NEMO - Riff

I vote for Nemo bags. I have 2 and love them. Perfect for side sleeping.

It’s all about a good sleep system. I have a 15 degree Nemo bag and an XTherm pad. Throw in a hot water bottle and I’m toasty all night. Just sleep in a base layer.

This. I hate mummy bags. I move too much in my sleep. My Nemo takes up a bit more space in my pack but it is so comfortable and a good night’s sleep, where I can fully roll around in my bag, is worth it. I will never go back to a mummy bag.

Nemo for sure

Spoon shape is great, arm zippers in the boost just seem drafty.

Nemo sleeping bag with REI 2.5 self inflating sleeping pad works for me.

Never tried a quilt, but as a fellow side sleeper I LOVE my Nemo sleeping bag. Can't believe I ever tried to use a mummy bag.

Honestly I bought a Nemo Ramsey 15 a number of years ago and it was terrible, enough for me to avoid Nemo sleeping bags. Maybe it was just that model or something but I forever woke up looking like a chicken covered in tiny feathers and right from the get go it was clearly understuffed. It was much colder than a number of my friends 9-15 rated sleeping bags. I've since got a different bag that is rated to the same temperature after learning more about fill weight/power and it's clear that Nemo bag was a piece of junk. The kicker is Nemo seems like a great company and even sent me another one assuming the one I got was a lemon, and it was the exact same thing. I don't think I'd go back to Nemo for a sleeping bag

If your biggest concern about a sleeping bag is room for your legs to move without feeling constricted, I would try out Nemo or Big Agnes sleeping bags. Both tend to have wider profiles. Definitely go for a bag that is rated at least 10 degrees lower - preferably lower - than the temps you expect to sleep in. Theres multiple problems with layering with clothing like this, one of which is not the warmth specific factor but the breathability. One or two layers is one thing, but with all the listed clothing and then something like the picture on top, you’re going to build up humidity near your body you can’t get rid of, and you’ll become even colder. Next, a sleeping bag basically creates a warm pocket of air around you. The insulation in the bag helps create and maintain this pocket. The more compressed this insulation, the worse it performs. With layering clothing, you compress the insulation, making it less effective. On top of that, insulation is minimal if not nonexistent at the seams. Some puffy jackets and “extreme temp” clothing gets around this by minimizing seams but there’s almost always a few somewhere, which means no air pockets and no warmth. If I could recommend the best case scenario for you, it would be this: find a sleeping bag you can tolerate rated to a temp appropriate for your conditions, 15F at a minimum, best scenario a 0F. Dress in only your smartwool layers, and make sure you have a good pad/sleep set up underneath you. Sources: avid outdoorsmen, backpacker in sub 20 degree temps, and former REI employee who specialized in camping gear.

Love my Nemo down bag. Love.

My advice: NEMO women's Disco 15. First off, sleeping bag temps (ISO/EN) are rated for slight discomfort. If you want to be mostly comfortable at 30F, you get a 30F bag; if you want to be warm and toasty, you get a 20F bag. If you think temps may drop into the 20s but may realistically be 30s, you should get a 20F bag; if it hits 20F, you're fine but you'll otherwise be toasty. Women's bags are rated at the Comfort rating which is toasty and nice for a warm sleeper, slightly uncomfortable for a cold sleeper - which is the assumption for women. Also what it sounds like you may be: a "cold sleeper"/someone who likes to be warm at night. Know that you can - and should - try other gender bags for fit as you may find better fits across genders. But keep in mind there is ~10F temp difference between men's fits and women's fits (men's will be colder for cold sleepers, women's will be warmer for warm sleepers) and so don't just trade 30F for 30F. In your case, use the "Comfort Rating" as your slight discomfort temperature and adjust from there. Know also that this may work against you price-wise; they do not price based on fill, they price based on advertised temp. So a women's 30 will be the same warmth as a men's 20, but will be priced as a 30, not as a more expensive 20. So the Magma and the Disco may not be warm enough for what you're looking for. Of the listed bags, they'll fit in order of how you listed them: Disco will be the widest, then Big Agnes, then the Magma. The Magma is a true backpacking mummy and won't be ideal for a side sleeper. The Disco has extra space in the shoulders and hips which are ideal for getting on your side in the bag. So for a cold sleeper who sleeps on their side and is likely to have some 20F but maybe mostly 30F nights - NEMO Disco 15. Should check all of the boxes. The one big difference between the NEMO and the Magma is down fill power, which also impacts compressibility and weight. Magma is an 850 while the Disco is probably around 650-700. If you want a similar fill power bag go with the Riff 15. 850 fill down also warms up quicker because the feathers are smaller. It will also probably be more on par price-wise with the Magma. The Riff has all the same features as the Disco though may have a slightly slimmer shape. If you can, go to your local REI and get in each one to see which are comfortable and which are not. But based on the info you've given, I'd suggest either a Women's NEMO Disco 15 or NEMO Riff 15.