Sleeping Bag Buying Guide: How to Choose the Right One for Camping
Mountain Hardwear Lamina 15 Sleeping Bag - Women's
$169.73Compared to $230.00*Save 26%
The legendary Mountain Hardwear Lamina 15 women's bag is back! Updated shell fabric and Temperlite fill deliver the same great performance in dramatically less weight without sacrificing durability.
Key Details
Fill
Temperlite
Weight
3 lbs. 12.5 oz.
Temperature Rating (F)
15 degrees (F)
- Proprietary Lamina™ welded construction maximizes the insulation's loft, eliminates cold spots and thermally maps the insulation to areas where you need the most warmth
- 20-denier ripstop polyester shell fabric is lightweight and compressible with durable water repellent (DWR) finish
- Temperlite™ insulation provides significant weight reduction without compromising warmth or loft
- Standard mummy cut is efficient, warm and comfortable
- Zoned insulation maximizes thermal efficiency and weight saving
- Shaped draft collar blocks the escape of warm air from inside the bag
- Tailored hood comfortably blocks drafts and seals in warmth
- Light and durable, 2-way #5 zipper with antisnag for easy entry, exit and ventilation
- Glow-in-the-dark, reflective zipper pull
- Nylon compression sack and mesh storage sack included
- Zips together with a compatible bag with opposite-side zipper (not included)
Imported.
Temperature ratings are intended as a guideline to help you compare products, rather than a guarantee of warmth, since many different factors contribute to your comfort while you sleep. Backpacking bags are typically rated for temperature according to an independent testing protocol—currently International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 23537, though some older items followed European Norm (EN) 13537. Testing is based on a person wearing one base layer and a pair of socks, sleeping on an insulated surface with a minimum R-value of 5.38.
Each bag then gets 2 ratings: the Comfort rating is the lowest temperature at which the bag will keep the average "cold sleeper" comfortable, and the Lower Limit rating is the lowest temperature at which the bag will keep the average "warm sleeper" comfortable. Some brands determine their own temperature rating by aligning to the Comfort rating for women’s bags, to the Lower Limit rating for men’s bags, or somewhere in the middle for nongendered bags.
View all Mountain Hardwear Camping Sleeping BagsEach bag then gets 2 ratings: the Comfort rating is the lowest temperature at which the bag will keep the average "cold sleeper" comfortable, and the Lower Limit rating is the lowest temperature at which the bag will keep the average "warm sleeper" comfortable. Some brands determine their own temperature rating by aligning to the Comfort rating for women’s bags, to the Lower Limit rating for men’s bags, or somewhere in the middle for nongendered bags.
| Best Use | Camping |
|---|---|
| Tested Lower Limit | 3 degrees (F) - ISO |
| Tested Comfort | 15 degrees (F) - ISO |
| Temperature Rating (F) | 15 degrees (F) |
| Temperature Rating (C) | -9 degrees (C) |
| Weight | 3 lbs. 12.5 oz. |
| Shell | 20-denier polyester ripstop |
| Zipper Location | Regular - Right Zip: Right |
| Insulation Type | Synthetic |
| Fill | Temperlite |
| Sleeping Capacity | 1-person |
| Lining | 20-denier plain weave nylon |
| Sleeping Bag Shape | Mummy |
| Fits Up To (in.) | 68 inches |
| Shoulder Girth (in.) | 58 inches |
| Hip Girth (in.) | 52 inches |
| Stuff Sack Size | Unavailable |
| Stuff Sack Volume | Unavailable |
| Compressed Volume | Unavailable |
| Gender | Women's |
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MichaelM
Not nearly as warm as claimed
1 month ago
I purchased this sleeping bag for my girlfriend for a backcountry trekking trip to Patagonia. It was a big disappointment. We spent two weeks looking at sleeping bags and this was the one we landed on. It is heavy and definitely not optimal for long distance backpacking. We usually use down bags both for weight and comfort. But the areas where we were planning to hike have year-round high humidity, low temperatures even in summer, and rain is common. We are often out for 10 to 12 days at a time, so we do not have the option to simply toss the bag in the dryer if it gets wet. We decided that for safety reasons synthetic was a better option for this specific trip. After much research and talking to a sales rep at REI who leads backpacking trips (she actually advised us NOT to get it, saying "It's overkill, you'll sweat to death in it"), this one seemed like the warmest one. That was important to her because she sleeps cold. We did our research and are aware that the temperature ratings are based on use of the bag along with a proper pad and tent setup, and we made sure that all those things were used consistently. Our tent was a Durston X-Mid 2 Solid Wall. The bag was always used with both a Thermorest Z-lite Sol foam mat (old and kind of compressed, so probably an R-1 value) AND a Thermorest NeoAir Xlite NXT air mattress (R-4.5 rating). This exceeds the recommended insulation value to be used along with the bag. Our coldest night was -6 C, and most nights it was between 2 C and -2 C, 7 to 11 degrees above the -9 C COMFORT rating of the bag, and 60% of mornings she reported that she didn't sleep well due to being too cold. She always got the bag out as soon as the tent was set up and fluffed it up so that it could obtain maximum loft before we went to bed. She tried with no clothes, with thin layers, and with Smartwool thermals, and still more nights than not she was too cold to sleep well. In contrast I used a Big Agnes Anthrocite 20 (Lower Limit -7 C, men are advised to use the LIMIT temp to gauge what bag to get, women are advised to look at COMFORT rating). I did not love the bag, however most nights I used only the foam pad (mine is also old and about half the thickness of a new one), no air mattress, and there were only 3 or 4 nights out of the trip where I had trouble sleeping due to being cold (I sleep fairly warm).