Enlightened Equipment

Spring

They did change their pricing last fall. I believe some items are less expensive now. Supply, demand, etc….

EE is working hard to handle success and growth without compromising quality.

Rapid sales growth requires workforce growth and I'm pretty sure Tim has exhausted the ready supply in his geographic area. Developing more takes time.

I familiar enough with him to feel confident that he is working hard on that and that he is unwilling to compromise quality.

I dropped off Bpl for a while and wasn't sure
Glad EE is prospering

There is a tab on the EE site with this name and has some possibly available short-notice surplus or 2nds quilts.*EDIT: None available now, but bookmark the page!* You may also be able to send Tim an email with what you're looking for "just in case" a spare one happens along or is returned. "Unable to expedite orders" is otherwise pretty clear, and honest.

If you widen your search, you may be able to put a WTB posting on Gear Swap for any close-enough product from EE, Katabatic, Zpacks, or anyone else. If you're not entirely averse to sleeping bags, that opens up more options. You might just put up your desired dimensions, max carry weight, and temp rating and see if anyone bites.

I ordered a bag a couple months back, and the service was fantastic (as was the bag.) They expedited it, and it showed up as expected, but they recently added the "no expedited orders" note. I do appreciate the honesty there!

I did note that the price for this particular quilt has gone up substantially in the last few weeks since I ordered it – not sure if this was across the board or not.

Ian,

No recent changes have been made to our pricing

Jason (all),

I'm sorry the wait is so long. We have had a big increase in our orders doubling order volume over last year's busiest months. We have increased our staffing in the last month or so, still looking for a few more. The new staff are doing great but not working at full speed just yet. Long lead times have slowed orders some and the increase in staff should result in decreasing lead times over the next weeks.

We do have a lot of return/exchange/2nds quilts cycling in and out. Check the garage sale page Thursday's and Fridays as it tends to get updated near the end of each week. There will be a half dozen or more going up this week.

Thanks to everyone whose support has helped us grow into what we are today, and will lead us forward in our next steps. Please bear with us as we work through these growing pains and try to plan a little farther ahead in the busiest parts of the year (April/May&Nov/Dec) as at these times higher order volumes should be expected.

-Tim Marshall
Owner; Enlightened Equipment

"Thanks to everyone whose support has helped us grow into what we are today, and will lead us forward in our next steps."

Congratulations Tim, well deserved success. Here's to hoping it continues well into the future.

Seriously Tim, that's awesome news. It's really nice to see people like you succeed!

I ordered a Prodigy 50 on March 16th. The lead time when I ordered was 4 weeks, but two weeks later I checked in on the site and saw the time had bumped up to 5 weeks (this is for synthetics). I got kinda bummed at the time, but lo and behold, it shipped right at the 4 week mark. I've had it for a week and a half and I have to say, it's pretty nice. Only weighs 11.5 ounces for the regular/slim 50. I was expecting 13.5 per the site. That was a pleasant surprise.
This is my second quilt from EE. I got a Rev 20 for my birthday in December as well and it's awesome. Although the Rev had to be ordered twice because the first one never made it to my door. I was told Tim allowed us half off for the reorder which is awesome on his part. Great company with a great product.
I recommend hanging in there for the wait. It's worth it. Especially with the price point for his quilts.

Sam

+1 on saying the EE quilts are well worth the wait.
I got a 20 deg. Revelation at the begining of the year and it is great.
Fantastic service and communication too!

I'll never get my quilt :)

Glad you guys are going strong Tim. Good to see homegrown manufacturing being put to good use.

I have a prodigy 50 and a revelation 10…worth every penny and every second of wait time

of course I bought mine on BPL so I got them in two days. I should STHU.