CALIFORNIA SLEEPING BAGS

Patagonia: With Ventura-based Patagonia, you get what you pay for.  What you pay is a lot.  What you get is exactly what you want.  Patagonia’s gear and clothing looks great, it works perfectly, and it is manufactured as ethically and sustainably as reasonably possible.  I do not yet own a Patagonia backpack.  But I do own a broad cross-section Patagonia clothing and gear, all of which may very well last me forever.  
 

Mountain Hardwear: Richmond-based Mountain Hardware has been my go-to supplier for camping-and-backpacking clothing and gear for more than a decade.  My wife’s Mountain Hardwear sleeping bag served her well for almost two decades in the outdoors.  It has some cold spots now, but our kids still use it for warm-weather camping and sleepovers.  

North Face: Alameda-based North Face makes pretty much everything an outdoors-enthusiast could want, including sleeping bags.  Judging by everything I’ve bought from North Face so far, their sleeping bags probably are very well made.