I'd echo the remarks above, I think the 400 is great value for what it is, even more so if they have any left in the deal they were promoting a week or so ago [June 2008]. As someone who sleeps hot I reckon I can use this bag pretty much as is down to 0* before I think about adding anything to squeeze out more performance or heading for something thicker. so for me it's a 2+ season rather than a summer only jobbie.
I'd been shying away from the Skyhigh because I did'nt think it would be roomy enough for me - wrong! It's nice and roomy for a 'wide' guy like me, I'm sure its the sidewall construction that allows this. Build quality seems good, and Alpkits attempts at ethically sourcing their down should be applauded.
What deal were they doing on the 400? I must've missed it somehow. For a couple of weeks I've been eyeing-up the 600 as an all-purpose year-round bag, so OM's review of the 400 couldn't have been timed worse for my credit card! Ta
seems it's over.. I got a 400, a standard aeric sleep pad, gamma head torch, a set of mytirons and some clips for the princely sum of a £100 delivered to my door!
Unfortunately for me it seems like they've now sold-out of the 600. Bugger. The 400's not warm enough for autumn/spring and the 800 seems much too warm for summer, so that counts those two out. I don't think I'm going to go down the Pipedream 600 route because they're a bit more expensive, I don't need to do the whole lightweight thing (car camping only for us!), and I'd prefer something with a little bit more room in it's cut. I might have to make do with what I've got for the time being (an extremely thin synthetic Ajungilak 1 season bag), pray we don't get any cold nights when we're away this summer, and wait for the 600 to come back in stock. Ho hum.
