First Ascent Karakoram 20 sleeping bag - REVIEW

The winning combination for a quality sleeping bag is simple; it has to keep you warm relative to its weight and be comfortable to sleep in. A few important features can be thrown in to round things out, such as a two way zipper that doesn't snag, an easy to find zipper pull, a built in zipper draft tube, an adjustable hood and neck collar draft tube and an ergonomically designed foot box. Pretty simple really. Put all these together in a -10 down sleeping bag and you have a single bag that's ideally suited for summer alpine hikes and multi day hut-based ski tours in winter. For the most part First Ascent got things right with the First Ascent Karakoram 20 Down sleeping bag; it gets full marks on all of the above except for the adjustable neck draft collar. The Karakoram even gets bonus marks as I found that it kept me warm below its -7 rating.

Read the full review over here and find out what we rated the Karakoram, and why.