Rab Alpine 200 Sleeping Bag

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Rab Alpine 200 Men's Sleeping Bag – Why Choose a Rab Sleeping Bag?

It has been nearly 40 years since Rab Carrington began hand-sewing the first sleeping bag to bear his name in a small house in Sheffield. His initial designs were based on his mountaineering experience. The goal was to create high-quality, lightweight, and warm sleeping bags that would perform well in the mountains. That’s exactly what Rab does—lightweight and reliable. He thinks through the details and comes up with new materials. Like when, in the 1990s, he first used Pertex fabric, which is still used today to make the most durable down products or waterproof clothing that packs down into a small bundle. Simply put, we’re talking about gear you’d rather repair than throw away. Rab has long been among the absolute world leaders in down products. Their sleeping bags are hand-filled at a factory in Derbyshire, UK. This ensures absolute control over the fact that the sleeping bags have never been improperly stored or compressed.

Rab Alpine 200

The Rab Alpine series of sleeping bags is designed for mountain adventures such as mountaineering or high-altitude trekking. However, thanks to its balanced ratio of weight, warmth, packability, and comfort, it also serves as an excellent lightweight summer sleeping bag for most outdoor activities. We can easily imagine it being used, for example, for summer bikepacking.  The Rab Alpine 200 is filled with 200 grams of duck down with a fill power of 650FP+. The down has a water-repellent treatment from Nikwax.  This makes it more resistant to moisture, dries faster, and regains its full loft. All down used by Rab naturally meets the R.D.S. The outer material is the proven Pertex Quantum, which excels in breathability and is windproof. The inner lining is made of 20D recycled nylon (38g/m²).  Rab paid particular attention to technical details. The sleeping bag is arrow-shaped to reduce unnecessary bulk and weight. At the same time, it prevents down migration and keeps it evenly distributed throughout the body. The trapezoidal "boxwall" construction with a differential cut eliminates cold spots and maximizes down loft.  Rab has successfully designed a technically well-thought-out hood and inner shoulder collar, which connects to an insulated partition along the zipper to prevent heat loss. Everything can, of course, be comfortably adjusted. There is also an inner zippered pocket for storing a headlamp, phone, etc.

The so-called “foot box,” shaped like a fin, is also excellent, giving you plenty of room for your feet.  The 3/4-length two-way YKK zipper with an insulated barrier features a YKK anti-snag insert. Rab specifies comfort temperature (the ideal temperature you should use as a guide when choosing a sleeping bag), limit temperature  (the temperature at which a standard man can remain at rest for 8 hours without waking up), extreme limit (this should be taken as a guide to how the sleeping bag would perform in an emergency situation, not as a recommended use case. It refers to the temperature at which an average woman can remain for 6 hours without risk of death from hypothermia). In addition, Rab specifies the so-called “Rab limit”, which is based on their own experience and that of athletes and is considered a reasonable limit for the usability of the sleeping bag.

Rab Alpine 200:

• Weight: 620 g (Regular) and 685 g (Long).
• Filling: 200 grams of European duck down with a fill power of 650FP+ and a fluorocarbon-free Nikwax water-repellent treatment.
• Regular length suitable for people up to 185 cm tall (215 cm sleeping bag length), 
• Outer fabric: 20D Pertex® Quantum nylon ripstop (36 g/m²) with fluorocarbon-free DWR treatment (100% polyamide)
• Lining: 20D 100% recycled nylon (38 g/m²)
• Comfort temperature 6°C, limit temperature 1°C, Rab limit 3°C, extreme limit -14°C (temperatures according to EN13537:2016)
• Shoulder width 80 cm, waist width 67 cm, leg width 51 cm
• Trapezoidal boxwall construction with a differential cut to maximize down loft
• Arrow-shaped design that saves weight and eliminates down migration
• 3-way contoured neck collar
• 3/4-length main YKK zipper with a heat-retention flap and YKK anti-snag insert
• Internal pocket with YKK zipper
• Angled foot box for a relaxed sleeping position
• Compression bag - packed size 35 x 20 cm
• Cotton bag with water-resistant base for home storage
• Hand-filled in the UK