Sierra Designs装备部经理Phil Mesdag说，“我们的目标是开发高性能和环保的Verde 20和Déjà Vu 20产品。现在，我们成功地研发出具有独特的睡袋。”
Sierra Designs品牌部经理Kristine Carey表示，“我们能够摘得‘年度装备奖’的桂冠感到很高兴。这是我们第三次获得《户外》杂志的奖项。第一次是在2005年，我们的Reverse Combi帐篷获得大奖，第二次是在2006年，Trade Wind睡袋获奖。这些都是我们努力创新产品和提高产品功能的成果。”
Sierra Designs有着40多年睡袋设计的经验，其产品的功能性很强，从超轻的夏季睡袋Arrow Rock 45到防弹远征睡袋Echo-20。Sierra Designs继续研发新品，让每个户外爱好者感受到户外的乐趣。2008年，该公司推出了Flex Technology一系列全新睡袋；对远征睡袋进行抗菌处理；还提出了可持续倡议，所有的帐篷，睡袋和服装都不使用PVC。
原文：Sierra Designs' Verde 20 Wins Outside Magazine's Gear of the Year Award
Boulder Colo., April 28th, 2008 - For the second time in three years, Outside Magazine gave a Sierra Designs sleeping bag their annual Gear of the Year award thanks to the green innovation in the new Verde 20 sleeping bag. The Verde 20 uses 95-percent recycled material to create one of the most environmentally friendly sleeping bags available. With features and performance rivaling any bag on the market, the Boulder-based Sierra Designs product development team was able to create this highly sustainable bag without cutting any corners on performance.
"Our goal in developing the Verde 20 and Déjà Vu 20 (our women's version) was to create a sleeping bag with high performance traits and low environmental footprint impact. We succeeded on both fronts and the environment is ultimately the big winner," said Phil Mesdag, Sierra Designs equipment product manager.
The editors of Outside magazine noted that they were impressed with warmth, and consistency of Climashield Green, the 100-percent recycled synthetic insulation used in the Verde 20. The editors also felt the sustainable, all-natural Cocona - a feature exclusive to Sierra Designs sleeping bags - was a nice touch for improved moisture management and odor prevention.
"The Verde 20 is an impressive bag all the way around, but it was the insulation and liner that won over this year's testers," said Buyer's Guide editor Sam Moulton. "The insulation, which is called ClimaShield Green and is made out of recycled soda bottles, never clumped up or shifted about while the Cocona lining gave the bag a dry, fresh feel."
The performance of the Verde 20 is what made this sleeping bag stand out from the rest of the field. A sustainable, compressible, 20-degree sleeping bag with smart touches like pad locks and Sierra Designs' legendary fit made the Verde 20 Outside's Gear of the Year.
"We are thrilled with receiving yet another Gear of the Year award from Outside. This is our third award from Outside, after winning in 2005 for our Reverse Combi tent and in 2006 for our Trade Wind sleeping bag, and it is a testament to our strive for innovation and performance in our gear," said Kristine Carey, Sierra Designs brand manager.
Sierra Designs' 40 years of sleeping bag design experience is elevating the brand with consistent performance across the entire line - from ultralight summer bags, like the Arrow Rock 45, to bombproof expedition bags, like the Echo -20.
Sierra Designs will continue to push the envelope with innovations that will make everyone's outdoor experience better. In 2008, the company launched a fully redesigned line of Flex Technology bags, incorporated a revolutionary new anti-bacterial treatment into its expedition bags called Funk!Off, and rolled out company-wide sustainability initiatives, like eliminating PVC from all seam tape in its tents, sleeping bags and apparel.
