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4.5
First off, this bag is rugged!!!! Note, be very gentle and careful w the mosquito net, as you would any. But I used this bag to sleep in the Philippines jungles in a hammock on a mission trip for 3 weeks. Lots of bugs, but not on me, bag was great. I also use this regularly at our cabin in Washington where weather can get down to 30 degrees, and this bag is no problem, just add a Sea to Summit Reactor Extreme +25 degree sleeping bag liner! Just an old foam USArmy ground roll under. I also have used this bag on the Pacific Crest trail w a Reactor Extreme and a good Foam ground roll in 32 degree weather. This bag is great if you know how to do modular layering which we learned in the army w our modular bags. The bag packs down so tiny, you can add a tiny reactor liner and ground pad no problem. This bag becomes a four season bag. Also, unlike I have experienced in the past w my 15 degree expensive mummy bags, when you go modular, you aren’t stuck sweating in a 15 degree bag in 40 degree weather, and thus freezing because while asleep you climb out of the bag while too hot, then freeze because then it is cold!!! Instead you just subtract the reactor liner if too hot. Or add it if you know will be cool. The mosquito net is priceless as it allows you to just bring a good tarp or lightweight fly tarp instead of full tent. The ripstop fabric on this tent I have taken everywhere the last 3-4 years still looks like new. It is bulletproof tough. If you want a modular system this is the way to go. ***update, I am testing this bag in my backyard along the Delta, temp is 33 degrees, I have just the following: Snugpak Jungle Bag, Reactor Extreme Liner, wool socks, medium weight thermal top/bottom underwear. No gloves no hat. It is comfortable but this is the limit. I am 5’9” I find I have the mosquito net above my head about 5”. The I just breath not directly out so as not to suck in cold air. If I added gloves and pants and another top over my underwear I would easily be comfortable at 30 degrees But I do think 30 is the limit w extra clothethes. The ultimate setup would be this jungle bag w a Reactor Extreme and a bivy bag to just roll it all up and throw it down quickly. Especially a MSS bag. W a bivy into the 30’s no problem! Note the key to all is a heat liner like the Reactor Extreme or Snugpak fleece liner. I keep my liner in my bag, roll it all up together, goes in the tiny stuff sack, and just a great ultralight thru hike kit w a mosquito net! Can’t beat that!!!!****UPDATE****This bag now a 4 season bag for me as I have started using it like a US Army MSS layering system!! I used this 36 degree Jungle Bag as an outer layer with my 30 degree US Army MSS Patrol Bag (bought used on Amazon for $30) in the Sierra Nevada’s hiking near Yosemite in January. Temp’s got down to 5 degrees I was toasty warm! The US Army 30 deg patrol bag fits like a glove inside the jungle bag! I then had the MSS Bivy as my only shelter over that. I might have been fine even if it went down to zero degrees. I was only wearing t shirt, socks and boxers. The cool thing about this is that the jungle bag, seems big enough to be the outer bag for most medium to light sleeping bags, thus providing the mosquito netting as coverage for all!!!! The advantage to this layering system is you can avoid having to lug around one giant bulky 0 degree bag. Instead you can have both small rolled bags separate in your pack for streamlining or you can roll them together w a bivy like the MSS system and attach the big roll to outside of your pack. Very versatile! This jungle bag when used this way becomes an easy bug net for all your sleeping bags.
