Recommendations for not too expensive touring sleeping bag.

[Canardly]

Tesco down filled at £37 or Snug pack?

[Chris N]

Depends on the price of the Snugpak. If you want a good value down bag, try Alpkit: 3 and 4 season down sleeping bags - Alpkit

[Martin]

Snugpack Travelpak Extreme, very small and very warm

[mark]

Building a good down sleeping bag is an inherently expensive process, IMO. So much so that you are probably better off with a medium or high quality synthetic bag than a cheap down bag.

[rogerzilla]

The Snugpak wasn't warm enough at Wyke Down in September, although I did have ice flaking off the tent on Saturday morning.  It wasn't even *that* warm when I tried it over the August bank holiday.  Might be better with a silk liner, but then you've doubled the cost and added the bulk of a warmer bag.

I should add that I am generally too warm in bed, not too cold.

[Butterfly]

If you don't stretch to an expensive down bag, what about using a cheap one inside a reasonable synthetic bag. I used 2 synthetic bags before I had my Rab bag. Last weekend We used a 3/4 season xxl bag (mountain warehouse, but millets have them) inside a 2/3 season double and that was ok. We don't have a double silk liner yet.

[Wobbly John]

I've been impressed with my Tesco's down bag. Very small & light (about 850g). They do need time to 'loft' though.

[Canardly]

Sigh, was in tesco tonight and had a shufty at thermal range. The tesco down bag is deffo in the +ve temp range. So how does this fit with cold campsite in say march.

[Wobbly John]

I have a 50 gsm synthetic bag that I use as a liner if it's going to be cold - local shop was selling them for a fiver!

[Butterfly]

Sigh, was in tesco tonight and had a shufty at thermal range. The tesco down bag is deffo in the +ve temp range. So how does this fit with cold campsite in say march.

Depends how cold you sleep. On my own, I use a 4 season down bag rated to -12 in August and a bag rated for alpine use in January. Most people are not as cold as me . I'd use the cheap one as a liner bag.