The North Face Cat's Meow comes in a variety of sizes and should easily be well under $200 delivered. It is synthetic and they upped the stats with a recent makeover (allowing me to get the previous gen brand new in the long length for $120) and it packs up closer to a 650-fill down than it does the average synthetic. It was my go-to before I got the Alpinelite and has since been used by several people on everything from backpacking to kayak camping. 40+ trips under it's belt and it looks and works like it's brand new. A 10 second skim of the shopping-tab on Google and i found a few spots with the regular length (up to 6') for as little as $150 for a new bag. That leaves you some flexibility in the budget. smile


Edited by AdventureMyk (02/13/15 03:05 PM)