Best Sleeping bag and pad combo for $200

[mlawrence125]

Looking for suggestions for a bag and pad combo. I would like to stay around $200 for both. I tend to run hot so I wouldn't need a super warm bag. For reference I am 6' 2", 230lbs with a 44" chest so I would most likely need to get a wide/long bag. Thanks

 

[Hunt'nFish]

Truck camping or backpack?
Hunt'nFish

 

[ohhiitznik]

I'd get a thermarest polite foam pad, for 40 bucks. Then I'd look for a used enlighten equipment quilt. I run that setup and have taken my 30 degree prodigy down to 15 degrees in the high country on some unexpected cold nights. I'm a warm sleeper as well.

 

[mlawrence125]

Truck camping or backpack?
Hunt'nFish

Military setting...rucks and trucks

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[Hunt'nFish]

Rucks & trucks.... ok, I don't consider them the same.

First, for trucks a twin Coleman air mattress and and a Coleman Big & Tall 'Big Game' 0-20F from Bi-Mart will work for a base/truck bed roll... $100 total.

For the ruck, size & weight are of more importance.
For Summer, I roll with a BigAgnes Q-Core pad long/wide, but just about any air-core pad will work. Lots of threads on pads here. The newer Q-Core SL and SLX are lighter but more $$$'s... expect to pay anywhere from $100-150 price shopping sales & coupon codes.
For summer bags... I tend to run cheap 40F synthetic bags and unzip and use as a quilt/blanket... $15. Many nights that's even overkill. Others run 10F down quilts clear through fall... $200-300.

As temp drops, I switch to BigAgnes Down bags with my Insultated Q-Core pad... they are hybrid rectangle bag with down on top & un-insulated sleeve on bottom for pad to slip into. I like them because you can move around without twisting up in bag. Expect to pay upto $200 for a long wide. But sometimes you can find them used in the classifieds on here. I think I paid a little over $100 for mine on here.

But like I said, I'm a believer in having a truck bedroll and a seperate backpack setup. I like to keep wear/tear off my expensive gear and use the cheapest solution whenever possible. And it nice to have a cot and truck bedroll at the truck during late night meat runs. Eat, crash and get up early to make another run into the backcountry for more meat and/or camp.

Oh, one other thing... I could see starting with a Military sleep system as a cheap truck/all purpose bedroll. That gore-tex bivy in the set is really durable and you can find the set online for sometimes as low as $60. Not light though.
I have one, bit its rarely used.
Hope this helps,
Hunt'nFish

 

[COlineman78]

Klymit Static V Insulated is the best for it's price and give you some room to work on the bag. They can be had for $70 today. This will give you a little room on the bag. I am currently running an Exped Symat UL9 in LW. If you were to save on the bag I would go with either it or a UL7.

This depends on how you are with being constrained if you want light weight. If weight is important than you can grab a used Kelty Cosmic Down 0 or 20 in long for $120ish. It is fairly constraining in the shoulders however. If you are looking for one let me know as I am probably looking to get rid of mine in lieu of something with some more shoulder room.

If shoulder room is important, Marmot tends to have a fairly generous shoulder cut. For this price range you are going to be looking at synthetics. Alps also makes a good bag for the money and you will end up under your mark with one of them so you could look to spend more on your pad.

Mountain Hardware's Lamina bags are also very nice for the price and you could get them on sale down around $140 which would push you to $210 total. They make the Bozeman Torch 0 in a long extra wide and it would be $128.

The thing you will sacrifice most in this price range is weight. If you were willing to spend more you would be in the sub 4lbs range, but in this price range I would expect to see you around the 6lb mark. The prices I listed were based on CampSaver's current 20% off prices.

 

[tipsntails7]

I really don't think you will be happy with ether item if you limit them both to 200 bucks. Just me though.


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[mlawrence125]

It's what I have for budget, I've never spent more than 40 on a sleeping bag so 150 or so is a huge step up for me

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[tipsntails7]

It's what I have for budget, I've never spent more than 40 on a sleeping bag so 150 or so is a huge step up for me

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I would say, either keep saving and ride with what you have, or spend all the money on one and use what you have for the other.


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[lkwoolsey]

There are tons of good companies out there. I used Thermarest Z kites for years, on snow, dirt, sand, whatever, and was fine with them. Or the Blue foam mat at WalMart theta runs about $15. They both worked great. That gives you some money on a bag. The Slumberjack Sojourn and Lapland are on sale on the slumberjack site right now, you can get either in 0 or 20 degree, and both come in a long size as well. Yeah, with this set up you'll trade off a bit in weight, but not that much. If you end up going with one of those bags, you'll have enough for a thermarest foam mat, if you want to do that instead of the WalMart one (although, I've used them all, and the WalMart foam mat works just as good as the thermarest one... just my opinion though...)