Review on Alplive T400 Ultralight Backpacking 32-50F Down Sleeping Bag - 27Oz Ultra Compact 650 Fill Power Envelope For Hiking, Camping And Backcountry - Lightweight & Compressible by David Everett

I received this sleeping bag 5/26/2022. Upon unpackaging, this sleeping bag smelled absolutely horrible! It had a very, very overpowering smell of poultry. No way could I sleep in this bag on a backpacking trip with this smell.This mission statement on their storefront "ZOOOBELIVES is the brand of ZOBON INC of its own kind, which prides itself in selling unique outdoor products of the highest quality.", does not hold true with this sleeping bag.For $84 I would expect that the down used in this bag, would be clean and free of smells. Especially the smell of nasty feathers.I washed this bag in the washing machine, and put it in the dryer on low heat. About 20 minutes into the dry cycle, the smell of this bag had our laundry room smelling like a farmyard!So I pulled the bag out, and hand washed it. I had to drain the water and refill the wash tub twice, because the water was so dirty. And the smell. I cannot even begin to tell you just how bad it smelled. A mixture between a wet dog and a chicken farm. It was bad! So bad, that our washroom smelled bad enough that I had to Febreeze it! I let the bag soak in the wash tub both times for 30 minutes. After the 2nd soaking/wash, I rinsed the bag and the water was finally clean.I then placed the bag back in the dryer and threw 3 bounty sheets in with it to make sure that the smell was indeed gone.After about 2 hours in the dryer, the sleeping bag was completely dry. And the horrible stench was gone.IF this company truly prides themselves on "Highest Quality" gear, then the QC for the down in these bags needs to be a lot better!I purchased a down bag from one of the major manufacturers of tents, and that sleeping bag had NO bad smells. And I have also purchased multiple of the packable down throws, and none of them have smelled this way!In the pictures, you can see just how dirty the water was. The final picture of the bag in the wash tub, was after the 2nd wash and during the rinse. The water was clean. And the smell was gone as well.So I spent 3 or 4 hours cleaning a "New" sleeping bag!Now that it is clean, the loft is even better than it was before I washed it! I will update on the performance of this bag when I get it out in the woods.It was purchased as a summer bag, so it should perform good as that. But, we will see.