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Vision 15 

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Manufacturer: Mountainsmith

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Created/Edited: Mar 6, 2009 / Mar 10, 2009

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Product Description

From the makers of the ultralight and ultra-popular Ghost and Auspex comes the next step in Ultra-light travel, the Mountainlight Series of sleeping bags. Mountainsmith's Vision is an ultra-light 3+ Season 750+ Down Sleeping bag. At less than 2lbs, the Vision will keep you warm down to 15F. The Vision's interior space is three dimensionally contoured for optimal fit. To optimize thermal efficiency, the baffles in the head, foot, and torso section and the draft tube are filled with more down.

Features

•Variable Fill: 60% of total fill is placed in the top shell, with high percentages placed in head, torso, foot box and draft tube areas to optimize insulating efficiency.
•No Snag Zipper: Non woven material is laminated to interior fabric to eliminate snagging of slider in material next to zipper tape.
•Straight box baffles: Optimizes fabric use based on lightweight criteria, baffles use stretch tricot fabric for durability.
•Canted foot box: Angled geometry following anatomical forms is used to create appropriate sized and shaped foot box.
•Continuous baffles
•Full draft tube with two sided neck collar
•2/3 length zipper
•Single external hanging loop
•Color/shape coded draw cords
•Regular Weight: 1 lb. 15 oz.
•Long Weight 2 lb. 2 oz.
•Regular Length: 83"
•Long Length: 89"
•750 fill down

Conclusion

If you're a larger or taller Packer, looking for an ultra-light 15 degree bag with the most bang for its buck and you have no affinity to name brands. Take a look at the Mountainsmith Vision.

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