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Backpacker Magazine – Fall Gear Guide 2009
Gear Review: Big Agnes Lost Ranger/Roxy Ann Sleeping Bag
This roomy bag is great for XL frames and restless sleepers; stay warm down to 15°F.
Big Agnes Roxy Ann
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Buy the men's or women's version (shown) of this bag, and you'll get serious space–great for XL frames, restless sleepers, and storing extra winter clothes–without extra weight. This staff favorite has a tapered rectangular shape, yet it's rated conservatively. The 15°F bag kept our cold-sleeping gear editor warm when temps dipped below freezing.
Credit plenty of 650-fill down on top and a free-hanging draft yoke that snugs around your neck and seals in body heat without any fussy cords. The company's signature pad sleeve is the only thing on the bottom (hence the weight savings); Big Agnes figures you'd crush the down if they put it there, so your mat provides the only ground insulation. A built-in pillowcase–stuffed with your puffy jacket–makes for a luxurious head rest. The price is a bargain considering the warmth. $190-$220; 2 lbs. 12 oz. (w's petite); each model comes in two sizes; bigagnes.com
FULL PRODUCT SPECS: Lost Ranger 15
FULL PRODUCT SPECS: Roxy Ann 15
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READERS COMMENTS
Just bought this a last week and spent 5 days packing through the peaks around lake Tahoe. This pack is great and worked well with my already acquired REI LiteCore. I sleep in a henessy hammock and noticed that the mummy shaped pad was fine, since the curve of the hammock pushed the down in around me.
As long as the sleeping pad is a 70x20x2.5 pad and it's not a mummy it will work. The pad has to fill up the whole pad sleeve otherwise you can forget about the 15º raiting. I've taken the Lost Ranger down to 9º and slept very confy!
These will work with any standard 20 inch wide pad.
Do you have to use a specific pad with the sleeve or will most pads fit? My wife already has a Thermarest.
Do you have to use a specific pad with the sleeve or will most pads fit? My wife already has a Thermarest.
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