Hey guys and gals,
I went on an overnight trip to Linville Gorge last week and used a really wallet friendly sleep system that did the trick for me and wanted to share it with everyone.
Bag: Outdoor Vitals OV light 35 degree hollow fill synthetic bag. MSR $37 on Amazon
So I've had this bag for about a year and have spend 7 or 8 nights in it. At around 45 degrees I can't use the hood while wearing base layers because I was uncomfortably warm, this was earlyer this fall.
For the trip to LVG I was expecting nighttime temps down into the low 30's. Temps exceeded my expectations and actually got down to 27, needless to say I was prepared for the cooler temps.
What I did was bring along a double black diamond Costco down quilt as I'm sure most people on this forum are familiar with at this point. I lined the quilt into my bag all the way down to the foot box. I was wearing a poly thermal base layer and some wool sock and tada! that was it I was warm all night for less than $60. I did wake up a few times with cold feet which is something normal for me even at home in my house, my solution to that is to sew a footbox into my quilt to keep my from pulling it past my feet as I move around while I'm sleeping.
Had I worn my jacket and pants I'm sure I could have pushed it to lower temps but it wasn't needed and I'm not really gonna risk losing sleep.
Anyway this worked great for me and the bag is 2.2lb with a 15 or 16 ounce weight on the quilt so just over 3lbs I'm not gonna complain on a budge like mine.