Bloody Mary

Valandré introduces a three-season sleeping bag that exceeds the performance of all other three-season bags on the market: the Bloody Mary. A sleeping bag that is more versatile than a sherpa on crack. Featuring Valandré's Tubular Bell construction, an interchangeable collar system, and the world’s best French Fat Grey Goose down, the Bloody Mary will take you across three seasons in amazing comfort.

At the annual Outdoor orgie, in Friedrichshafen Germany 09, the Bloody Mary ran, together with 241 other products, for the Outdoor Industry Award, in 9 categories. Nominated GOLD Award winner in the Sleeping Bag category, Valandré entered the overall general competition between the 9 GOLD Award winners, and landed on a comfortable third place after Black Diamond and Osprey, and followed by Petzl and Arc'Teryx. It's always quite comfortable in the beginning, to be centered in the top five.

The Outdoor Gold Award 09, allowed a nomination in 2010 for "The Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2011", allso known as the "Prize of Prizes". Now don't accuse us of suffering from Gold fever, we diden't ask for anything, they just informed us, that we are: "Nominated". www.designpreis.de

At the heart of the Bloody Mary is an interchangeable collar system. Three different levels of thermal protection are a zipper pull away. When the temperature is dropping fast, zip in the heaviest of the collars and feel the snug warmth that is sealed in the main body section. Meanwhile, the hood envelopes your head with a perfect layer of insulation (2lbs 8,4oz/1145g).

As conditions lighten, zip out the heavy collar and put in the mid-weight collar. This collar rests gently on you neck, providing some ventilation while holding most of your warmth in the bag (2lbs 5,85oz/1073g).

And finally, as summer is carburating in full swing, don’t get a lighter bag, just leave the collars at home, open the main zipper for full ventilation (2Lbs 4,7oz/1040g), and "Et voila"! Extremely flexible comfort.

If the collar system is the heart of the Bloody Mary, the French Fat Grey Goose down is the muscle. Valandré only uses down from the French Fat Grey Goose, a bird capable of migrating at 33,000 feet (10.000m) in -60°F (-50°C) temperatures for days on end. The down is harvested right before the traditional migration time, when it is fresh, clean and at its plumpest. Then, Valandré selects only the lightest down and fills each compartment with just the right amount.

The foundation that all of Valandré's sleeping bags are built on is our Tubular Bell construction method. Each Bloody Mary is made from 83 individually cut panels and baffles tailored to fit perfectly around the human form. And when these compartments are filled with the French Fat Grey Goose down, they actually lift off of your body as the bag warms up.

This isn’t just a container for the down, it is a technological marvel with all components working in harmony to provide the best warmth-to-weight ratio in the industry with a surpricing flexibility.

US Climber Chris Klinke, used the Bloody Mary at C4 at 7500m on MAKALU this spring (May 23th) in combination with the Combi full suit. As he summited next day without oxygene, we presume, that he spend a "night at the Ritz" in his bag.

For the best view of what the Bloody Mary sleeping bag can do, view the video link at the top of the page.

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