Expect to pay £59.99
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I LIKE just about everything about camping but one thing I’m not a big fan of is mummy sleeping bags,  and I’m sure I’m not alone.

I understand the technical reasons behind them and get that they would do a job if you were sleeping in a bivvy bag halfway up a mountain. But for “normal” camping, I find them so unbearably constricting that I usually end up unzipping them – thus totally defeating the purpose.

As the name would suggest, the Big Basin bag is designed for, ahem, larger campers who want to be comfortable rather than squeezed into the equivalent of a human sausage skin. 

There’s no compromise on warmth. As well as offering more generous than usual dimensions, the Big Basin has a hood for keeping out as much cold air as possible and a fleece foot section, preventing you from getting cold feet on chilly nights.