Snugpak
Snugpak Softie 12 WGTE
Best use
- Made for
- Winter mountain
Why these labels
- Winter mountain: The maker states this use, and the published specs do not rule it out.
From the maker's stated use and the published specs.
- Summer wild camp: 3/10 UK, roughly May to September, nights above about 8 °C, sheltered pitches.
- Three-season hills: 5/10 UK hills in spring and autumn. Wind, rain, and nights near freezing.
- Winter camp: 4/10 UK winter or high ground. Below freezing, strong wind, possibly snow. Capped at 4: needs warmth 9+ (comfort -5 °C or colder).
- Weight: 1/10 How much it adds to your pack, compared with the whole market.
Comfort -10 °C, limit -15 °C (none).
Cold-weather camping and snow holes where warmth matters more than weight and pack size
- Comfort
- -10 °C
- Limit
- -15 °C
- Fill
- synthetic
- Weight
- 2.0 kg (Standard)
Packed size 10.4 L, 25 cm long and 23 cm across Compare with a 2-litre bottle
About as long as a 2-litre bottle and about twice as wide. Drawn to scale.
Where to buy
Dragon Supplies £159.99 In stock. Delivery £4. Listed as Softie 12 Osprey, Olive Drab, one size. £4 tracked UK delivery.
View at shop: Dragon SuppliesMilitary Kit £166.95 In stock. Free delivery. Listed as Softie 12 Osprey, Regular, left zip.
View at shop: Military KitSnugpak £212 In stock. Standard size. Delivery cost not stated by the shop.
View at shop: SnugpakPrices checked 8 Nov 2026 on each shop's own page; shops can change them. We earn no commission on these links; shops are listed by price. More
Our ratings (out of 10)
1 to 10, compared with the whole market. Each says what it's based on. How we score
Warmth
Estimate from maker's specs: maker's own comfort rating, not lab tested (one band lower) 8/10How cold a night you can sleep comfortably through. 8: Clearly better than most.
Estimate from maker's specs
Room inside
Estimate from maker's specs: bag shape (fewer than 3 reviews about room) 3/10How much room to move, bend your knees and sleep on your side. Roomier is comfier. 3: Below average. Fine for some trips, not others.
No review we found says how roomy it is, so this is an estimate from the bag shape.
Weight
From maker's figures 1/10How much it adds to your pack. 1: A real weak point.
2,000 g (Standard) is in the 1,700 g+ band.
Packed size
From maker's figures 4/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 4: A bit below average.
Maker gives 25 cm x 23 cm (length x diameter, our reading), so a stuff sack: 3.1416 x 11.5 x 11.5 x 25 = 10,387 cm³, so 10.4 L, in the 9–12.9 L band. If the two figures are the other way round it is 11.3 L, the same band.
In short
Good for
- Cold-weather camping and snow holes where warmth matters more than weight and pack size
- Car camping, bushcraft and cadet use in a robust UK-made synthetic bag
Strengths
- Synthetic Softie Premier fill, which the maker says keeps insulating when wet
- Maker's comfort figure of -10 °C, far colder than most backpacking bags
- Full-length zip baffle, insulated shoulder baffle and an anti-snag two-way zip
- Made in the UK, with a reinforced foot and hanging tabs for airing
- Sold in Short, Standard and Extra Long, with left or right zip
Weaknesses
- Heavy at 2,000 g and bulky at about 10 L packed, so a poor fit for lightweight backpacking
- Its -10 °C comfort and -15 °C low figures are not from an ISO 23537 or EN 13537 test (Snugpak says they are guidance only), so we can't score warmth or compare it with rated bags
- No independent hands-on reviews found, so comfort, damp and durability are estimates, not reviewed scores
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.