User Review: Mountain Hardwear Lamina 20°

Mountain Hardwear Lamina 20°
Above: The current Lamina 20°, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed February 28, 2008 by steve179

Rating:
Design: Synthetic mummy
Fill: Synthetic Thermic Micro)
Temperature Rating: 20 degrees F
Weight: 3 lbs
Price Paid: $120

First off, I'm a big fan of Mountain Hardwear (MH) synthetic sleeping bags. I own the Lamina 45, 32, -15 and now the 20.

One of the reasons I stick with this line of sleeping bags is because of their overall comfort and designed compatibility with the MH Conduit SL bivy sack. If I'm going to encounter very wet conditions, I can integrate these bags with the bivy for additional protection and an effective temperature rating of 5-10 degrees lower.

Like other MH Lamina bags, the Lamina 20 is a well constructed bag. At 71" and 200 lbs, I find it offers ample internal volume to assume comfortable positions and rollover. The internal liner has a soft, silky texture that rapidly warms against the body.

I've found the "Thermic Micro" insulation to be highly effective for the bag's weight and to have very good compressibility. I am an increasingly "cold sleeper" but found this bag comfortable throughout the night (wearing a silk weight base-layer) with inside tent temperatures in the low 20's.

Besides effective insulation, MH offers highly compressible synthetic bags. Although not rivaling one of my decent down bags, the Lamina 20 compresses to a remarkably compact package, something I find important when trying to get the volume of my personal gear down, allowing room for crew gear.

It is, in my opinion, a best value sleeping bag. If I could only keep one bag out of the six I own (4 synthetic and 2 down), this would be the one.

Where to Buy

Buy Online We found the Lamina 20° at 6 online stores:

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Moosejaw 2 purchase options:	Lamina 20 Sleeping Bag (Spring 2008)	$145.00	Buy Now
Moosejaw 2 purchase options:	Women's Lamina 20 Sleeping Bag (Spring 2008)	$145.00	Buy Now

Backcountry.com 2 purchase options:	Lamina 20 Women's Sleeping Bag: 20 Degree Synthetic	$144.95	Buy Now
Backcountry.com 2 purchase options:	Lamina 20 Sleeping Bag: 20 Degree Synthetic	$154.95	Buy Now

Altrec Outdoors 2 purchase options:	Lamina 20 Degree Sleeping Bag	$154.95	Buy Now
Altrec Outdoors 2 purchase options:	Women's Lamina 20 Degree Sleeping Bag	$154.95	Buy Now