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Nahanny — Custom Down Gear from Romania

Made-to-order sleeping bags, jackets, and expedition equipment, hand-built in Romania for the mountain family.

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100% made in Romania | Individual production to order | nahanny.com

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Most outdoor gear is made for an average body doing an average trip. Nahanny builds for the person who knows exactly what they need and where they’re going — from the Himalayas to the Andes, from Alaska to the South Pole. This Romanian brand has been hand-making bespoke down equipment since 2005, and sells direct, with no chain in between.

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Brand Intro

Nahanny was founded out of love for the mountains and a belief that outdoor equipment should be honest, functional, and personal. Based in Romania, the brand produces all its down sleeping bags, clothing, and accessories made-to-order or in small batches — with no intermediaries. Down is sourced directly from Germany, using only goose down for its superior heat-to-weight ratio. The brand has been active since 2005 and counts expeditions to every major mountain region among its client base.

Inspiring Story

February 2015. Eight Romanians set off to cross Siberia in Toyota Land Cruisers at minus 50°C — nearly 30,000 km through the most isolated region on Earth. In their expedition journal, “warm” was defined as minus 30°C, and “cold” as minus 50°C — the temperature at which engines, fuel systems, and shock absorbers seized up completely. Expedition coordinator Mihai Tuca reported back to Nahanny’s founder Dan Glazer: “All the boys praised the Nahanny equipment very highly. The down jackets, trousers and gloves were indispensable — without them we would have been lost. I repaired a car at minus 43°C, lying in the snow, doing some welding, without feeling in the least bit cold.”


Who is this for?

You live for serious outdoor trips — mountaineering, polar expeditions, hunting in cold conditions, or long-distance trekking where every gram and every degree of thermal protection matters. You’ve been burned by generic gear before: the hood that doesn’t seal, the bag that runs 5°C warm. You want equipment built to your height, your thermal range, and your destination. You don’t need a big brand name — you need a trustworthy one.

Made in Europe✅ 100%
Company sizeMicro (<10)
DurabilityMade-to-order construction; designed for demanding expedition conditions 

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