Consistent with the rumors, Western Mountaineering was conservative in their rating of the Antelope. I have used it extensively, and have remained warm and dry at temperatures exceeding 15 degress below the bag's rating. I have never been anything but ecstatic with its performance. It was worth every penny. When making a purchase such as a slleping bag, one cannot afford to cut corners. This product's performance has hooked me--I'll never place my life in another bag.

Customer Service

They are quick, conscientious, and courteous.

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TNF

I bought a Sequoia Super DL (overstuffed) because I consistently froze in my old bag at +20F while sleeping on the Colorado Monument - and it was supposed to be rated to -15F. I have enjoyed my Sequoia and have stayed warm in equally cold weather - even when sleeping under the stars with heavey dew. Western Mountaineering paid attention to detail when putting this one together - oversized draft tubes, stiffening tape along the zippers to avoid snags, and loft to spare. I'm a big guy and so the roomier girth is very nice too. I checked out similar Marmot and Mountain HW but found that the Western bags were constructed better for me. I recommend this bag to anyone - best I've tried.

Customer Service

After special ordering my bag, I wasn't expecting it for a month. It came in just 2 weeks. Great service Western!

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My Western bag is the most perfect piece of gear I've ever owned. It has just enough down to loft big yet remain highly compressible. The passive collar is just enough to keep cold air out but not so much that it gets in the way. The draft tube isn't so big that it adds superfluous weight, but it keeps the zipper completely covered. (I've noticed that Feathered Friends cannot say the same for theirs. Their draft tubes have such minimalistic loft that they don't do their job.) The hood is well shaped and closes to a perfect hole around the nose and mouth when it is cinched tight.
Not once has a tuft of down escaped from the fabric (I have the standard nylon shell) in many years of use. Occasionally, tiny tufts will work their way through the seams, but only about one per week when I'm using the bag heavily. (I've found that The North Face uses fabric that bleeds large tufts on a daily basis.)
I have a single negative criticism of the bag. The velcro tab at the top of the zipper. When the tab is open, there is no piece of female velcro with which to cover the male velcro. It's a feature I've seen on other bags, and it would be nice to not brush that course male velcro with my cheek in the middle of the night. Also, some of the stitching has pulled free along the side of the tab. It doesn't affect its function, because it is still well attached at its base, but it is a slight flaw in construction that affects aesthetics.
I once got the bag soaked while bivying high on a ridge when the remnants of a hurricane blew through. Though I got wet and lost some of my loft, I nevertheless stayed warm through the entire sleepless night. Drying the bag was difficult, but that's just in the nature of down.
Western is within spitting distance of perfection.

Customer Service

I had to special-order my bag through a retailer. While I stood there, the retailer called Western. They had an unfilled sack hanging on their wall, that met my specifications. I had the bag in my grubby little fingers in only a week. It took that little time for Western to fill the bag, sew it, and ship it to my retailer on the other side of the continent.

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The North Face Superlight.

Western Mtneering has earned my respect for quality. I demand alot from my gear and the Antelope has stood up around the globe for me. I use a -25F bag for the cold and this for most everything else. It's great for me down to around 0F, plenty of warmth for the snow cave in a bivy sac.

Customer Service

Western Mtneering customer service folks know their stuff and are very helpful on the phone.

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Marmot & TNF mainly

26 oz down in my Antelope Microfiber. Very nicely constructed, but way to warm for summer use. Used it 1 summer and retired it to fall and spring and use my versalite mostly.

Customer Service

Freindly and helpful on the phone

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My Antelope SMF(some extra down, draft collars, and a MicroFiber shell) is more compressable, lighter, and warmer than any other bag in it's temp-rating I've seen. I like the MicroFiber shell as an alternative to DryLoft. It is almost as water resistant, and much more breathable (if your soaking your bag from the inside-out, what good is a water-resistant shell?). MicroFiber is also alot cheaper! Compare this and other Western Mountaineering bags to Marmot, TNF, Mountain Hardware, all the 'big names'. The down, construction, materails, and price, will be better with the Western Mountaineering bag.

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Marmot alpine, TNF cat's meow

Nice bag. I have the microfiber shell & glad that I did. I have used it in Redwood NP & on Washingtons Mt. Baker in a light rain w/o a tent. When I awoke, pools of water dripped off of the bag but the down & I remained dry. I looked at getting the DryLoft version but it was too difficult to stuff in its bag & cost a lot more.

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Marmot - another really nice sleeping bag.

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Great product for a resonable price. The Microfiber shell is excellent and quite breathable. As the temperature rarely drops bellow -25 Celsius in the Coastal Range, it's my winter sleeping bag, and I really like its compressibility and warmth/weight ratio.

I've been using the Antelope Dryloft, and it sleeps incredibly warm. Although Western Mountaineering rates it as a three season, I'm happy using this bag for all but the most extreme weather. I woke up one morning with a couple of inches of snow on me, the temperature at about -5F, and was toasty warm, & dry.

Although I was not a big fan of continuous baffles, this bag works!

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My winter bag is a Feathered friends Tern II, for really extreme cold.

Great bag. Had a Marmot Couloir and chose to keep this bag. Glad I did. Weight savings has helped and haven't had a cold night yet, even in winter Rocky Mountain National Park conditions.