Looking at buying a summer weight quilt

I can't comment on using a quilt with hammock, but for what its worth I am also 5'8" 140-150ish lb and I wish I had gotten a reg/wide quilt from EE instead of the reg/reg. In a bivy its not that big a deal but without I found myself wishing for more room from side to side when I would roll over. It would add negligible weight and be totally worth it for me.

Is the high avg. temperature between 60-80F or is that the entire range of avg. temperatures? If it’s the latter, then I would just get a fleece sleeping bag like this one – Coleman Fleece Sleeping Bag, $15 IMO 60-80F is an ideal sleeping temperature to be just right. I’d take the rating for the bag I linked with a grain of salt (50F), but I have used that model and it is indeed perfect for the temps you mentioned.

You can probably treat it with a DWR like Nikwax or other repellent. I’ve had good results with fleece and Atsko sno-seal. Plus, that bag is thin enough and breathable enough that you wouldn’t have as much of an issue with moisture.

I have an EE quilt, a 40-degree RevX (down, not synth), that I've used in the conditions you describe–NB and NS late spring through early fall. I've used it down to about 32F/0C with an extra layer of clothes. The Prodigy is a great deal and the Climashield will give you peace of mind in wet weather.

During a overnight in Hawaii at just below 60°F (humid, light rain), I was good with just a liner and a fleece wrapped around my neck as a gaiter. That said, if I had to do it again I'd check into a 50°F synthetic quilt, see if a neck hole could be made so said quilt would double as a camp vest.

Those reply's (along with the ones in the "TN/NC/VA – May-Oct – down or synthetic? Temp?" thread) raised some good points. It's this sort of dialog base on personal experience that makes me value BPL.

I ordered a prodigy 50 a couple weeks back. Still waiting on it. But I live in Georgia and we have /similar/ summer conditions to yours, and I believe it will be the perfect quilt for that sort of weather. Warm and muggy with lots of rain. Should handle it all very well. Although I don't have any experience yet, I believe it is a great purchase. Especially for the price.

I've had a downtek 50d EE Enigma for about 18 months now, and it's been a fantastic bag. I used it as an overbag during winter trips, as well as by itself on trips with temps down into the high 30's just to test its comfort range.(admiditly, I did wear down pants and a Lukes UL vest to supplement.)

I live in Mid-Atlantic US, so most of my weather can range from hot-humid to cold-humid. And regardless of it being muggy and 78d at night, I ALWAYS wear a full length wicking pants and shirt. Being a side sleeper, my legs always perspire if they touch eachother, so I always wear pajama pants at night.

Matt