Ultralight Hike
Winter is coming! What a fitting season to write about my winter sleeping bag. For two winters now, my loft monster, a Cumulus Teneqa 850, has been accompanying me. For a proper winter sleeping bag, it weighs surprisingly little at just 1286g and has reliably kept me warm down to the mid-teens in minus degrees so far.
Price-wise, the Teneqa is also relatively cheap compared to other winter down sleeping bags.
I have already swapped my summer and three-season sleeping bags for quilts, but in the winter months I still prefer a fully closed sleeping bag. My only criticism of the sleeping bag is that the included stuff sack turned out a bit small. Since I pack the sleeping bag in a modified Exped Schnozzelbag waterproof on trips, that is not a serious problem for me.
(Photo: Bimbi)
The low price and light weight, however, have a moral downside. The 850 cuin down comes from live plucking. The down and feathers are ripped out of the living animals. The animals go through this procedure several times in their lives. Here I would like to quote Cumulus' statement on Vaude's Facebook page.
„We use Polish down which is considered the best in the world. Now, the 680+ cuin down is taken from dead animals and the 850+ cuin down is taken from living animals. It always works that way and if any producer claims it is different in their case, it is simply a lie.“
In the Outdoorseiten wiki there is an overview of which manufacturer uses which methods. You can get to the overview here.
What impressed me most about the loft monster is that my sense of temperature and the manufacturer's temperature rating - unlike usual - finally match.
| Gewicht | t Comf. | t Lim. | Preis | |
| 1286 | -14 | -22 | -14 |
Note: I bought this item independently at BivvyOnSummit at the regular price!
