Mountain Hardwear

£220

1113g

recycled materials, 3 lengths

quite expensive for synthetic

Fill: 70% recycled polyester/30% polyester

Shell: recycled 20D nylon ripstop

Construction: welded

Zip: 2-way 3/4 length

Length: short 203cm, regular 218cm, long 234cm Rating: -9C mountainhardwear.eu

The main story with this bag is that it’s as environmentally friendly as possible, being mostly made from recycled materials. What’s noticeable though is the colour, or rather lack of it. To save chemicals and gallons of water the fabric isn’t dyed. It’s white. Does this show the dirt? Yes. But maybe that means it’ll be cleaned more often. After all, the dirt will still be there on a dark bag; it just won’t show.

The design is a standard mummy, tapering to the foot, though not so much as to feel restrictive. There’s a good adjustable hood, a neck baffle, a boxed foot and a ¾-length zip with baffle. The insulation is welded to the shell so there are stitched seams. For a synthetic bag it packs down quite small and the weight is reasonable given the temperature rating.

I’ve found the bag more comfortable than most synthetics, the fill feeling more flexible and hugging the body rather than standing away. In temperatures around freezing it’s very warm. I have used this bag in sub-zero conditions. At -6C I was warm. For me, the three-seasons for this bag are autumn, winter and spring.

The Lamina Eco is quite expensive for a synthetic bag but there’s nothing else like it.