Kelty Cosmic Down (Photo: Courtesy)
Suffer through one night with a sleeping bag that’s not warm enough, and you’ll never want to repeat the experience. Instead of snoozing peacefully, you spend the night tossing and turning, putting on every layer you have and cursing your frozen feet.
If you’re looking to add a winter-specific bag to your arsenal, the Kelty Cosmic Down 0 is a great place to start. Rated to handle anything but negative temps, the bag is affordable, relatively compressible, and lightweight. Packing in 2 lb, 1.3 ounces of 550-fill down, it still tips the scales at a reasonable 3 lb, 15 oz for a regular. It’s about a pound and a quarter more than the Sea to Summit Spark 0F, our 2024 pick for the best warmth to weight ratio, but also less than a third of the price. Nice touches like a draft collar and an internal pocket for your phone help keep you (and your batteries) toasty.