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Related Articles... No Related Articles at This Time When shopping for your next backpacking sleeping bag, you will have the urge to purchase the one with the lowest temperature rating. For guys, it’s a measure of their testosterone. On a backpacking trip, each guy will boast about the rating of their bag. Whoever has a zero or lower-rated bag symbolically pounds their chest as the winner of the warmest bag. At night, the inevitable happens. The “winner” is profusely sweating because he is hot. They fidget all night trying to adjust their bag to reach some level of comfort. Most backpacking happens in the warmer times of the year with summer as the peak. A zero rate bag is usually overkill and may bust your spending budget. The Sierra Designs Verde 40 is a three-season mummy bag to accommodate the warmer weather months. Just as the name implies, Sierra Designs rates the bag at 40 Degrees Fahrenheit. For late spring, summer and early fall backpacking trips, the Verde 40 typically will offer a comfortable night of sleep. The Verde 40 is synthetically filled with Sierra Designs’ ECOPET. The synthetic fill is soft and was a feel similar to down.
The Sierra Designs Verde 40 is recommended for backpacking trips in the warmer weather. For most, it can be the only sleeping bag for your backpacking excursions. Sierra Designs lists the Verde 40 at $149.95. Tags:
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