swing's and round about's ... One will keep you warm the other will pack up small ... I see you are going for a liner ... Good idea ... Just make sure you have something that stop's the cold coming up from the ground ...
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[Phoenix]

I just ended up buying a Tesco ultra-lite mummy sleeping bag, down filled, once it's in the compression bag it packs down to a tiny size, just go in store and have a play with it to see what you think, the ones on the shelves are packed but you can squash them to almost half that size. I'm fairly sure it's 2 season, cost £37 and has been fine for me over 2 Europe trips, though I was absolutely freezing, fully clothed, when I camped in Andermatt (4700 ft).

I use a silk liner now in addition to make a barrier and add warmth if necessary and also incase it's too hot for the bag. My only problem is the polyester they make sleeping bags out of, polyester makes me sweat when i'm in contact with it even if i'm cold and the silk liner only seems to help marginally.

[c-m]

I use one of these

https://www.fieldandtrek.com/vango-voyager-50-sleeping-bag-785063?src=google

Its a season bag perfect for European summers / not sure about the UK weather though.

It packs down into barely anything.

[Tonka]

Sleeping bag likes and dislikes seem to be a very personal thing and being a tiddler my recommendation may not hold much sway, but I really like the Snugpak bags. I've a little Softie 3 Merlin for summer/light use and have had it for years, so no longer on market, but some similar. It packs to 27x18 and is 750g so not sure if that's small/light enough for what you had in mind.

I've just bought a winter version Softie 3 Elite from here and tested it in a bivvy on Salisbury Plain this weekend and it was brilliant! They seemed to have a more specific range but as a result their prices were good and I picked mine up with a discount too.

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[Feasty]

This is the smallest I could find for you in a quick search...
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[G]

I like the big agnes range (along with a suitable slot-in self-inflating mat). However they're not cheap and not massively compact either when compared to some of the opposition.
However, are you sure you need small? On my recent trip I just stuck the sleeping bag in a waterproof duffel sack thingy and bungeed it on - so it wasn't really displacing space elsewhere.

[stinkwheel]

I'll almost certainly use it for backpacking too at some point. I was just thinking that if I get a sleeping bag that packs to half the size of my current one, I can justify taking a hammock too.

I've got a couple of 2-season vango "ultralite" sleeping bags (L&R zipped so they join together), they are pretty big pack-wise though and I still get uncomfortably hot in them during the summer, even without a lining.
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[c-m]

The one i posted is less than half the size of the vango ultralites

[Clanger]

Hmmm, I have the total opposite problem to you, I have a -12 all season down-filled sleeping bag, and still find I get cold. I now use it with a fleece blanket and my silk sleeping bag, and I'm cosy.

It unfortunately does not pack down small so I won't mention the make.

I'm sure if you got a mediocre sleeping bag that packs light and team it with the silk and the fleece blanket you will get everything you desire.
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[Itchy]

[WildGoose]

https://www.gear-zone.co.uk/eshop/Wynnster-Superlite-600-Sleeping-Bag.html

I am by no means an expert or even particularly seasoned camper.

Wynnster Superlite 600. Has done me well for years, but has mostly been used for sleeping indoors and a few bike rallies. Bought precisely because it packs very small and for no other reason at the time.

Packed size quoted on there as 24x12cm, pretty damn small, similar to itchy's.

I have various memories of spending some fairly uncomfortably cold nights in it though when I underestimated the temps and hadn't brought enough clothes and/or a rollmat (so pretty much the cardinal sin and probably not the sleeping bags fault).
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[stinkwheel]

[John933]

If you have a problem with keeping warm at night with a sleeping bag ... You should look at what you are lyeing on ... I have a pump up air bed ... Work's well and have never gone out with out one ... Once you are insulated from the ground warming up in a bag is half the problem ... If you are still cold ... Try a liner ... Got one of them as well ... On really hot night's you can get away with just using the liner to sleep in ... And one other thing I have notice that no one has said any thing about is get a Benny hat ... Keeping the top of your head warm at night save's a lot of heat ...
John933

[Phoenix]

Looking at Itchy's mug comparison shot and going on the fact he hasn't really tried to squash it down i'd say by just comparing my Tesco one to a mug, it's the same size as his vango fully packed, so about 2/3 of the size of his in the photograph.