Valandre Lafayette Recognized by Spanish Climbing Magazine

The Lafayette expedition sleeping bag was recently recognized as the gold winner in the sleeping bag category by Spanish climbing magazine Desnivel. The award is given for products that incorporate innovation as well as top of the line quality and function. 

The Lafayette Sleeping bag by Valandre is a super light bag that is perfect for fast and light alpine climbing missions. The bag packs down small, weighs in at just over two pounds, and uses 850+ fill goose down as insulation. 

To learn more, take a look at this post by Valandre, or visit the product page here. 

Gear Review: Valandre Shocking Blue Neo

The outdoor gear experts at Gear Institute recently published a review of the Valandre Shocking Blue Neo sleeping bag. During a 12 night trip in the Ozark Mountains, the reviewers used the bag in temperatures well below freezing and were able to gain a pretty good understanding of exactly what the bag can handle. 

In the review, they said "The Valandre Shocking Blue is a very lightweight and technical sleeping bag with the best warmth to rate ratio in this category. Adding later, "The Valandre Shocking Blue is roomy and warm for its weight. The baffles allow for the down inside the bag to “puff” up, creating a very comfortable fit and feel. It has the most technical collar and hood on any bag I have tested and a foot box that allows me to point my large feet up into the air all make for a very comfortable sleeping bag."

Read the full review here

High Alpine Sleeping Bag - Valandre Shocking Blue NEO

The new Shocking Blue NEO is now 4.4% lighter. The expedition oriented zipper (53” vs. 69”) and 32 precut anatomical baffles are what gives the Shocking Blue such favorable weight savings. The Shocking Blue NEO is a high quality four-season sleeping bag designed for cold weather expeditions at high altitude. Due to its compatibility with the Valandre Combi full-body down-suit and its relatively low weight, the Shocking Blue NEO has become a standard bag in the high camps of the big mountains.