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User Review: The North Face Superlight ('99)

The North Face Superlight
Above: The current Superlight, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed October 22, 2000 by J

Rating: rated 3 of 5 stars
Design: Mummy
Fill: 650 fill down
Temperature Rating: 0 F
Weight: 3lbs7oz
Price Paid: $235 norm, pd. $200

Even though this bag looks good by the numbers, I can't speak very highly of its performance. Despite much effort to keep it dry, even brief contact with the moist tent floor cut straight through this bag's thin, not-waterproof-enough outshell, and went straight to the loft. With the bag only moderately damp, I was shivering in 15-20f nights, well within the bag's 0f rating. That said, i'm sure it would work well on dry approaches and powerdy dry snow, if taken care of and placed in a suffiectly dry tent.

Other than the problems with lack of waterproofness, this seems to be a good bag for the price. It has killer warmth when dry, and the fit seems good. Very lofty, especially for a bag in this price range. At just shy of three and a half pounds, I wouldn't call this a Superlight. It compresses to a fairly small package with the stuff sack included, but I feel that there is slack enough that a compression would still help significantly.

For my two cents, take the extra pound or so and buy a synthetic instead.

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Where to Buy

Buy Online We found the Superlight at 6 online stores:

StoreProduct DescriptionPrice

Campmor
2 purchase options:		Women's Superlight 0 Degree Down Sleeping Bag Long$229.98Buy Now
Superlight 0 Degree Down Sleeping Bag Long$239.98Buy Now

Backcountry.com
2 purchase options:		Superlight Sleeping Bag: 0 Degree Down$298.95Buy Now
Superlight Women's Sleeping Bag: 0 Degree Down$308.95Buy Now

Moosejaw
2 purchase options:		Men's Superlight 0 Degree Sleeping Bag$299.00Buy Now
Women's Superlight 0 Degree Sleeping Bag$309.00Buy Now

Altrec Outdoors
2 purchase options:		Superlight 0 Degree Sleeping Bag$298.95Buy Now
Women's Superlight 0 Degree Sleeping Bag$308.95Buy Now

REI
3 purchase options:		Superlight +0 Sleeping Bag - Regular$299.00Buy Now
Superlight +0 Sleeping Bag - Long$309.00Buy Now
Superlight +0 Sleeping Bag - Women's Long$309.00Buy Now

US Outdoor Store
2 purchase options:		Superlight 0°F Sleeping Bag$309.00Buy Now
Superlight 0°F Sleeping Bag - Women's$309.00Buy Now

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