Description of Kelty Light Year XP Sleeping Bag: 0 Degree Synthetic:
Kelty built the Light Year XP 0-Degree Synthetic Sleeping Bag with a slew of features to guarantee your winter night feels as comfortable as possible. Offset baffled construction eliminates cold spots in the Climashield XP insulation, and a full draft collar seals in the warm air. Kelty used a half-length zipper to save weight, and the Light Year XP Sleeping Bag includes pad loops to keep you from waking up in the middle of the night and wondering where your sleeping pad went.
I bought this bag from rei-outlet.com. had to return it - compared to other zero degree bags it is extremely low fill weight. the construction seemed shoddy as well, for instance the neck baffle is very lightly filled, doesn't have a drawstring, and just generally doen't seem well made. Would absolutely not recommend.
I don't think this previous review can be right. They kid must have been sleeping in the wrong cloths and not zipped up right. Both my bags rock! I have had both 20 deg in low 20s weather and snug, no complaints. I can't see how someone got cold in a zero deg bag, had to have been a crappy tent or something.
My boy and I bought a Kelty Chinook 0 degree bag several years ago that we have loved. However, my boy’s bag got destroyed in the washing machine. So, I wanted to get another bag with similar quality and bought this Kelty Light Year for him last Christmas. All year long he kept complaining that he was cold in this bag, unlike the previous Kelty Chinook 0 degree bag. His last complaint was a Boy Scout camp out about 2 weeks ago. I decided it was time to fix the problem. So, I called Kelty and they were very, very reluctant to acknowledge there was a problem and then to fix it.
On the other hand, the guys here at Backcountry.com were willing to let me return the bag with a full-refund, if you can believe that! So, I’m shopping right now for a replacement bag, and most likely it will be a Mountain Hardware bag, but definitely not another Kelty.
So, if you’re out shopping, don’t buy this Kelty Light Year if you want to stay warm!
