One of the lesser known brands of equipment we’re proud to offer at Sheepleg is SnugPak, a lightweight sleeping bag manufacturer popular in the UK but more difficult to obtain in the US. SnugPak makes very lightweight, efficient, affordable, and extremely compact sleeping bags constructed of top-notch high tech fabrics and insulators like Paratex, Pertex, Tactel, and their own Travelsoft insulation.
The series I’m most excited about as a lightweight backpacker is the Travelpak line, which includes three styles of bag, the Travelpak Lite, the Travelpak Extreme, and the Travelpak Traveller.
The Travelpak Lite is a mummy bag that weighs a feathery 29 oz and keeps you comfortable down to 49 degrees or an extreme 36 degrees, making it perfect for summer use and shoulder season use and in tropical climates. It packs down to a the size of a fat loaf of fancy artisan bread using the included compression stuff sack.
The Travelpak Extreme weighs 39 oz but keeps you cozy at 36 and takes you bravely down to 27 degrees. The TravelPak Extreme squeezes down to two fancy loaves using the included stuff sack.
The Travelpak Traveller is an extremely interesting bag aimed squarely at backpackers who travel and spend nights in hotels and hostels or even friendly couches, where it can be nice to have a little clean bag to keep the bed bugs and other creepy crawlies away: it has a very clever no-seeum bug netting that can zip over the head opening of the bag to protect against mosquitoes and other nuisances. It is a great bag for summer and shoulder season outdoor use, acting as a light bug-proof bivy bag on clear and starry nights and is great for use under a tarp. As a hotel or hostel bag, you can either zip it up as a rectangular bag or unzip it to lay it flat as a blanket. This bag squeezes down to the size of a fat loaf of multigrain bread using the included stuff sack.
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