My Revelation Enlightened Equipment zero degree quilt has no hood and I have used it in the Sierra for two years on small backpacking trips as well as the JMT twice. There have only been a few times that I decided to sleep in my down puffer jacket that has
a hood. Occasionally I will wear a light beanie. The side with clasps usually goes underneath me as I sleep since it doesn¡¯t zip. I¡¯m tiny and get cold easily and yet have never been uncomfortable in my quilt.?
Heather McCoy
@mermaidlovesmountains
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On Mar 16, 2022, at 5:09 PM, Charlene Jensen <Thepowerofyes@...> wrote:
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When sleeping in cooler weather, I also wear a wool or alpaca beanie and recently started using down socks/ booties under my quilt. The pair is well-worth the extra 2 oz to me. I¡¯m wondering about others¡¯ experiences with down hoods/ balaclavas
for use with either quilts or sleeping bags that don¡¯t have hoods?
18oz quilt with NeoAir inside bivy (bug bivy in season). ?Extended temp range comfortably to 20 degrees using hooded puffy, insulated pants and down booties. ?This gives me summer and three season options and allows me to drop weight
easily. ?I am also too active a sleeper for a sleeping bag.
On Mar 16, 2022, at 4:38 PM, Rick <rick@...> wrote:
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I have a UGQ Bandit 20 degree top quilt which I use with a Nemo Tensor. I am a stomach sleeper and have actually slept quite comfortably at 20 degrees. (and I am also a "cold" sleeper.) I cannot use a sleeping bag because they are too confining.
On more temperate nights I like to stick my feet out of the "covers" and quilts make this easy.
My backpacking experiences started years without a pad, just a ground cloth, even in the High Sierras. I am older now with tired bones and I have grown use to sleeping in comfort. I love my quilt and my Tensor.
On 3/16/2022 4:14 PM, Mike B wrote:
I too have both quilts and bags. I am a side / stomach sleeper that moves a fair amount and I sleep cold. I use a bag when temps are below freezing and use a quilt otherwise. Being a cold and mobile sleeper my pad is always insulated
and my sleep clothes are wool base layers and I wear a hat always. I also use bags / quilts that are rated below anticipated temps. Temps in the 40¡¯s would be a 10 or 15 degree quilt, temps on the 30¡¯s would be a 15 degree bag or I have used a 0 degree quilt
(still cold though), temps 0 to minus -5 would be a minus -20 bag. Anything colder then that and I start to wonder why I am out. Lately I have started sleeping with my puffy jacket and I have been warmer it seems to cut down on the drafts around my shoulders.
Hot water bottles help as well.?
Mike
I have both a quilt and a sleeping bag. Several bags, actually. The main advantage of the quilt is that it's lighter. The secondary advantage is that it is less confining.
The main disadvantage is that it is more prone to leak warm air when you move around than a zipped up bag. And unless your quilt has a hood or is extra long it's harder to keep your head and face warm in really cold weather.
But in the context of the JMT, from June-September, it's quilt all the way for me.
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