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Already walked the Camino and am committed to a sleeping bag or quilt, from experience. Last time I used a fleece liner and it just didn't do it for me - I prefer more cushion and warmth at the end of the day.
I also stay under 10b total, including the weight of the pack, so the weight of the bag or quilt is my priority.
I was just about to purchase a custom Revelation from Enlightened Equipment, but they say they are not able to make it with my 5 week lead time. Huge disappointment, since I had already researched and mentally committed. Any good alternatives out there, under $300, that are under 1LB?
Thanks Davebugg. I did look at the On The Shelf stuff. I"m only a little embarrassed to say.....I wanted a pink one! How can they tease us with all those custom color options???Right now, if you look at enlightened Equipment's "On The Shelf" page, they have a 13 ounce, Revelation Quilt in a regular length/regular width for immediate shipping.
https://enlightenedequipment.com/revelation-850dt-40-forest-black/
I know that if you call and let them know your shortened deadline, they will sometimes rush an order through.
Interesting option. Do you have a sense of how much it weighs? I am definitely considering it!I will keep recommending the discovery I made two uears ago at Costco and rabed about here: Double Black Diamond duvet quilt sold at Costco. I believe these days they are seliing 2 for 40$.
I adapted mine for the Camino with snap bottons that match (male-female) snap buttons I also have on my silk liner. That way the duvet doesn't slip off the bed at night, and you can keep it off you, to the side, if you get too warm.
https://www.costco.com/Double-Black-Diamond-Packable-Down-Throw-2-pack.product.100314979.html
Also sold on Amazon, bit price can pretty crazy sometimes.
Double like. Recommended.I will keep recommending the discovery I made two uears ago at Costco and rabed about here: Double Black Diamond duvet quilt sold at Costco. I believe these days they are seliing 2 for 40$.
I adapted mine for the Camino with snap bottons that match (male-female) snap buttons I also have on my silk liner. That way the duvet doesn't slip off the bed at night, and you can keep it off you, to the side, if you get too warm.
https://www.costco.com/Double-Black-Diamond-Packable-Down-Throw-2-pack.product.100314979.html
Also sold on Amazon, bit price can pretty crazy sometimes.
460gm (including poppers); silk liner 275gm. Whole lot squidges down to the size of a medium pineapple.Interesting option. Do you have a sense of how much it weighs? I am definitely considering it!
I will keep recommending the discovery I made two uears ago at Costco and rabed about here: Double Black Diamond duvet quilt sold at Costco. I believe these days they are seliing 2 for 40$.
I adapted mine for the Camino with snap bottons that match (male-female) snap buttons I also have on my silk liner. That way the duvet doesn't slip off the bed at night, and you can keep it off you, to the side, if you get too warm.
https://www.costco.com/Double-Black-Diamond-Packable-Down-Throw-2-pack.product.100314979.html
Also sold on Amazon, bit price can pretty crazy sometimes.
Very nice bag! It's the one I carry as well. I always use a silk liner, which allows me to use the bag unzipped and like a comforter, with my feet in the footbox. Using the bag that way, makes it easy to regulate the temperature. Outside of the cold season, I usually sleep with the bag pushed below my waist.Cumulus Light Line 200 and it was awesome.
I'm am also just about at the point of ordering a AEGISMAX Wind Hard UL Quilt, sometimes also called a sleeping bag. American friends advise that is a copy of an 'Enlightened Equipment Revelation' model.Any good alternatives out there, under $300, that are under 1LB?
Very nice bag! It's the one I carry as well. I always use a silk liner, which allows me to use the bag unzipped and like a comforter, with my feet in the footbox. Using the bag that way, makes it easy to regulate the temperature. Outside of the cold season, I usually sleep with the bag pushed below my waist.
If you mean "quilts", then you are dead wrong and you have clearly never tried using one.So, I watched the video. These bags close with little straps in the back. I always wondered about the draft. Is it because they are meant to be used with the mat inside the bag? It never occured to me. And clearly not a solution for the Camino since we have mattresses, not camping mats.
If you mean "quilts", then you are dead wrong and you have clearly never tried using one.
"Quilts" are perfect for the Camino, much more so than sleeping bags, and are very well suited for use without mats ...
Yes, they have little strings meant to keep the narrow pad in place - when sleeping in a tent. When sleeping on a mattress, the strings are not needed, and the "quilt" is used much like what North Americans call a comforter.
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Without a sleeping pad, using the strings will surely mess up your sleepWhere I strayed is that I thought people were meant to use the little straps without a mat that would cover the back
Love my silk quilt in summer and my goose down one in winter, with windows open, unless the AC in on. And yes, even in 30C below!Both quilts and "eiderdowns" (I use one at home (with open windows, all year)) "cocoons" just fine
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