SABERTEK LITELOFT: this sleeping bag is available in either black or woodland camo colors. It utilizes the advanced insulator "Thinsulate," designed and developed by 3M. It is a smallish bag, though, and if you are much over 6 feet or stocky in build, then it won't fit you too well. Also, they really wern't kidding when they said they designed this bag to be light. Lightweight, and light construction, so it requires careful handling and care. Now the good part comes. This bag is rated at 23 degrees. That's the first. Secondly, this bag can be stuffed into its matching stuffsack, which is under 20 inches long, and about half a foot in diameter. It's an awesome bag that doesn't take much room; handy for trips in which you are packing lots of other stuff . . . for example, if you are making a 30 mile packing trip up Mauna Loa over three days, then turning around and coming back down, and since it's a one massive high desert, there is little if any water available. At 8 lbs. a gallon, it adds up fast. All the space and weight you can save on trips like that are beneficial. I have a fleece sleeping bag liner, which I use for lighter trips when it won't be freezing temperatures, so that's an alternative, but fleece doesn't stop wind.

BEDROLL: another combination that I have considered is this: there are 100% silk sleeping bags out there. They don't do much for chilly weather, but they certainly are comfortable. And then there are military surplus blankets (both American and foreign) made of primarily wool. They are awfully itchy, but they will certainly keep you toasty. I haven't actually done this, but how about a combo there? Fold a wool blanket in half, and stick the silk bag inside. It seems to me that it would result in quite a comfy and warm bedroll. I recently purchased from Sportsman's Guide a French surplus wool blanket (which was the biggest available). Sometime in the next few months I plan on getting a DreamSack, which is basically a huge sillk sleeping bag. Over Christmas I will do some fields tests and see just how good this actually works.