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Snugpak
Snugpak Softie 12 WGTE
UK-made synthetic winter bag rated to -10 °C comfort for about £160–£212, 2 kg standard size.
- Weight
- 2,000 g
- Comfort
- -10 °Cbrand's own figure
- Packed
- 25 × 23 cm (compressed)
Best price found
£159.99
at Dragon Supplies · In stock, some sizes sold out · only 5 left (olive)
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- Synthetic fill
- Made in UK
- Two-way side zip
- Zips together
- Compression sack
Specifications
- Weight
- 2,000 g (standard; short 1850 g, extra long 2150 g)
- Packed size
- 25 × 23 cm (compressed)
- Comfort
- Comfort -10 °C / low -15 °C
- Fill
- Softie Premier synthetic (100% polyester)
- Shell & construction
- Paratex Steelplate nylon outer; Paratex Light nylon lining
- Rating Standard
- Brand's own rating (Snugpak says 'for guidance only'; no ISO test given)
- Fill Note
- Washable synthetic fill, no stitch-through construction. Sold in Short, Standard and Extra Long, left or right zip; retailers still call it the Softie 12 Osprey.
- Season
- 4-season / UK winter
- Zip
- Two-way YKK side zip with insulated baffle; left or right, can join two bags
Pros & cons
- Washable polyester Softie Premier fill avoids down's problems with damp and drying
- Claimed -10 °C comfort for under £170 at military-kit stockists
- Made in the UK, with left or right zips that can join two bags
- 2 kg and a 25 × 23 cm stuff sack: roughly twice the weight of a down bag of similar warmth
- Ratings are Snugpak's own, not ISO tested, so they are hard to compare with other bags
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