Snugpak
Snugpak Softie Elite 3 (WGTE) synthetic sleeping bag
- Summer wild camp: 5/10 UK, roughly May to September, nights above about 8 °C, sheltered pitches.
- Three-season hills: 6/10 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: 3/10 How much it adds to your pack, compared with the whole market.
Comfort -5 °C, limit -10 °C (none).
Wild camps and bushcraft trips from spring to autumn when you have a good mat and a bit of weight to spare
- Comfort
- -5 °C
- Limit
- -10 °C
- Fill
- synthetic
- Weight
- 1.6 kg (Standard, left zip)
Packed size 9.9 L, 26 cm long and 22 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
John Bull Clothing £107.50 In stock. Free delivery. Olive, left zip, listed as Softie Elite 3 with the same figures. Free tracked delivery over £70.
View at shop: John Bull ClothingSnugpak £144 In stock. Olive, Standard, left zip. Delivery cost not found on the product page.
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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) 7/10How cold a night you can sleep comfortably through. 7: Better than most.
Estimate from maker's specs
Room inside
Estimate: only 1 review about room inside (fewer than the 3 we need, so never above 8) 8/10How much room to move, bend your knees and sleep on your side. Roomier is comfier. 8: Clearly better than most.
A 2025 review says the expander panel adds useful room and the cut feels snug but not restrictive, though someone with a broad frame may find it snug.
Weight
From maker's figures 3/10How much it adds to your pack. 3: Below average. Fine for some trips, not others.
1,600 g (Standard, with compression sack) sits in the 1,300–1,699 g band.
Packed size
From maker's figures 4/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 4: A bit below average.
Snugpak gives 26 cm x 22 cm for the Standard when fully compressed, read as a roll 26 cm long and 22 cm across: 3.1416 x 11 x 11 x 26 = 9,884 cm³, so 9.9 L, in the 9–12.9 L band. Phil Geng quotes 19 x 21 cm for the same bag, which would be about 7 L.
What reviewers say (out of 10)
Ratings marked * are from reviews and are not part of the trip score. They are reviewers' scores, not our own measurements. How we score
Comfort to sleep in*
Reviewers' average 9/10How comfy the shape, hood and fabric feel; not the temperature rating.
3 reviews on comfort to sleep in, e.g. "The snug-fit hood is comfortable and cinches down easily with one hand, keeping warmth around your head.".
Zip*
Reviewers' average 5/10How smoothly the zip runs without snagging.
4 reviews on zip, e.g. "Zips can occasionally snag (as with many sleeping bags)".
In short
Good for
- Wild camps and bushcraft trips from spring to autumn when you have a good mat and a bit of weight to spare
- Cold sleepers who prefer a roomy bag with an expander panel for layers
- Damp British trips where a synthetic bag is easier to look after than down
Strengths
- Roomy mummy with a built-in expander panel, 220 cm length that shortens with foot clips, and a foot end you can wear boots in
- Synthetic Softie fill with a Reflectatherm lining; UKSN found the inside stayed dry when dew gathered on the shell
- Two-way YKK side zips with an insulated baffle, an inside pocket and hanging tabs
- Machine washable, and reviewers report two years of regular use without failures
- Hanging tabs for airing and an adjustable length via foot clips
Weaknesses
- Heavy and bulky for what it offers: 1,600 g and about 10 L packed
- Snugpak's -5 °C comfort figure has no named test standard, and owners found it cold near 0 °C (Paul Messner) and at about -4 °C (the video tester, cold feet)
- Zips snag or stick (Phil Geng, the video tester) and the compression sack is hard to repack (UKSN)
- Our independent evidence is mostly older: Snugpak now sells it as the WGTE and only UKSN reviewed that listing, the rest reviewed the earlier listing with the same published figures
- Pack size is quoted two ways (26 x 22 cm by Snugpak, 19 x 21 cm by Phil Geng)
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.
ShowHide sources (6)
- Snugpak: Softie Elite 3 WGTE (spec page: comfort and low ratings, weight, pack size, price)
- UKSN: Snugpak Softie Elite 3 WGTE sleeping bag review (autumn camping trip)
- Phil Geng: Gear review of the comfy Snugpak Softie Elite 3 (a year of use, earlier listing without the WGTE name)
- Paul Messner: Snugpak Softie Elite 3 Sleeping Bag Review (video, 12 to 18 months of use, earlier listing)
- RickT Adventure: No Bulls**t SNUGPACK Elite 3 Sleeping bag REVIEW (video, two years of use, earlier listing)
- A guy with a dog: Snugpak Softie Elite 3 REAL test at -5 °C overnight (video, tent night near -4 °C, earlier listing)