Snugpak
Snugpak Softie Elite 4 (WGTE) synthetic sleeping bag
Where it fits
- Also works for
- Winter mountain
- Not for
- Bikepacking
Why these labels
- Winter mountain: Comfort rating -10 °C
- Bikepacking: Bulky for bike bags: packs to 12.7 litres
From the maker's stated use and the published specs.
- Summer wild camp: 3/10 UK, roughly May to September, nights above about 8 °C, sheltered pitches.
- Three-season hills: 5/10 UK hills in spring and autumn. Wind, rain, and nights near freezing.
- Winter camp: 4/10 UK winter or high ground. Below freezing, strong wind, possibly snow. Capped at 4: needs warmth 9+ (comfort -5 °C or colder).
- Weight: 1/10 How much it adds to your pack, compared with the whole market.
Comfort -10 °C, limit -15 °C (none).
Cold wild camps in a hardy synthetic bag where weight does not matter, such as car-supported or canoe trips
- Zip side
- Left
- Comfort
- -10 °C
- Limit
- -15 °C
- Fill
- synthetic
- Weight
- 1.95 kg (Standard)
Packed size 12.7 L, 28 cm long and 24 cm across Compare with a 2-litre bottle
About as long as a 2-litre bottle and about two and a half times as wide. Drawn to scale.
Where to buy
Heinnie Haynes £107.99 In stock. Free delivery. Free standard delivery over £50.
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Our ratings (out of 10)
1 to 10, compared with the whole market. Each says what it's based on. How we score
Warmth
Estimate from maker's specs: maker's own comfort rating, not lab tested (one band lower) 8/10How cold a night you can sleep comfortably through. 8: Clearly better than most.
Estimate from maker's specs
Room inside
Estimate from maker's specs: bag shape (fewer than 3 reviews about room) 3/10How much room to move, bend your knees and sleep on your side. Roomier is comfier. 3: Below average. Fine for some trips, not others.
No review we found says how roomy it is, so this is an estimate from the bag shape.
Weight
From maker's figures 1/10How much it adds to your pack. 1: A real weak point.
1,950 g for the Standard sits in the 1,700 g+ band.
Packed size
From maker's figures 3/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 3: Below average. Fine for some trips, not others.
Snugpak gives only the pack size, 28 x 24 cm, so it is worked as a cylinder: 3.1416 x 12 x 12 x 28 = 12,667 cm3, so 12.7 L, just inside the 9-12.9 L band; it is near the top edge, and a slightly looser pack would put it in the 13 L+ band.
What reviewers say (out of 10)
Ratings marked * are from reviews and are not part of the trip score. They are reviewers' scores, not our own measurements. How we score
Comfort to sleep in*
Reviewers' average 8/10How comfy the shape, hood and fabric feel; not the temperature rating.
4 reviews on comfort, e.g. "almost like a brushed cotton but it doesn't feel cold to the skin like some sleeping bags do".
Zip*
Reviewers' average 5/10How smoothly the zip runs without snagging.
4 reviews on the zip, e.g. "we've not had any issues with snagging on these".
Reviewers disagree on this.
In short
Good for
- Cold wild camps in a hardy synthetic bag where weight does not matter, such as car-supported or canoe trips
- Campers who want a bag that copes with damp and rough use, and who like room to move
Strengths
- Synthetic Softie insulation and a water-resistant shell, so it keeps working when damp and needs no careful storage
- Side panel that zips out to add width at the chest and knees, and foot clips that shorten the bag
- Owners in videos found it very warm, and one used it down to about -7 °C
- Wide, 75 cm chest and 220 cm long, so it suits taller and bigger campers
Weaknesses
- Heavy: 1,950 g, in the heaviest weight band we score
- Bulky: about 12.7 L packed, even in its compression sack
- No ISO or EN comfort rating, so the -10 °C comfort figure can't be compared with other bags (one cold-sleeping reviewer found it fair, but no test is shown)
- The large zip baffle can get in the way: one reviewer could not zip it up from inside, and another had the zip snag
- Short on independent evidence: we found no magazine test, so damp performance and durability are estimates, not reviewed scores
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.
ShowHide sources (5)
- Snugpak: Softie Elite 4 WGTE product page (weight, pack size, Snugpak's own temperature figures, fabrics)
- micky doyle (YouTube): Winter sleeping bag Snugpak Softie Elite 4 (two winters of use; video, auto-captions read)
- Grunt Proof (YouTube): Snugpak Elite 4 Sleeping Bag (video, auto-captions read)
- The Camping Biker (YouTube): Snugpak Softie Elite 4 Sleeping Bag Review (two cold nights; video, auto-captions read)
- The Gadget Head: Snugpak Softie Elite 4 sleeping bag review