3-season top quilt

[Aki Ihanajärvi]

I just finished my myog top quilt on yesterday and i would like to share you some links to posts in my blog where you can see specs and pics from it. Most of texts are written in finnish but i put english translation next to the specs and all dimensions are given also in inches and millimeters.

Dimensions

Specs and photos

Some specs:

– Weight 624 grams / 22 oz
– Dimensions 1900 x 1400 x 1100 mm / 75 x 55 x 43 inches
– Compressed packing size 190 x 200 mm / 7,5 x 8 inches
– Down 700 FP, 350 grams / 12,5 oz
– Fabric: Pertex Quantum

Next week i'll be testing the quilt in Vätsäri wilderness area in northest parts of Finland and i will let you know how i liked it :-) At least the quilt fits just perfect my dimensions (184 cm / 72 kg)…

[Bob Moulder]

Wow, that looks like superb craftsmanship — mega kudos!

[george carr]

Very nice!

[Kevin Babione]

It looks great – I especially like your velcro tabs.

What is the third picture – the one labeled "Kaula-aukon saa kuristettua kuminyörillä"? Google Translate tells me it's a "Neck gets strangled kuminyörillä" but that wasn't very helpful.

Did you make a detachable hood as well? There's no hood shown in the final picture so I wasn't sure what that was.

Nice work!

[Aki Ihanajärvi]

Thanks Bob, George and Kevin!

I think a short velcro works just fine. At first i was thinking some cords or snaps to close the neck area but i think velcro is the easiest for me to use.

Finnish language isnt easy even for Google Translate, i see. That "neck gets strangled" gave me a good laugh here… To give you a short finnish lesson, "kuminyöri" means elastic cord. I'm just trying to say that you can close the quilt around your neck with an elastic cord, if you like to do that.

I didnt make detachable hood so far. I'm going out next week testing this thing for like 6 nights in the middle of nowhere. After it i know better if i still have to add something to my new quilt. Unfortunately it's not going to be very cold yet in Finland so i wont get a good test in colder conditions… Probably between 0-10 degrees celsius at night and that should be easy with this amount of down. But colder times will come later…

[Kevin Babione]

Thanks for the explanation…Enjoy your project and have a great trip!

[Aki Ihanajärvi]

Just came back two days ago from my 6 nights hiking and fishing trip in the north Finland. I have to say that i was very satisfied with my new quilt! Temperatures didnt go very low during the nights, all nights between 6 and 10 degrees celsius (42-50 Fahrenheit) and i easily managed to stay warm without any clothes in the quilt. I even didnt need beanie or scarf yet in the night, yet.

But I really enjoyed using that quilt. In fact, it's a lot better than sleeping bag in many ways, in my opinion. For example, going in it is very easy and you can easily get dressed below it in the morning. Also, it is very easy to cool down a little if it gets too warm. At the moment i dont feel like i should change anything in the quilt.

Looking forward to continue using it in the autumn and see what is the real comfort temperature for me. Next time i will go to hunt and hike in the north side of Finland in September and then it should be already freezing in the night, so maybe we will find that out then…

If you are interested in to check the photos from my last 6 nights trip in the wilderness, you can check those in my blog. I will add a day by day story there (in finnish) with a lot of photos of the gear i use and landscapes of course. First and second days report is already there and the rest come in a couple of days. Here is link to the first: Hiking 7 days in Vätsäri wilderness, Finland, the 1st day. From the end of the first post you can find link to the next one, and so on…

[george carr]

Beautiful country! I look forward to the rest of your trip report.

[Aki Ihanajärvi]

There the report is, with huge amount of photos…

[Aki Ihanajärvi]

Two nights ago i made a short trip to swamp in southern Finland. That was the coldest night so far below the diy quilt, 4 degrees celsius (39 fahrenheit). The quilt kept me still warm. Looks like it will easily keep me warm when its freezing also. After two weeks i go to hunt in north and there we will get the real test… If you want to check some photos from my last overnighter, click this:

Night at swamp

(full moon and northern lights included… Report written in finnish.)

[Aki Ihanajärvi]

Spent four days in the northest parts of Finland. It was very warm,, even not below 0 yet. Coldest temperature was 2 degrees celsius (35 Fahrenheit) and that's also coldest below my down quilt so far. Still kept me warm through the night :-) A lot of photos coming from the trip with landscapes in autumn colours to my blog:

Moose hunting in Northern Finland

. Link is to first days report and link to the next day you can find when you scroll down the page…

[Aki Ihanajärvi]

Testing the quilt continued few nights ago in Kurjenrahka National Park in southwestern parts of Finland. The winter is slowly coming and temperature dropped to -1 Celsius degrees (30 Fahrenheits) during the night. I slept in my underwear only and the quilt kept me warm through the night. I counted that comfort temperature with that amount of down should be around -5 Celsius (23 Fahrenheit) and it looks like that at least nearly correct. I will make an Excel down amount counter and share it when i have found the real comfort temperature. Next testing will come after a week and hopefully it is again a little colder then. Some photos from the trip:

Kurjenrahka National Park, Savojärvi lake round in autumn

[Aki Ihanajärvi]

Just finished my second 3-season down quilt. This one i didnt make for myself but for someone who called me and wanted pretty much similar product.

The quilt has a couple of differences to my own quilt althought dimensions are the same. For this 1 i ordered hydrophobic down from Cumulus factory (Poland). The FillPower with European standards is 850 (900 with US standards if i’m right…). That should be at least nearly the best down in market for this kind of projects. And expensive… No more moisture problems with down insulation, they promises. It’s warm and light, that’s for sure. Comfort temperature should be around -3 degrees Celsius.

Photos from the quilt in my blog

 

Some specs:

– Weight: 533 grams / 18,8 oz
– Dimensions: 1900 x 1400 x 1100 mm / 75 x 55 x 43 inches
– Compressed packing size: 150 x 230 mm / 6 x 9 inches
– Down: Hydrophobic 850 FP, 280 grams / 9,9 oz
– Fabric: Pertex Quantum on both sides

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