Rab - Neutrino 400

If you want something just for winter and can afford down, I'd go for a 800 or 900g fill and you will be toasty. If you want something you can also use in spring/autumn without roasting a 600g fill would be a better option. I personally use a 400g (Rab) most of the year and an 800 for cold nights and 200 (both Alpkit) for travelling/warmer weather.

You can get the Rab Neutrino Pro 300 from Alpine Trek for £299, -4 rating and uses Pertex Quantum Pro outer which is more resistant to water than other materials. Or the Rab Neutrino 400 with a -7 rating for £294 from Trakitt.

Take a look at Rab neutrino 400, or consider cumulus quilt 450 with some sort of down hood and/or down/climashield apex socks. Thermarest xtherm pad is great.

+1 for the neutrino, great bag

April through October is my 400-time. In the end it really depends on what your personal comfort limits are and at what temperatures you would switch to the winter bag. I imagine the Norwegian coast is a bit warmer during winter than the Swedish coast, due to being more maritime? Regarding Rab: I have used the Neutrino 400 now during six seasons (this is the seventh) and I am really happy. It probably has lost a bit of fluff but that is to be expected after that time. Washed it once because I didn't use a liner in the beginning, but otherwise used always a liner, always hung it out after a hike and stored it in the cotton bag. If you have the money, go for it! They seem to have added a Neutrino 500 to their range and that would be my choice today, between the 600 and the 400. Otherwise, they also have a 650-cuin product line (cheaper but heavier) which is probably just as good.

I've used a overfilled neutrino 400 in Kyrgyzstan last summer. Sleeping around 3600m in Ala archa. Never closed the zipper.

I’ll tell you what kit I’ve ended up with **Shelters** - summer: borah gear dcf bug bivi, mld dcf poncho, wild sky gear trekking pole cups (for help with pitching it quick). (Weighs 320g) - 3 season: Tarptent Notch Li trekking pole tent. (Weighs 600g) - Proper winter tent: Hilleberg Suolo (2.5kg) **Pads** - summer: Thermarest Uberlite - 3 season: XLite NXT - winter: The XLite plus a CCF pad **Sleeping bags/quilt** - Summer: Western mountaineering nanolite quilt (400g) - 3 Season: Rab Neutrino sleeping bag (700g) - Winter: Mountain Equipment Fireflash (1000g) **Boots/Trainers** - Summer: Inov8 XTalon trainers, Inov8 Roclite trainers - 3 season: Inov8 Roclite Pro boots - Winter: Zamberlan Tofane GTX leather boots **Cooking** - Summer/3 season: BRS Mini stove - Winter: Primus Spider Express 2 Plus a 750 or 900ml titanium mug **Rucksacks** - LifeVenture Foldable Sack - 22L - 130g - Bonfus frameless rucksack - 38L - 300g - Durston Kakwa - 45L - 800g - Granite Gear Blaze 60L - 1470g **Other advice** - Watch out for the midges they are absolute hell - True winter tents don’t ventilate well enough for ideal summer use - Be very weight conscious but in summer less is more, but serious winter conditions more is more. When the weather is trying to kill you, it’s better to go slower, carry more to be secure and safe. - Trekking poles are great. They benefit you in every way on the hill. - Use a water filter. I use a Katadyn BeFree, nothing cuts weight like not carry loads of water. - you can look at some of my previous posts to see quite a lot of this gear in use. Not the Hillerberg though, I’ve only got that recently for summit camping this winter. I’ve been pitching at home to be really familiar with the process. It is a damn fine tent for the worst of weather.

I’ve owned a Neutrino for years now. I also use a silk liner and a Thermarest pad. It’s been a thoroughly dependable sleeping bag. Nothing has gone wrong and I’ve found it plenty comfortable. I use it in Spring and Autumn and have a quilt for the summer and a bigger bag for the winter. Never used the S2S one, I had a look, it seems decent too. I suspect either option would do very well for you. But my experience has been a good one with the Neutrino.

I have had a Rab Neutrino for years and it’s been great down to about 0C or a bit lower. It’s light packs down small and has been perfectly durable.

Yep, they say the limit of comfort on the bag is down to - 7C, I don’t really agree with that. You don’t wanna go too far below freezing with this bag. But if you imagine that they said it was down to - 2C for comfort, I think that’s more accurate to my experience. I’ve been in it on colder nights and simply felt cold. Not dangerously cold just too cold for comfort. I have a warmer winter bag for proper cold nights now.