The main difficulty with the Sub Kilo is that it has a fairly narrow cut and if you are broad shouldered or broad chested you may well find the space inside feels too constricted for you. If you are somewhat narrow shouldered, as I am, then it works pretty darned well and is a good buy at $150.

The chances are that another forum member will recommend that you save all your pennies until you can afford a Western Mountaineering or Feathered Friends bag. They are indeed high quality stuff that should last you for more than a decade of good use.

That is another way to go, but a darned hard way for a young person with extremely limited means. I bet $150 probably seems like a whole lot to you, and if that's so, it IS a lot. If you can stand the Sub Kilo, it will give you a couple hundred nights of warmth.

BTW, the only way to make that Sub Kilo bag a +20 is to pull your head in and cinch the top opening down to just your nose and mouth exposed, while also wearing some long underwear - just so you know.