North Face Cat's Meow 20 Review

The North Face Cat’s Meow is a moderate quality synthetic insulated mummy bag. It uses mid range PrimaLoft Prism insulation and a mid range ripstop fabric.

This bag is marketed as a all-purpose car camping and backpacking bag. But through testing seventy sleeping bags of all types and styles we've found other bags that perform better for backpacking and car camping and cost less. Our testing has shown that the only reason to get a synthetic bag for multi-day trips is the warm-when-wet performance advantage over down insulation. Budget car camping bags found in our Sleeping Bag Review are as warm as the Cat's Meow and up to 1/3 cheaper. See our Backpacking Sleeping Bag Review for lightweight and compressible bags, and specifically, consider the Enlightened Equipment Revelation and the Kelty Cosmic Down 20.

Our highest rated synthetic sleeping bag is the Mountain Hardwear Ultralamina. That bag offer the greatest amount of warmth and comfort when wet. If saving weight is more important than warmth, or if you plan to bring a warmer insulated jacket consider the Enlightened Equipment Prodigy, which saves 12 ounces. The latter bag offers much more performance than the Cat's Meow and costs only slightly more.