Enlightened Equipment lengths

fwiw, I'm 5'6", have a regular revelation, and think I could probably do fine- if not better- w/ the shorter length.

as I recall, I was on the reg/short cusp.

Thanks Katherine. Do you love your quilt?

I am also 6'1" and use a regular length EE quilt. No problems. I am a side sleeper with legs slightly bent most of the time, but even stretched out I am comfortable. I do use a wide quilt.

I'm 6' 1" 220 lbs and have a revelation and an enigma, both in regular-wide.
I find them both to be the perfect size

"Thanks Katherine. Do you love your quilt?"

Yes!

Quilt sizing feedback is subjective. Do you wish to be able to cover your head? Occasionally I like to cover my head, am 5'10" and I find my regular length Revelation to be slightly short. It seems interesting that EE lists the measurement for width but not length, just a statement on recommended length based on your height. If you are 6'1" and wish to cover your head then according to their site you should choose a long length.

I think it depends on how you sleep. I'm 5'5" and don't mind EE's short for a warm weather quilt. If it were my winter/shoulder set-up, I'd want a regular so I could snug it up around my head.

Disclaimer: I work at EE, etc.

I'm actually 6'2", almost 6'3" and use the Regular length. If I'm laying flat on my back and stretch out I can put some pressure on the footbox, but when laying normally, esp. when side sleeping, it isn't really an issue. The only time I go with the Long length is for very cold weather trips when I need to keep a water bottle in the footbox to keep it from freezing overnight. I obviously don't normally use it to cover my head. I always feel kind of smothered when I try, so using a Hoodlum is a must for me in any sort of cold weather, or just a beanie when it's a bit more mild.

For any of the others on here who do use our quilts over your head, out of curiosity, do you normally end up closing up the top at all, or do you just leave it opened up?

My GF just recently bought an Enigma 10 in Reg/Reg. When I compared it to my (one of the first) Enigma 20 Long/Wide…it's the same size as best as I can tell. Were the original Enigma sizes more conservative? I'm thinking she could easily get away with a Short/Reg (in the "current" sizing?).

TIA

KJ

Yeah, a few months after the Enigma's came out, we modified the sizing a bit as it was a little optimistic initially. Like I mentioned above, I'm a little over 6'2" and still use the Regular size, so when the Enigma first came out we tried to account for that in how they were listed. We didn't have any customers complain about them fitting too short, but we did have a couple come back with stressed seams in the footbox, which made us think they just didn't have enough wiggle room for people to really stretch out. It was also more confusing to have different sizing recommendations between the Revelation and Enigma, so those factors combined to have us switch the Enigma sizing to be consistent between them.

'For any of the others on here who do use our quilts over your head, out of curiosity, do you normally end up closing up the top at all, or do you just leave it opened up?'

I use it both ways depending on the conditions, mostly for temperature regulation. I do not like my face to be cold so if the temp really drops then over the head it goes, un-cinched, so as not to wet out the bag from exhaled moisture. I usually wear a beanie or balaclava and have yet to try a hoodlum. I also prefer it to be dark when I sleep so on those really bright full moonlit nights I'll throw the top over to block the light.

I never burrow under the quilt…too concerned with moisture buildup. I do wear a Cap4 beanie and when conditions warrant add a Cap4 Balaclava over that. When it's downright c-c-c-cold, I add my hooded puffy. Toasty!

>>I also prefer it to be dark when I sleep so on those really bright full moonlit nights I'll throw the top over to block the light

Interesting. One of the things I love most about cuben is how I can see the moon and stars through the roof material.

likewise, I don't want to breath into my quilt. I wear my puffy w/the quilt more often than not.

The Stoic Hadron Anorak's lack of a zipper makes it very sleep-friendly, though I plan to add a cinch cord to the hood to get things more snug.

I'm 5'11" and 140 lbs and I can pull my revelation 20 regular length over my head. I can also completely wrap the regular width around me till the sides touch so went with the slim for my prodigy 50. A little better. Lol

I can actually layer my slim prodigy over my regular revelation and have no problems. Pretty sweet set up

But anyway, unless you want to be able to pull the quilt over your head, go with the regular.

Sam-

For clarification, can you pull the regular length quilt over your head or not? I'm the same size as you and have been trying to decide on what length to buy. I'd like something long enough to fully cover my head.

Nathan, I can indeed pull the quilt over my head. It completely covers over my forehead. If you're my height, get the regular length.

My experience with EE quilts (Accomplice and Prodigy) was they were long enough to go over my head with the long size and I'm 6'3". I bought a hoodlum to go with my prodigy. I think the Prodigy is a bit shorter than the Accomplice, but that may be because there is more overall room in the Accomplice due to its wider width. My GF is 5'3" and when its cold, she burrows underneath the quilt. She has room, though. I try to keep my face outside.

Get a down hood for cold

My beanie and fleece balaclava have worked good in milder Conditions

Never needed to pull quilt over head

Other items are multi purpose

I need to get an insulated hat/hood. I'm digging the hoodlum because of the synthetic insulation. Better for wearing on the move for those COLD days. But I also really want a black rock beanie.

Edit: sorry for the drift.