The Move In Bag from Fjallraven is an ultra compressible down filled bag designed to offer warmth, protection and comfort for summer and spring use.
Using a high quality 700+ fill power down, Fjallraven can afford to use less down compared to a lower quality down filled sleeping bag, yet still maintains the same warmth and decreased pack size. The way they spread all this down out within the sleeping bag is rather clever though. Straying away from the traditional method which is to either fill boxes of fabric with down or to fill baffels with down and stitch through the middle, the Move In Bag does both. They use 700 fill power down in the top half of the bag with a box construction and a slightly lower 600 fill power on the lower half with a stitch through construction. A box construction is, as the name suggests, squares of fabric filled with down. This is traditionally slightly cooler than a stitch through construction which is a large tube essentially, full of down with a stitch through the middle to separate the down.
Fjallraven have also introduced their 60/40 down distribution, meaning the majority of the down is in the top half where you need the most warmth (ideal for side sleepers who move about and fidget), and the other 40% is spread out in the lower half.
What separates this bag from your traditional sleeping bag is the fact that it's designed for people who move about, fidget and wriggle in their sleep, or for the larger chap who needs more room. An extra few centimetres of room is placed either side, this allows you to wriggle to your hearts content, sleep on your side with the back of the sleeping bag still on the floor and just generally have a better nights sleep.
The main 3/4 length zip can be unzipped all the way to allow the sleeping bag to act as a blanket, while the classic leather zip pull and G-1000 stuff sack keep up the classic Fjallraven feel of quality.
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Constructed with extra room
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High quality down
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Hybrid construction
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Lightweight
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Ultra compressible
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Down distributed in a 60/40 formation
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3/4 length zip to transform the bag into a blanket
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Leather zip pull
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Lightweight G-1000 stuff sack (stuff sack can be waxed)
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Leather details
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Ideal for summer use
How warm a sleeping bag do you really need? We’ve tried to help you by grouping our sleeping bags by their recognised comfort ratings. These are the ratings supplied by the brands that indicate the temperature at which you will remain comfortable whilst sleeping on an insulated sleep mat. After all, comfort is what you want when it’s cold and wet outside, and you’re all tucked up in your nice warm sleeping bag.
We always recommend that you choose your bag according to the coldest conditions you will experience; you can always unzip a bag if it is too warm, but trying to sleep when you’re too cold is just miserable. Bear in mind that we are all individuals, so we all feel the cold differently and that our own resistance will fluctuate depending on a whole load of factors, including how much we have eaten, whether we have consumed alcohol, whether we need a wee or what kind of mood we are in!
Sleeping bags do not generate heat; they only trap the heat we produce, so it is vital that you get into your bag when you are giving off warmth, don’t go to bed when you are cold, have a hot meal or a hot drink or do some brisk exercise to get you nicely warmed up.
Traditionally sleeping bag manufacturers provided their own temperature ratings based on their experience, the product's intended end-use and the perceived environment. However, each brand tested their bags in different ways, and it was hard to find a fair comparison between models. So, in 2005 a European standard for sleeping bag temperature ratings, EN 13537, was introduced to give consumers a comparable guide to sleeping bag performance across a range of brands and models. The ratings have four different temperature ratings to give you an indication of the bag's performance.
Comfort Rating: This is the temperature at which an average female should experience a comfortable night’s sleep. On average, women sleep colder than men, so this rating is some degrees above the "comfort lower limit" for a man.
Comfort Limit Rating: This is the lowest temperature at which an average male should experience a comfortable night’s sleep whilst laid down in a curled up position.
Extreme: This is a survival rating where the user is likely to suffer health damage such as Hypothermia. It should be treated with the utmost caution and not be relied on for general use.
However, the EN 13537 European Standard does not apply to down-filled sleeping bags with a fill weight of more than 800g; for those bags, you will have to rely on the manufacturer's experience and technical expertise, which is often more accurate!
Most reputable brands still use their own rating system alongside EN 13537, for instance, Mountain Equipment's “Good Night’s Sleep” and Rab’s “Sleep Limit”. These ratings are often the most accurate guide to the overall performance of a sleeping bag being used by an average outdoor enthusiast because they are based on years of expedition heritage, field trials, technological experience, and constant feedback.
But please bear in mind that all ratings are only a guide and, as mentioned earlier, there are a huge range of factors that can affect your comfort; if you are just not sure, it is always wise to go for a warmer model.
The biggest difference you can make to your overall comfort is to use an efficiently insulated sleeping mat. Once you get inside your sleeping bag, you instantly compress all the filling beneath you, greatly reducing its efficiency. Therefore using a quality sleep mat will ensure you are properly insulated from the cold ground, and you will be a lot more comfortable... Basically, there is no point in buying a top-quality sleeping bag if you are just going to lie down on the floor.