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Mountain Equipment
Mountain Equipment Glacier 700
Trapezoid box-wall baffles and traceable duck down for a -6 °C comfort rating at 1.2 kg.
- Weight
- 1,230 g
- Comfort
- -6 °Climit -13 °C
- Packed
- 30 × 22 × 20 cm
Best price found
£322.12
at Alpinetrek · In stock, some sizes sold out · RRP £429.49
Prices checked 31 October 2026. We may earn a commission on these links.
- 700 FP down
- RDS down
- Recycled fabrics
- Box-wall baffles
Specifications
- Weight
- 1,230 g (1,280 g long; TGO measured 1,180 g)
- Packed size
- 30 × 22 × 20 cm
- Comfort
- Comfort -6 °C / limit -13 °C
- Fill
- 700 FP duck down, 699 g fill
- Shell & construction
- DRILITE LOFT outer with 100% GRS-certified recycled…; Trapezoid baffles on top with slanted box-wall…
- Rating Standard
- ISO 23537 rating
- Fill Note
- 699g of 90/10 pure duck down, minimum 700 fill power; DOWN CODEX traceable…
- Zip
- 140 cm zip with full-length Gemini zip baffle
Pros & cons
- 'very warm for its class' and light, with a roomy footbox and a small but well-fitting hood
- Traceable DOWN CODEX / RDS down and a water-resistant DRILITE LOFT shell
- Trapezoid + slanted box-wall construction with 6-baffle footbox for expedition use
- the close cut 'restricts leg movement'
- Expensive next to similarly rated bags from Rab and Alpkit
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700 g of 850 FP Polish goose down in a 1.15 kg bag rated to -10 °C comfort; direct from Poland.
- Weight
- 1.15 kg
- Comfort
- -10 °Cbrand's own figure
- Packed
- 33 × 20 cm
- 850 FP down
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Alpkit SkyeHigh 900
900 g of recycled RDS down and a roomy cut for under £250, direct from Alpkit.
- Weight
- 1.4 kg
- Comfort
- -6 °Climit -13 °C
- Packed
- 24 × 37 cm
- 650 FP down
- RDS down
- Draught collar
- Box-wall baffles
- Two-way zip
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£249.99
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Snugpak Softie Elite 5
Military-grade synthetic bag with an expansion panel and boots-on foot, rated to -15 °C by Snugpak.
- Weight
- 2.4 kg
- Comfort
- -15 °Cbrand's own figure
- Packed
- 32 × 26 cm
- Synthetic fill
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