I bought mine 5 years ago in a sell-out. I got it for 550 Dm
(about $250) because it still has the old Gore Tex outer shell.
As I always use a vapour barrier liner I don't care about the
lower breathability. Having used this bag at several skiing tours
in Scandinavia I'm impressed by its unchanged performance.
The loft is still as amazing as it was when I first used it. It is
lightweight and good to pack. It just makes you forget the
-30 centigrades outside. This bag is sure worth the original
selling price!

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"Do things once and do them right," I've always said. I wanted one bag that would be comfortable in brutally cold conditions as well as still comfortable around freezing. A custommade Eider was the solution. As the folks at Feathered Friends explained, this bag is comfortable over an exceptionally wide temperature range. I upgraded to the 800+ down fill plus had an extra 6 oz of the stuff added to the already awesome 34 oz that come standard with the Eider. The result is a bag with a whopping 11+" of loft, a -50F protection rating, and a weight of just over 4 lbs. Moreover, as a result of the continuous baffles and removable collar on the Eider, the bag is still comfortable at temperatures hovering near freezing. Overkill? Maybe. But I'm now the proud owner of one of the most versatile, well-made, hedonistic bags possible. And I'm usually sleeping like a baby as the frugal camper in the next tent is chattering like a mad set of castanets.

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I asked a lot of questions and made a number of requests in the process of getting a custom bag made. The folks at Feathered Friends are so universally laid back that I was left wondering if they picked up all of the details. Ultimately, they hit the nail on the head. The only frustration I had was with the color availability on their website, which one person admitted was a couple years out of date. Make sure you request fabric swatches before you get something made. 'Blue' can mean a lot of different things. . .

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This is my first and [knock on wood] last bag.

Although this winter has been too warm here to appreciate this bag more than one trip, Just a taste of what it will do for me the next thirty or so years was worth the $600. No doubts about staying warm, it also breathes nicely and isn't too warm if the temp is above zero. After seeing other huge winter bags, it really makes me appreciate such a compact, (as small as loaf of bread w/CS), lightweight (about 3.5lbs) bag warm enough for any winter weather you should be out in. If this bag isn't warm enough, it's too Cold!

I bought this bag a just over a year ago for winter mountaineering and alaska expeditions and have not been cold since. I only weigh 155 Lbs and have to be ultra weight conscience with my gear when I'm hauling gear for five days in a 3000 cu. in. pack including ice climbing gear. The Eider compresses down smaller than a loaf of bread and comes back to full loft within a couple of minutes after unpacking. To help save a couple of ounces I had it made with 800 fill down (which is a little warmer) and then short filled two ounces back to around the -30 F range. Good luck trying to find a -30 degree bag for 3lb 10 oz. from any other company. Yeah, so it cost six bills, but in twenty years when I'm still using it I'll be thinking that's the best $30 a year I've ever spent.

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Spring the couple extra bucks an ounce for the 800 fill down. It's worth it, even if it did take four weeks to get the bag. I didn't care, it was August.

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