Why ultralight sleeping bags? Since ultralight backpacking is made possible by reducing the weight of the ‘big three;’ the backpack, housing and sleeping bag. The days of five-pound summer bags are gone – at the very least for those folks who would rather go light.

One Pound Ultralight Resting Bags

There are many one-pound ultralight sleeping bags available on the market today. My very own is 17 ounces. My friend learned about http://www.survivallife.com/2013/10/25/how-to-instantly-cut-pounds-and-ounces-off-of-your-bug-out-bag by searching Yahoo. I-t really weighs 1-9 ounces with the stuff bag, but stuff sacks aren’t always necessary. It may be filled into my pack or devote a half-ounce bread bag. It’s a down sleeping bag, and has kept me warm down to below freezing – warmer, in fact, than my four-pound bag applied to keep me.

It appears delicate, and I’ve babied it over the years, but it may be harder than I thought. I’ve applied it from sea-level to 16,000 feet, in most forms of temperature, frequently camping under a tarp, nevertheless it looks almost new, and it still has its attic. The zipper goes only half-way down, to save lots of weight, and it is a mummy bag, but I am 6’3′, 165 pounds, and I have been comfortable in it.

Resting bags weighing around a pound are summer bags, scored all the way down to 40 to 50 degrees fahrenheit. A quick check of the bags available, though, suggests that even one or two of the 0 degree bags are under three pounds now. These are down filled bags, of course, as down continues to be the lightest warmth for the weight.

Yet another big advantage of any down sleeping bag is it is compressibility. Nothing packs smaller than down. But, a good artificial case is most likely much better than down if you are often getting it wet.

Several sythetic-fill sleeping bags now come close to down inside their warmth-to-weight ratio. At least one summer bag, using Polarguard fill, weighs an even 16 ounces. That is extremely light to get a synthetic case.

Using Ultralight Resting Bags

Ultra-light asleep bags generally aren’t tough. The brighter the bag, the more vulnerable, but treat them carefully, and they work fine. I have used mine for quite some time, in rain and snow, from Ecuador to California to Michigan, and it shows little wear. Child these exact things, and they can last a long time..