KTMphil
Senior member
Quilts are a relatively new concept for lightweight camping, most of us for years have used sleeping bags which work just fine, so its a details thing in a way.
This is why to save weight, quilts are interesting?
The insulation "blanket" around you, that keeps you warm, when you are camping, comes from the air trapped in the pockets created by the loft in the blanket. The underside of a sleeping bag is crushed when you're sleeping so adds a very small warmth value to your setup. IE you're wasting all that weight of the sleeping bag on the underside as its not keeping you warm (no lofting to trap air as you are crushing it).
EVERYONE camping, carries some kind of sleeping pad (many for hammock camping) as they add immense comfort and shield you from the cold ground. So from the underside, you already have lots of insulation from the cold, especially if you use a quality mattress & dont need the underside of the sleeping bag.
Below shows a quilt setup on a sleeping pad. All the weight of the underside of the sleeping bag can be added to increase the insulation on the topside.
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Many quilts have the arrangement to keep them in place with elastic, I personally dont like this especially in Asia with the temperature variation.
Bikepacking.com
When you go to sleep its normally hot, the nice thing about a quilt is you can pull it down by your knees, as the temperature drops during the night, its then easy to pull up over your body.
This is why to save weight, quilts are interesting?
The insulation "blanket" around you, that keeps you warm, when you are camping, comes from the air trapped in the pockets created by the loft in the blanket. The underside of a sleeping bag is crushed when you're sleeping so adds a very small warmth value to your setup. IE you're wasting all that weight of the sleeping bag on the underside as its not keeping you warm (no lofting to trap air as you are crushing it).
EVERYONE camping, carries some kind of sleeping pad (many for hammock camping) as they add immense comfort and shield you from the cold ground. So from the underside, you already have lots of insulation from the cold, especially if you use a quality mattress & dont need the underside of the sleeping bag.
Below shows a quilt setup on a sleeping pad. All the weight of the underside of the sleeping bag can be added to increase the insulation on the topside.
Bikepacking.comMany quilts have the arrangement to keep them in place with elastic, I personally dont like this especially in Asia with the temperature variation.
Bikepacking.comWhen you go to sleep its normally hot, the nice thing about a quilt is you can pull it down by your knees, as the temperature drops during the night, its then easy to pull up over your body.
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