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A real ISO temp rating, not a marketing number.

★ Top pick 3-season value

Kelty Cosmic Down 20 Mummy Sleeping Bag, 550 Fill Power, PFAS-Free DWR (2024 Model)

The bag that turns 'I should camp more' into a trunk packed by Friday night. Real down warmth and a genuine ISO rating at a price that doesn't gate-keep the outdoors, so a spring creek-side site or a fall ridgeline both stay in reach. It stuffs small, sheds a little dew, and asks for nothing you wouldn't already bring. Not the lightest or the warmest on the shelf, and it isn't pretending to be: it's the honest, do-most-things pick — pair it with a decent-R-value pad and treat the 20°F number as a limit, not a comfort promise.

ISO COMFORT 31°F / LIMIT 20°F · 550-FILL DOWN · ~2.4 LB

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Ground insulation

Therm-a-Rest Trail Scout Self-Inflating Sleeping Pad (Regular, 72 x 20 in)

The unsung other half of a warm night. Your Kelty bag handles the air around you; this handles the ground beneath you — an ASTM-verified R-3.1 buffer between your body and the cold earth. Loft crushes flat under your weight, so the pad, not the bag, does the insulating where you actually touch down. Skip it and even a great bag lets the ground win.

ASTM R-VALUE 3.1 · SELF-INFLATING · 1" FOAM CORE · 1.5 LB

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