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Mountain Equipment Xero 200, bit pricey though. Something from this article?
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Decathlon do (used to?) a lightweight decent quality fill down bag, sure its now mountain hardware, but they retail around £90-120. The one i've got is 910g on my scales and I think comfort to 0C and survival to -5C. Its not full size though, i'm 5'9 and I wear it like a sock. Cost me about £10 in their sale. Has a really well thought out baffle too.
Force Ten in 2014 model range had some really really competitive down bags but you might struggle to find them, price since then has gone through the roof for the stuff (I remember it increasing by like 80% in a 3 month period in 2013) so newer bags will be more money.
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I've got a Mountain Equipment Phantom 32. They also do a 45 which is for warmer climate.
http://www.mountainhardwear.com/mens-phantom-32-regular-OU8486.htmlI love my bag. If it's warm I use it as a quilt. If it's cold then snuggle up and it's good.
I've slept down to about -10 in a bivi bag, phantom 32, silk liner in just boxers with it with no issues at all.
That said, for UK summer short trip. I'd just take the silk liner an wear my clothes.
I'm doing a 2 week trip thrrough eastern europe in a month and I'm not taking a sleeping bag. Don't see the need. Silk liner and polartec jacket will be enough.Don't waste your money on alpkit.
Someone posted PHD above, spend it there. I got my ME bag at a steal, or I'd have got PHD bag. You can also get a legs on bag, so just wear a coat to keep top warm.
http://www.phdesigns.co.uk/delta-150-down-sleeping-bag@laner You taking a sleeping bag out east with you? I wasn't going to bother.
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I've always been a Trangia man. You can do so much with them.
PROTIP: if cooking pancakes, use the saucepan upside-down. Works lots better than the frying pan.
On this note, I went to the outdoor shops in Covent Garden today looking for a summer sleeping bag that packs down nice and small. Was prepared to spend a couple of hundred but the choice was distinctly underwhelming from North Face/Cotswolds/Ellis Brigham etc.
Basically Looking for something suitable for the UK summer (down to, what, 7 deg?) that packs up as small as possible. I have a 4 season thing that's quite old. I can't remember the brand but it's got a Norwegian flag on it. Really warm bag but and quite bulky but by comparison to what I saw today it was positively svelte.
EDIT: my current bag is a Nanok