Kids UL Down Bags

These look really nice! I might have to get one for my daughter…I reclaim my sleeping bag next fall then!

Hi, I moved this thread to Gear Deals from Gear Swap. You’ll need to provide a discount or special offer for BPL members. Thanks!

Hey Matthew,

I apologize I didn’t read the forum rules before posting. Any BPL members can enter the code “BPL” and get 10% off their order.

So is free shipping in the U.S. not available? It wants to charge $8.98 for shipping on checkout but on the product page it says free shipping.

I ordered one, then got my money back because he had sold out to his local REI. He was able to send me a demo one and it is nice (subject to testing from the little ones). I would like to order another when the come in stock, but I haven’t heard back from him. :(

Sorry guys for just responding to this now Lissa is right. I sold out of my first small order. I have a couple samples left if you are interested Eric just let me know. Quicker to reach me at hello@kampaka.com

I get the appeal of a kid-sized bag, but now that I’ve had all my kids outgrow them (and gifted them to local friends with younger kids), I’ve wondered if that was the best strategy.

Justin’s offering seems superior in weight and volume to most anything you’ll find at REI in a kid’s size, but compared to, say, an 20F EE Revelation Quilt (currently available through MassDrop) for $220 in Regular length (to 6’0″) / Regular width at 22.1 ounces, it’s 3 ounces heavier and the kid will outgrow it, unlike a full-sized quilt.

Yeah, a quilt can be (should be!) lighter than a comparable bag and there’s a learning curve to sleeping in a quilt, but as soon as I made that transition myself, I started switching the wife and kids to quilts as I upgraded (i.e. lightened) our fleet of bags/quilts.  Spending a bit more now, for a lighter option that will fit the user forever would likely reduce total costs, unless, like the Duggars, you spawn 19 children for 21+ years and have grandchildren older than some of your own.  Then you can hand-down kid-sized stuff forever.

I prefer a quilt myself but for my son he tossed and turned way too much for that too work. I am considering offering a kids sized quilt if demand is there. For $165 for a goose down bag that will last them for 3-5 years I think its a good buy. A kids down jacket from Patagonia is $125.

I agree it is a good price for good specs.  And, yeah, some kids just toss and turn all night long.  And a UL kid-sized bag (or a quilt) isn’t just backpacking gear.  It makes the sleep-over tote much more manageable.  Maybe it’s a generational thing or a small-town thing, but my kids do a lot more sleepovers from Kindergarten to 8th grade than I ever did growing up.