Comments on: Western Mountaineering Highlite

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:41:05 +0000

Brett thanks for directing my attention to western mountaineering. I just picked up the Ponderosa MF. What a fantastic bag.

By: brett

brett — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:43:13 +0000

Hey Frank,

Here are my thoughts:

a) I have yet to notice a zipper draft. the whole bag is thin and i have felt the wind through it time-time, but not exclusive to the zipper. If you are using just a tarp and will have a lot of potential wind exposure, this might not be such a great bag.

b) not an issue at all for me, i actually kind of like it. but i’m not the type of person that like to stick my feet out of the bottom of my bag either – if i’m that warm, i’ll use it as a quilt.

c) as i mentioned above, i’ve used it in the mid-high 20’s. if i was wearing a down vest as well, i’m sure it would have been plenty warm. i haven’t had it that cold since acquiring my cocoon vest. it’s snowboarding season now, and my gear is all tucked away for winter

By: Frank Perkins

Frank Perkins — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:19:55 +0000

Hey Brett,

I’m currently on the fence between the SummerLite and the HighLite [or maybe a quilt!] and I was wondering your experience with the bag regards to: a) no draft protection on zipper, b) only having a half zipper, c) ~temp rating if you were wearing thermals and a vest ~25 degrees?

Thanks