Enlightened Equipment Quilts

[jiggen]

Thanks for the replies guys! We already sleep pretty close together, especially in winter. I burn like the sun and she is like ice. We've just started to get serious about hiking so I'm looking at light winter sleeping bag options for a couple. I have zero experience with hiking quilts, but the EE's caught my eye.

[Whimsy]

Jumping in on this thread - I've just ordered the Prodigy 20* R/R with 20d stripes I'll be testing it out on the Bibbulmun this year in preparation for the PCT next year. Not that I'll get anywhere near the cold temp of the US over here (Perth) to really test it.
Now the impatient 3-4 week wait!

[Mickl]

I jumped on the bandwagon tonight after numerous emails with EE and lots of forum searching. I ended up getting the 20F Revelation in regular length but wide width. Material was 10D charcoal inner and 10D Black outer with 20D black stripes top and bottom. Now for the long wait.....

[Ellobuddha]

I had two of the last three weekends off.

Spent one weekend out at Cascade Hut - light snow and swirling cold wind

Another weekend trout fishing at Tantangra and Eucumbene River. - Cold and jst snowing one night, rain and cold the next.

Never have I slept so well as in my new EE quilt. The ability to be able to shift from side to side and onto back without feeling like Im being twisted to death - sensational

[photohiker]

And my Revolution Pro 20F DownTek long/reg with 20D stripes top and bottom arrived today.

Ordered and paid April 12. That's just a day or two short of 5 weeks including Easter in the middle of it all. Shipped on May 7th. EE says 'Ships in 2-3 weeks' and Tim suggests 10-14 days shipping, so this delivery is bang on the maximum order to delivery time even with a few days holiday slowing up production.



Impressive. Should get to test it in a couple of weeks.

[Strider]

Never have I slept so well as in my new EE quilt. The ability to be able to shift from side to side and onto back without feeling like Im being twisted to death - sensational

How good is that feeling!!

[Joomy]

Wow I bought my EE quilt only about a year ago and they have changed so much since then! I got a fantastic quilt at a great price but man that "pro" version is giving me envy. And all the colours!

I notice Tim has gotten rid of the funky baffling and has gone to fully enclosed tubes. I wonder why.

[Mickl]

Just got the email to advise that my quilt was shipped so now the long wait until it arrives!

[Ellobuddha]

Its definitely worth the wait.

[Strider]

I think mine took 2 weeks from despatch to delivery to my door. Enjoy your new quilt!

[DanShell]

In my forever endeavour (Im a poet and didn't really know it) of updating and lightening my load I too have decided the EE quilts are for me.

I haven't searched this entire thread but I am generally a pretty hot sleeper although I have spent some freezing nights on the highlands, but does a 20f with the ability to open the foot box sound reasonable for 4 season Tassie use?

I know its probably only a question I can answer myself and based on my limited experience I am fairy confident its the temp rating thats right for me, I guess I'm after confirmation or suggestions either side one way or another??

[icefest]

It's good for most reasonable winter Tassie weather. Take a down jacket and warm clothes that you can wear inside it too and you'll be set.

I've been cold in a 15f bag, but that was on a summit camp in a blizzard

[Strider]

That's what I went with for exactly that reason DS

[DanShell]

Thanks gents. Even though my wife suggests I am a furnace when sleeping I have had to endure some freezing nights (admittedly slightly unprepared) and its not nice and Im sure anyone who has been in that situation would agree so I think id prefer to slightly overdo the temp rating as I can always allow some air in....albeit cold air.
Im a little over using an under rated bag and layering up inside it.

[dancier]

Just got the email to advise that my quilt was shipped so now the long wait until it arrives!

My Enigma Pro 30 was shipped on the 29/5, if I read correctly, it's on the plane according to USPS.com

[pugwombat]

I've ordered the EE Revelation 0°F and think I might be spending my nights with the quilt half off. Better than being too cold, I guess. I've got a MontBell Spiral Hugger #3 for when the quilt gets too warm.

Still, I'm curious though about what everyone else puts between themselves and the ground. I know that the down will get squashed and will lose all (most) of its insulating properties (and you're probably not going to tuck the quilt under you anyway, or you would have got a bag, not a quilt).

I was camping in the Blue Mountains a couple of weeks' ago and my cousin put sheets of newspaper under his sleeping pad for insulation (he is old school though). I have the Exped UL Downmat, and a silk sheet, so I was alright. But it was pretty warm (maybe 5-10°) that night and I don't know what happens when the temperature drops well below 0°C.

