Feathered Friends - Egret YF 30

I’m a smaller lady and I found getting a women’s sleeping bag to be a game-changer. Lighter because there’s less of it, cut in a way that accommodates my body, warm in all the right places - especially the feet! I got the Feathered Friends Egret YF 30, not cheap but not $1k, and it’s my best friend out there. It’s kept me warm even on windy and snowy nights, and it’s so comfy I look forward to backpacking. You’re getting a lot of advice to look for quilts, which is valid from a weight tradeoff perspective, but I personally find them a bit fiddly to set up at the end of a long day - I prefer a mummy bag, and the Egret is plenty light for my purposes

My feathered friends egret is one of my favorite things I own. Having the toe box in the right place makes all the difference. I got the 30 yf and I’ve not been cold in it yet

I thought that I was a cold sleeper until I upgraded my sleeping bag and got one that is the proper length (I am 5ft5 and got a women sleeping bag for 5ft6 women). It made an incredible difference in how the sleeping bag keeps and uses my own body heat. I got the Feathered Friends Egret 20 yf. I pair it with a Big Agnes Rapide Sl pad and it is now my preferred piece of gear!

My SO sleeps cold. Thermarest Trail Pro - they used to make a women's specific one. I may upgrade this to the Nemo Tensor All Season for a holiday gift. Feathered Friends Egret - I take this from her when I go climbing it's so cozy I sleep warm- I freaking cook: Nemo Tensor All Season EE Enigma 30 950 fill

I'd been using a Marmot for 30 yrs, what they called a 10-20 30. Don't remember the price but it was the most expensive thing I bought for a very long time and glad I did. There were not as many choices back then and I don't think they are the same now. Point is it was annoying when it was warm. Couple of years ago I got a Feathered Friends Flicker 40. It's a hoodless sleeping bag that can also open all the way to a quilt. (no it doesn't attach to a pad) Had that down to mid 30's cowboy camping in the desert and was fine with a puffy on. I had wanted a 30 but out of stock. This year sold the 40 and got a 30 for a trip to Iceland in July. I'm very happy with it; works well across temps. Combined with the Marmot gets me down to 0. Since it is a bag when I want it's less fuss than a lot of the quilts out there. (love the draft collar and the foot closing completely). You can rent one and they will credit up to 2 nights rental cost toward a similar purchase. May help but likely incur some extra shipping costs unless you're in their area.

Can confirm. Both WM and FF are in the upper echelon of premium sleeping bags.

I also have particularly dislike for their zippers, they use a special no-snag zipper head that functions great but is super chunky and uncomfortable against the face when the hood is cinched. I returned a FF bag for that reason and bought WM.

There isn’t really an absolute best, but I like Katabatic for a quilt and western mountaineering or feathered friends for a bag. I prefer quilts down to around the low 20s, bags below that. Having a pocket in your quilt for a sleeping pad seems silly to me.

Check out western mountaineering/feathered friends. They’re the gold standard in mountaineering bags

\+1 for Feathered Friends. Got one of theirs for our daughter to take to Pakistan