Choosing a Sleeping Bag
Sierra Designs creates several different kinds of sleeping bags, using Climashield™ HL, Climashield™ Green, Climashield™ XP, PrimaLoft® Eco and goose down insulation, rated for many different temperature ranges. So regardless of the weather conditions, or the position in which you sleep, you can get a good night's rest in the outdoors in a Sierra Designs sleeping bag.
The Green Effect™
Sierra Designs is at the leading edge for sustainable and recycled bags. For 2008 we're using PrimaLoft® Recycled, a synthetic insulation that offers warmth and compressibility and it is made from recycled soda and water bottles. EcoSensor™ recycled shell material is durable and offers Sierra Designs quality in a post-consumer recycled product. EcoSensor™ is based on a breakthrough technology allowing us to reconstruct stronger and more resilient polyester from discarded bottles and materials. Climashield™ Green relies on post-consumer recycled material and is featured in our Verde 20 and Déjà Vu 20 bags.
DriZone™ Waterproof/BreathableIt's our secret weapon, DriZone™ 40-denier nylon waterproof/breathable material. We use it in our single-wall tents, bivy sacks and award-winning DriZone™ sleeping bags. The sleeping bag category has won numerous accolades from industry "People in the Know" – Outside magazine 2006 Gear of the Year award and Backpacker magazine Editors' Choice Award in 2004. This season we've upped the waterproofness of DriZone without sacrificing breathability – specs we've verified with an independent third-party testing facility. With our improved fabric, we're tuck stitching our DriZone bags, giving water fewer chances to enter the bag and increasing durability by hiding seams. We've also expanded our DriZone line this season to offer 30-degree bags for men and women – the Rain Shadow and Stargazer. |
Men's Bags Echo -20 Echo 0 Trade Wind 15 Trade Wind 30 Women's Electra -20 Electra 0 Solar Flare 15 Solar Flare 30 Zagori Bivy Navassa Bivy |
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UltralightUltralight gear is all the rage and for good reason! A smaller, lighter pack is essential to move farther and faster in the backcountry. Some of our best sellers, the 800-fill Ultralights feature 22-denier shell materials to save weight without sacrificing durability. The competition sometimes uses a 15- or even 10-denier fabric, but compare the durability and tear strengths of our upgraded 22-denier and we think the three grams/yards (that's right, three grams) difference in weight is worth the greatly increased durability. Our Ultralight synthetic bags utilize Primaloft Eco - the most compressible and environmentally friendly synthetic insulation available. |
Men's Ultralight Bags Nitro 15 Nitro 30 Lazer 30 Wicked Light 45 Women's Ultralight Bags Spark 15 Spark 30 Flare 30 |
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3-Season DownDown has always made the most sense for insulation—it compresses well, insulates better than anything else and provides years and years of high performance. With its slim cut and tiny dimensions when compressed, it's geared towards bike tourists, hostelers and weight-freaks. And while we're bragging a little, we're proud that our Arrow Rock was a 2005 Outside "Gear of the Year" nominee! |
Men's Down Bags
Trade Wind 15 Trade Wind 30 Arrow Rock 15 Arrow Rock 30 Arrow Rock 45 Women's Down Bags Solar Flare 15 Solar Flare 30 Diamond Springs 15 Diamond Springs 30 | |
3-Season SyntheticSierra Designs sleeping bags employ three different synthetic insulations suited to three different user profiles. PrimaLoft Eco offers high-performance compressibility, warmth and environmental goodness, while Climashield XP delivers higher warmth to a lower fill ratio in our Cochise and Yachiyo. Whatever your needs, there's a Sierra Designs synthetic bag perfectly adapted for you. |
Men's Synthetic Bags
Cochise 15 Cochise 30 Cochise 45 Verde 20 Wild Bill 20 Women's Synthetic Bags Yachiyo 15 Yachiyo 30 Yachiyo 45 Déjà Vu 20 Rosa 20 | |
4-SeasonOur four-season sleeping bag offering is designed with our Expedition Jacket Hood™, welded construction and our award winning Drizone™ waterproof breathable fabric. Sierra Designs sleeping bags continue to win awards from top magazines like Backpacker and Outside. Most recent was the 2006 Gear of the Year award for the Trade Wind. The Echo and Electra step it up in 2008 with welded seams. We use cutting-edge welding technology to create a stronger fully waterproof sleeping bag. There is no need to worry about condensation or dew. The streamlined design of the Expedition Jacket Hood™ creates the most thermally efficient hood on the market. A full-face draft tube and internal chest collar can all be adjusted tightly around the face for extreme conditions - quiet in a storm and darkness in extreme northern or southern latitudes. |
Men's 4-Season Bags
Echo -20 Echo 0 Nahche 0 Women's 4-Season Bags Electra -20 Electra 0 Winema 0 | |
Youth SeriesDon't mistake our kid models as just plain miniature sleeping bags. These are designed specifically for our little backcountry companions with tricot-lined foot boxes and hoods, attached storage sacks, chest pockets for all the weird stuff kids carry around, an elastic tab with which to connect a flashlight and an internal pocket for spare clothes. |
Youth Series Bags
Big Dog 20 Big Dog 40 Dragonfly 20 Dragonfly 40 |