Mountain Hardwear Phantom +32 Sleeping Bag - Women's Long

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For three-season adventures, this bag has a women-specific shape that maximizes warmth while minimizing weight and bulk.

Women-specific sizing and shape reduces shoulder and foot girth, while additional fill adds warmth to the head, hips and feet
Features quality European 800-fill-power goose down, blended and lab-certified in the United States
Box baffle construction creates maximum loft with minimum weight; 5 in. baffle width keeps down from shifting and prevents cold spots
Light, high-tenacity nylon shell features a highly water-resistant acrylic finish
Warmth is optimized through differential cut of shell and lining fabrics, allowing the goose down adequate room to expand to its full loft
Multi-baffle, tailored hood brings the sides of the hood in close to the neck and face, reducing the need to cinch the hood tight to keep warm
When it's cold enough to cinch down hood, face gasket makes hood closure more comfortable and effective
Multibaffle Comfort Foot Box is shaped to allow feet to rest naturally; shape preserves loft and allows down to drape closer to feet for more warmth
Three-quarter-length zipper saves weight
Two-way locking zipper sliders stay in place when bag is partially unzipped for ventilation; snag-guards keep fabric from catching in zipper
Insulated draft tube isn't sewn through and extends to bottom of bag to eliminate cold spots
Insulated zipper gusset seals in heat at base of zipper
Comes with mesh storage sack and super-light stuff sack

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Mountain Hardwear Phantom +32 Sleeping Bag - Women's Long Specs

Specification	Description
Temperature rating (F)	32 degrees Fahrenheit
Temperature rating (C)	0 degrees Celsius
Average weight	24 ounces
Average weight - metric	0.68 kilogram
Shell	Nylon
Fill	800-fill goose down
Fill weight	11 ounces
Lining	Nylon taffeta
Fits up to	5 ft. 10 in.
Shoulder girth	58 inches
Hip girth	58 inches
Stuff sack size	7 x 10 inches
Sleeping bag shape	Mummy
Gender	Women's
Insulation type	Down

Mountain Hardwear Phantom +32 Sleeping Bag - Women's Long Customer Reviews

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Mountain Hardwear Phantom +32 Sleeping Bag - Women's Long

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2009

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4.0

Best compromise between size and temp

By jean sf

from San Francisco

About Me Avid Adventurer

Pros

Comfortable
Lightweight
Stows Easily

Cons

Best Uses

3 Season Camping
Backpacking

Comments about Mountain Hardwear Phantom +32 Sleeping Bag - Women's Long:

I had an old synthetic sleeping bag that I had been using for car camping for the past 10 years. However, I was doing a lot more bike camping now.

Advantages of my old synthetic:
- warm
- works when wet

Disadvantages of my old synthetic:
- doesn't compress well
- heavy

So I was really looking for a smaller (much) and lighter sleeping bag. In the end, I decided to get the Mountain Hardwear Phantom +32. Why?

1) Warm weather rating - I didn't really need a cold weather sleeping bag since I would be doing most of my camping here in northern California where I could either hike or bike in. I would probably not be going out in consistently freezing weather. And with a +32 I could get a sleeping bag that compresses much more than a +15.

2) Down over synthetic - Although down doesn't hold up well when damp, it does compress much better. And if it was small enough, I could carry it in my dry bag and there would be no rain issues.

3) 800 fill - The 800 fill down compresses down much more than 600. It was worth the extra money for me to get the extra compression so that I could fit it into my dry bag and have lots of room leftover for other stuff.

If you're sensing a theme here, it's because I was really focused on compression and size.

I was also considering the Western Mountaineering sleeping bags but they were much pricier.

After taking it out for several trips it has held up in the most important aspects for me - very small (it compresses down to slightly larger than a nalgene bottle) and lightweight.

Nighttime camping temperatures have ranged from 50s to 90s. In the 50s I've usually been a little warm, but I'm a very warm sleeper. I'm not sure how it will hold up when colder but I'm not very worried.

It took a little while to get used to the 3/4 zipper. Like I said, I'm a warm sleeper and I get uncomfortable when my feet get hot. So I wish there was a way to stick my feet out of the bag without having to contort myself. But it's something I'm willing to live with since the bag is probably lighter and warmer this way.

The one thing I will note though, is that you should research sleeping bag temperature ratings before you buy. I talked to a really helpful guy at REI who said basically American manufacturers don't have a standardized system for the temperature ratings. He said usually they are optimistic and indicate more of a survival temperature than comfort rating. Unless the manufacturer uses the standard European code, you will have no idea what you're getting. If a sleeping bag uses the standard European code it will probably be more accurate.