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When I was on the Camino Frances, most Albergues and Refugios had switched to the disposable paper sheets, so I was given a little plastic bag with a "sheet" and "pillow case" when I was given a bed. YMMV especially if you stay not in the Xunta's or more standard pilgrim accommodations, but the sheets we got were not used before.
I too am considering a quilt to pair with my liner, because I do not like to get cold, but I also want the flexibility of using or not using it. My sleeping bag is really, all in nice and warm, but if the weather is summer Camino weather... I was uncomfortable most nights unless I unzipped the whole thing!
I will be researching quilts, so far my favorite is from Therm-a-Rest: http://www.rei.com/product/867239/therm-a-rest-auriga-down-blanket expensive but nice!
A sleeping bag gives you both options - unzipped - a quilt, zipped up a bag. A quilt only gives you one. Just food for thought, SY
Have you looked at the Sea to Summit Traveler? It's 4-1/2 oz more than the Auriga, but quite a bit less expensive:
http://www.rei.com/product/866775/sea-to-summit-traveller-tr-i-sleeping-bag#tab-specs
EDIT Forgot to mention that it has a full side zipper on one side and drawstring bottom, so lots of ways to open it up. Oh, and I was looking at the fill weight of the Auriga, not the total weight, so this is lighter, too.
I've got a great very lightweight quilt from Enlightened equiptment. I love it. If its "cold" i can zip the toebox and button up the rest to the top and use it like an actual sleepinbag and if its to warm to use like a sleepingbag it folds out completely to a very large blanket. I really love the use of a quilt in the albergues. I even love the quilt more then i love my lightweigt down mummy sleepingbag, and i really love that sleepingbag....
Hi all,
Instead of buying a sleeping bag (of which I have a few), I'm thinking of picking up a backpacking quilt. I've found a place that offers different temperature ratings and has quite a few options for size and weight. I'm thinking that something in the 40 degree range would be most flexible for sleeping indoors (and outdoors if I had to)... and the quilts come in a few ounces under a pound. So, that's nice.
However, quilts are generally used like a blanket and rely on the sleeper using a pad of some sort under them. I won't be taking a sleeping pad on the Frances, so that may mean sleeping directly on the albergue mattress without a barrier while laying the quilt over me. I'm hoping the quilt is wide enough to wrap around me completely, but realize it may not unless I order something much wider. So.. two questions:
1.Does anyone here use a backpacking quilt rather than a sleeping bag?
2. Do the albergues generally provide somekind of top-sheet to the mattresses?
I'm just gonna cut and past from my order.Awesome. Which one do you have dutch? Do you find that even though the quilt is basically a "backless sleeping bag", you can still wrap up in it pretty good?
I didn't use a quilt, the Snugpak Jungle Blanket might work for you.
Albergue mattresses are usually covered with a fitted cover, some albergues will hand you a disposable fitted cover.
Hmm, this was not my experience when I walked the CF in Sept this year from SJPP to Santiago. First albergue that I stayed at - Larosana overflow - had blue plastic mattress covers and NO sheets of any kind. Same at several other places too. First time I came across a disposable sheet was at Leon. Fortunately I had a silk sleeping bag liner and a large silk scarf which I used as a pillow case. Even so, I still managed to slip off the liner and the plastic was very unpleasant to sleep on top of.
Next time I walk, I would love to be prepared and already have my own disposable sheet and pillow. They are very light and last for several nights. Even when there were sheets on the bed, I found them slightly distasteful as I never knew how clean they were. Same with the blankets, which was why I used my own sleeping bag when it was cooler.
Try it out at home on a bare mattress and you will soon know if it is comfortable for you. That's the way I learned that silk liners, so popular wih many, just don't do it for me. I switched to a Columbia Omni sleep sak and loved it. It's a very personal choice and you sure don't want to learn the hard way that it was the wrong one for you.Thanks. I think I might give a quilt a shot. I'm gonna take some measurements so I know what i'm getting into, but it sounds like a very light/flexible option for me!
HiHi all,
Instead of buying a sleeping bag (of which I have a few), I'm thinking of picking up a backpacking quilt. I've found a place that offers different temperature ratings and has quite a few options for size and weight. I'm thinking that something in the 40 degree range would be most flexible for sleeping indoors (and outdoors if I had to)... and the quilts come in a few ounces under a pound. So, that's nice.
However, quilts are generally used like a blanket and rely on the sleeper using a pad of some sort under them. I won't be taking a sleeping pad on the Frances, so that may mean sleeping directly on the albergue mattress without a barrier while laying the quilt over me. I'm hoping the quilt is wide enough to wrap around me completely, but realize it may not unless I order something much wider. So.. two questions:
1.Does anyone here use a backpacking quilt rather than a sleeping bag?
2. Do the albergues generally provide somekind of top-sheet to the mattresses?
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