Minimizes/eliminates bracing drafts (i.e. Top-quality quilts now come with neck collars, width options and improved attachment systems. In regards to the latter, I look for a versatile set up that addresses three main factors:ġ. However, in recent years lightweight gear companies have upped the ante in regards to design and workmanship. This wasn’t necessarily true in days past. zipper, but no hood) | Camel’s Hump, The Long Trail, 2014 (photo courtesy of ) Why? Quilts don’t have hoods, and provide insulation on top of the sleeper where it matters, but not underneath where the user’s weight will negate the benefits of loft.Įrin “Wired” Saver with her ZPacks 10 Degree quilt/bag hybrid (i.e. Quilts are generally between 20 and 30% lighter than their sleeping bag equivalents. More than 1000 nights in the wilderness later, I suspect there is no going back.īelow are listed seven reasons why I prefer quilts over bags: As a result, I invariably found myself returning to the simplicity and reliability of a mummy sleeping bag.įinally in 2011/12, after trying quilts from a relatively new Colorado-based company by the name of Katabatic Gear, I made the full-time switch from bags to quilts. From 2003 to 2011, I tried a couple of different types of quilts, but being a side sleeper who occasionally tosses and turns, I was never entirely satisfied with the attachment systems.
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