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The engine's answer

Best sleeping bag in mild summer nights, under €400

Deuter

Orbit +5° SQ

A cheap synthetic bag for mild nights and rough treatment.

  • Very low price
  • Robust and easy to wash
  • Fine for campsites and mild hills
  • Heavy and bulky for what it gives
  • Nowhere near cold-weather capable

Find it at Bergfreunde · Trekkinn · Decathlon · Alpinetrek · eBay (used)

Why it wins, in numbers

Deuter Orbit +5° SQ is the sleeping bag the engine picked for this trip: €90 and 1.50 kg, Comfort rating 5 °C, a 50% match on the questions asked. The kit around it comes to €310 of the €400 ceiling, leaving €90.

What the engine asked for: a sleeping bag rated to 6 °C or lower, a mat with an R-value of at least 1.5, a pack of at least 42 L, and €400 for all four; anything that falls short of these is flagged beside the item.

The kit it belongs to

Four items chosen together, not four separate winners. Swapping one moves the others.

4.58 kg on your back · €310 of a budget of €400

Tent
3F UL Gear Lanshan 2: €130, 1.10 kg, Season rating 3, 50% match.
Sleeping bag
Deuter Orbit +5° SQ: €90, 1.50 kg, Comfort rating 5 °C, 50% match.
Sleeping mat
Forclaz MT500 Foam: €30, 480 g, R-value 2.0, 50% match.
Backpack
Forclaz MT100 Easyfit 50: €60, 1.50 kg, Capacity 50 L, 50% match.

What the runners-up gave up

Each of these still leaves a kit that closes — the budget holds and the pack shuts. This is where each one lost.

  • Forclaz MT500 0 °C DownDown warmth at synthetic money.Forclaz MT500 0 °C Down — €130, 1.10 kg — gives up Price: €130 against the winner's €90. It scores 50% to the winner's 50%.
  • Rab Solar Eco 2Recycled synthetic that shrugs off condensation.Rab Solar Eco 2 — €150, 1.20 kg — gives up Price: €150 against the winner's €90. It scores 50% to the winner's 50%.
  • Marmot Trestles Elite Eco 20The synthetic answer to a wet three-season week.Marmot Trestles Elite Eco 20 — €180, 1.30 kg — gives up Price: €180 against the winner's €90. It scores 50% to the winner's 50%.

Questions this trip raises

How much does the whole kit cost?
€310 for all four items, €90 under the €400 ceiling. Prices are indicative euro list prices; the shops set their own.
How much does it weigh?
4.58 kg base weight — tent, sleeping bag, mat and pack together, before food, water and clothes. The pack is rated to carry 16 kg comfortably.
Is Deuter Orbit +5° SQ warm enough for 8 °C nights?
Its comfort rating is 5 °C. For nights near 8 °C the engine requires a rating of 6 °C or lower, which it meets.

Change an assumption

This page answers one trip. Yours is not that trip — adjust the nights, the budget or the company and watch all four re-rank.

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Specifications are manufacturers’ own published figures and prices are indicative, not live. Comfort ratings and R-values are comparable across brands but describe a standardised sleeper on standardised ground — neither is a promise about you on a particular night. Check the current spec and price with the retailer before buying.