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Jaba the hut – quilt mod

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David Goodyear BPL Member
PostedFeb 13, 2015 at 9:17 am

Decided to mod my Enlightened Equipment quilt to use as an overbag / poncho for a deep cold sled trip.

Cut an X and added a prefabbed hood ( JRB )to cover the X , and snaps.

It snaps to the underside of my foam pad and allows me to flip flop in the -30F bag all night. In the morning – just unsnap from the pad and fold in half and snap to itself – and you are jaba-the-hut.

I was able to do chores at -40 while sitting up and walking around. it had the added benefit of pushing some moisture out that was deposited while I slept.

We spent 7 days out with an average low of -30F and an average high of -8F.

sleep system

poncho

Jaba-the-hut

James Cahill BPL Member
PostedFeb 13, 2015 at 10:43 am

Awesome!

Do you cinch the bottom of the quilt in overbag mode, or is it left open? I'm considering modding my EE quilt to use as an overbag as the foot end would need to be expanded to allow room for the down bag inside.

David Goodyear BPL Member
PostedFeb 13, 2015 at 10:48 am

Thanks,

I only partially cinched the foot box. You really need to add a flap to the bottom for full coverage. My bag was a long and I am short, so I stuffed my boot liners with my hot water nalgenes down there for extra insulation.

It was a crude mod, but worked out great.

Dave

P.S. may need a diff attachment system – snaps are a B#$%@ at -30

PostedFeb 16, 2015 at 10:50 pm

Awesome job! I've been begging Tim to make something like this for years! Maybe he'll listen, now?

M

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