Mountain Hardwear  Lamina Eco AF 30F/-1C Sleeping Bag

I’ve had this bag for a few years and have brought it on many backpacking and car camping trips at this point. I am a petite 5’4” woman and it fits me quite. That being said, for anyone else, this bag might be too small. I usually use a warmth adding liner with it, because I’m usually camping in the intermountain west or PNW and it can get quite chilly at night. But I love and prefer this combo because it means I usually just wash my liner and not the bag itself. This bag was a massive upgrade for me between it being very lightweight, it packing down to a small size, and honestly even the zippers being very user friendly—which are especially useful when you’re zipping the bag open/closed in the middle of the night and don’t have your headlamp on. Yes the bag is white, but it honestly does not get dirty easily and when it does, it takes several trips before it’s even noticeable. Plus if you think about it, wouldn’t you rather see/be able to notice when it is getting dirty so you know it needs to be washed? Hands down, this was probably the best upgrade type purchase I’ve made so far.

The "performance mummy cut" means that this thing has a super slim design. I'm 6', 200 lbs with an athletic build. This bag is so skinny, it's barely tolerable. It is warm enough, as rated, but you really need to be a slim guy to make this thing work for you. It is unusually lightweight for a synthetic bag of this temp rating. After spending one night in the bag, it becomes clear how they did it.

I was planning a serious Alaskan backcountry trip and realized my trusty sleeping bag was almost 20 years old. I bought the Lamina Eco AF 30F to shed some weight and experience a bag with that new-car loft again. I took the bag into the backcountry for a week: temperatures were 30F - 55F and I slept in a single-person double-wall tent. What's great? This bag packs down small. I was able to use a 50L pack for a seriously remote, full week in the wilderness. The bag is well constructed, with durable materials and GREAT zippers. I like simple gear, and this bag isn't laden with unnecessary, useless features. Less complexity = fewer failure modes. After a week in the backcountry, the pearly-white bag was a little dirty. It washed up nicely following MH's instructions. Pearly-white again, if that matters. What should you know? I'm not a big bloke - 5'9" and 163 pounds, very lean. This bag is not spacious across the shoulders. There was plenty of foot room, but my shoulders just about filled the bag. I'm an exothermic bloke, and tend to run hot. There were two evenings where I still had to don a long-sleeved shirt and watch cap to remain comfy in this bag. If you run cold, this is probably not a 30F bag for you. Overall I am stoked with this bag. It's size, construction, warmth range, and usability completely fill my needs for any sort of 3-season adventures.