User Review: MontBell U.L. Super Stretch Down Hugger #4 (Ultra Light)

MontBell U.L. Super Stretch Down Hugger #4
Above: The current U.L. Super Stretch Down Hugger #4, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed April 12, 2004 by an anonymous hiker

Rating:
Design: mummy
Fill: 725
Price Paid: $235 ?

I picked up this bag from the MontBell store in Boulder, Colorado, last fall. For summer/fall backpacking this thing puts my old bag to shame. I think it's rated down to 30 F, with 725 down. For the size and weight this bag is incredible. Mine weighs under way two pounds (my scale sucks) and stuffs into a sac the size if a oblong volleyball! Plus it has the Super Stretch thing happining. The bag has elastic stiching, so it flexes and moves with you! I can sit cross-legged inside mine. When I bought my bag (2003) it was the only ultra light model available with a zipper. But now they have a whole new line on their website, all with zippers! I would have to give high marks for construction and materials used. I've used my bag a bunch and every stitch is still lookin good, and the mirco-rip stop shell material is super silky.

It get the 5 stars because of the Super Stretch system, and overall construction.

-Porch

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