Snuggle into the Cosmic 20º Down Sleeping Bag and snooze. This 3-season bag offers great value for the investment, and the 550 Fill-Down means low-weight but high warmth so you will be comfortable even from cool spring nights through the brisk fall nights. The Cosmic Down 20 retains warmth exceptionally well by utilizing an insulated draft tube with anti-snag design, an efficient, form-fitting hood, and top draft collar. Box-baffle construction, ground level seams, and differential cut maximi
$ 139.95
Great entry level down bag,
I feel badly when you pry out of a kid that they were cold last night. Sure, they might not complain much, but it doesn’t seem quite fair when you were warm and they weren’t. Back packing is supposed to be fun, and it’s not fun when you’re cold. When I saw these bags – even at full price, I figured they were worth a try.
I got two of them. A short, fishing-lure-looking thing for my eleven year old daughter, and a regular-size green one for my thirteen year old son. I couldn’t be more pleased. They are well made, and appear durrable. My wife, at 5’6″ fits in the short just fine. I, at 6’1”, am a rather snug fit in in the regular. So far the feathers don’t leak. My kids give them a thumbs up. They slept in them at 20 degrees. The daughter said her bottom half was a little cold, but not bad. The son said he slept a little cool. One door and they could have been in their own warm beds. They slept soundly (I checked on them through the night). They looked quite comfortable. We had to wake the daughter up at 9:AM. FYI, 20 degrees bare foot, and in a bathrobe is COLD! These bags should be very comfortable at 30 degrees, their “comfort” rating. The bag compresses well. For the money, this is a super value.
In reading other reviews I note a complaint that you can see light through the bag, or hollow spots, without apparent feathers. This is not a flaw, it’s a down bag. Shake the bag thourally to fluff it up and distribute the feathers. You will still see light through the bag – that’s OK. Another complaint I see is that the bag smells – like duck feathers. It does; and says duck down right on the tag. This is NOT a $200 goose down bag. It’s no big deal. It’s a camping smell that says “You’re going to be warm tonight”. If that bothers you, spend more money, and don’t go near the camp fire; by comparison, that really stinks.
Old Guy
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|This is NOT a 20 degree bag,
Just took this overnight in Mt. Baldy in California and was very uncomfortable in 34 degree weather. Luckily, I had a down parka to wrap around myself to avoid a whole night of shivering. I could feel plenty of cold spots through the bag and in the morning I found out why. Holding this bag up to the sunlight, you could see how poorly the baffles were filled with down – – it was like there were stripes of down interspaced with stripes of virtually nothing in between the next stripe of down. The “cold” spots were equal to the “warm” spots.
I’ll keep this bag for a summer bag, but don’t buy this if you expect to stay warm anywhere near the 30 degree mark.
PROS: Light in weight, and packs down small. Comes with a nice stuff bag. Price is good for down.
CONS: You’ll freeze your buns off in cold weather, ie, poorly rated for a 20 degree bag
I would NOT recommend this bag to a friend.
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|Soft, Lofty Comfort in a bargin down package!,
When I first removed bag from manufacturer box, it looked really large in it’s 8×13 stuff sack, as a previous bag I just tried was in a compression sack of 7×10! No compression sack or storage bag included, to keep price down probably. Anyway at first glance it’s not very impressive, looks flat as well as very light weight and not like it would be warm enough. The other reviewer stated you can see thru bag at baffle seems, (true) which is a little dis-heartening at first. Bag did fluffy up nicely, especially outside in the chilly night air. This bag is very soft to the touch, I think outside of bag is softer than the inside! Outside bag colors vary but the backs are dark grey and inside light grey, great for critter checks! The manufacturer box holds a lot of great information that they should disclose in their ads, less returns & more informed customer purchasing! So here’s Kelty’s box info, pictures included. Kelty like most sellers only disclose their maximum temp. rating and not the comfort rating, 2 very different things. As well as basic, again basic assumption that women sleep colder than men. This bag is rated for the maximum temp of 20 degrees for a standard guy and 32 degrees for a standard woman as we are all different. These comfort and maximum ratings are based on wearing thermal underwear to bed. Not sure your picking the right bag? Contact the company who makes it and ask them what the comfort rating is before you buy the bag. This bag is DUCK DOWN, not goose, but still pretty warm for me. Pack ability a must for me! I am a 5’6″ woman and purchased the regular size bag for more wiggle room. The women’s specific bag is also roomy and cut wider, which was very appealing but the 5’6″ height rating had me concerned about not enough room. I did not want to feel jamed into this bag from top to bottom either. Also think women’s colors don’t appeal to all of us & more color options would be great. I took the “fishing lure” Macaw color other reviewer spoke of, (too funny). The bag has sleeping pad security loops that I can’t figure out how to use with my Cosmo Air mattress, no instructions included. There are liner loops on inside and hanging loops at bottom. Also a guy line and flat string line to close neck baffle and head pocket, the little cam that holds these lines together is very small and hard to use and I have small hands! Bad choice for this bag, but it works with a little concentration. There is also a Velcro zipper cover, which also folds into it’s self when not in use so you don’t get your hair caught in Velcro! The inside zipper can be a little sticky until you figure out your system for moving zipper baffle out of the way in a hurried bathroom break.
Testing ground- starting at 50 degree temp in Mountainsmith Morrison 2 tent (which is so funny as it’s a weird green too!!). Dressed in sweats, T-shirt & lightweight fleece shirt and socks. Way too hot!! Had to remove socks right away, as there is no way to vent your feet, zipper is pretty high up from footbox to stick them out, but can be done. Zipper is 20″ from bottom of footbox. Also had to leave bag open for air flow. At 50 degrees shorts and T-shirt only in my opinion! Temp dropped down to about 42 degrees in middle of night and back went socks and zipper came up to, but only to about top of belly. I was not even a little cold, so I could see a 32 degree use by women who dress properly and know if they sleep hot or cold and the limits of your bag. I had no problem turning inside this bag, from side to back to other side, (I toss & turn) bag did not suffocate me or trap me. I also did not have any cool spots in the bag despite the down not being right up against the seems. Maybe in future they could sew fabric or something into seem to help with that problem. Overall I really like this bag, it’s a nice switch from my camping synthetic bag, not so heavy and bulky. The color choices are limited in this style bag, just deal with it, it good humor at the campfire!
Bag would have gotten 5 stars except, no instructions on using pad loops, cam for head/neck baffle too small, & either a compression sack or storage sack should have been included. Also this bag is not 2lb 3 oz, The Reg is 2 lb 10 oz/ 78″L & 62″ shoulder- Short is 2 lb 5 oz/ 72″L & 58″ shoulder and the Long is 3 lb 5 oz/ 84″L & 64″ shoulder. These are off the box. I’m definitely keeping this bag, as I sleep cold & it kept me warm and I don’t sleep out in 30 degree or less anyway!
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