Do people cut up their silk sheets, sew on some elastic and fit them to their sleeping mats? Is this more comfortable than lying on the bare mat and does it stop the cold from sneeking up through the groundsheet, mat and under your quilt? I see some fitted sheets for Thermarest pads, but I don't want to add an unnecessary few hundred grams when I'm trying to minimise weight.

[Scottyk]

I usually wear my thermals to bed. That means I don't get the plastic feel of the thermarest against my bare skin.
With a 0F quilt you might find thermals will be a bit hot too wear to bed, that's a serious bit of cold weather kit. Cotton fitted sheet may be the go?

[Strider]

I got the wife to modify a silk liner into a fitted sheet for my DownMat UL7. So much more comfortable than a sleeping bag!

Don't forget Tim offers a 60 day return if you find your quilt doesn't quite suit your needs.

[photohiker]

I also usually wear thermals to bed. I'll try that, if not comfortable I have a silk bag liner to put on the pad. If that works I'll trim it down so it's fitted to the pad.

0°F is a serious quilt! You might need a fan with that!

[Onestepmore]

The Thermarest fitted sheets are pretty good. I don't like the feeling of sleeping directly on a mat, thermal clothes or whatever. I'm also happy in a silk liner, but I know for some the constriction negates the purpose of sleeping under a quilt. I have a Techsilk liner that I split along one side, leaving a foot box. Originally set it up for hammock sleeping. Good in theory, but gets a bit twisted in the night.

[north-north-west]

... but gets a bit twisted in the night.

So do I.

[photohiker]

Night one with the EE Quilt is about to begin. On the Heysen trail near Mt Crawford, north of Adelaide. Pitched the Trailstar amoung the pines.

I have put the MD silk bag liner over the Thermarest and fitted the quilt strap over the top. Dunno what the temp is outside, it's chilly out but not freezing. Toasty under the quilt.

[Mickl]

Got My EE Quilt today at last! Revelation Model, 750 Duck Down, 20°F, Length: Regular, Width: Wide, Optional Weather Resistant Stripes. In stuff sack weighs in at 659 grams on my scales. Looks like a great quality piece of gear so look forward to using it somewhere cold. Customer service was amazing, ordered 14/5/14, posted 30/5/14 and received 12/6/14 including a long weekend so pretty good as far as time goes... As far as sizing if anyone is wondering I am 174cm's tall and can pull the regular length up over my head if I lay on my side with knees slightly bent....

Does anyone know if the stuff sack is waterproof that they come in or would I need another waterproof bag when in the rucksack....

[photohiker]

Does anyone know if the stuff sack is waterproof that they come in or would I need another waterproof bag when in the rucksack....

The included stuffsack is silnylon, so basically waterproof. I'd be looking for a decent waterproof roll top stuffsack if you're heading anywhere wet...

[Strider]

Does anyone know if the stuff sack is waterproof that they come in or would I need another waterproof bag when in the rucksack....

The included stuffsack is silnylon, so basically waterproof. I'd be looking for a decent waterproof roll top stuffsack if you're heading anywhere wet...

First thing I did was a 5L Exped drysack. Not risking a wet quilt!

[Mickl]

That's my thoughts to strider. All sorted now with a cuben roll top dry bag....

[phan_TOM]

Does anyone know if the stuff sack is waterproof that they come in or would I need another waterproof bag when in the rucksack....

I'm not sure if the silnyon used for the stuff sack is coated or breathable but it's definitely not water proof, the seams aren't taped or sealed in any way. My quilt had a few damp patches when I pulled it out after a day of walking through the rain the other weekend. It was pretty minor and mainly seemed to come though at the seams of the stuff sack but I'll be taking it in a small roll top sack from now on.

[Strider]

Silnylon can't be taped but can be seam sealed. Still got a gaping hole at the entrance though...

[phan_TOM]

Silnylon can't be taped but can be seam sealed. Still got a gaping hole at the entrance though...

A roll top closure is probably the best way to deal with the sack opening but you can actually tape silnylon. I looked into it recently when making an inner tent for my duomid (but decided seam sealing would be easier and cheaper). Many people including Roger Caffin have been using the silnylon tape for at least a decade.

I think most or all of my dry bags have taped seams too?

[Strider]

Well there you go! Obviously it must be very expensive/difficult to obtain, otherwise everyone would use it.