Thread: Down Quilts

I've got the Enlightened equipment revelation 10F bag. It's got 900 Fill power down and weighs in at 707g.

Paired with the thermarest xtherm (440g) I find it plenty warm for South island hunting. The quilt design makes it easy to regulate temp in warmer conditions.The down is just amazing performance to weight compared to the readily available options locally. Not to mention cost.. For deep winter you might want to add a decent liner or down clothes layers.

These two combined with the exped lightning 60 pack enabled me to shave off alot of weight from my gear (if that is what you are into haha!).

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Originally Posted by hunterw

I've got the Enlightened equipment revelation 10F bag. It's got 900 Fill power down and weighs in at 707g.

Paired with the thermarest xtherm (440g) I find it plenty warm for South island hunting. The quilt design makes it easy to regulate temp in warmer conditions.The down is just amazing performance to weight compared to the readily available options locally. Not to mention cost.. For deep winter you might want to add a decent liner or down clothes layers.

These two combined with the exped lightning 60 pack enabled me to shave off alot of weight from my gear (if that is what you are into haha!).

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Because these are made to order, I got mine as big as they make them. For NI hut type hunting I mainly use it as a quilt as it is just too hot for me as a bag. I find that as a quilt, you get about 70% of its warmth (if that's a sleeping bag performance measure??). Highly recommended.

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

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Because these are made to order, I got mine as big as they make them. For NI hut type hunting I mainly use it as a quilt as it is just too hot for me as a bag. I find that as a quilt, you get about 70% of its warmth (if that's a sleeping bag performance measure??). Highly recommended.

Pretty much all of the quilts I mentioned are made to order.
And Enlightened Equipment are quite well know for overrating there bags by around 15f (they rate at or sometimes below lower comfort temp rather than upper comfort. And measure width before they add fill which narrows the quilt. That's fine if you know before ordering and I get that it makes specs look better but it does make me lean away from them a bit.

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

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Because these are made to order, I got mine as big as they make them. For NI hut type hunting I mainly use it as a quilt as it is just too hot for me as a bag. I find that as a quilt, you get about 70% of its warmth (if that's a sleeping bag performance measure??). Highly recommended.

I take it back - mine is a Enlightened CONVERT, not a Revelation. It zips up like a normal bag, or lays open like a quilt as it has no hood on it. The foot box uses a draw cord to close. Very versatile and super roomy which was one of the keys I was looking for because I tend to overheat.