EE Revelation Weather Stripes

What sort of shelter will you be using it with? If you aren't concerned with your quilt rubbing against a wet (condensation) tarp then I doubt the stripes are worth the extra weight/cost. They do add a nice visual touch to the quilt though.

I currently use a double wall tent and occasionally a hammock. However I am upgrading my camping gear so I very well may be moving to a single wall tent soon. I would like to make sure that I've got something that will provide me the most versatile options for the future. Has anyone with a 10D/10D revelation ever had an issue with it wetting out?

>>Has anyone with a 10D/10D revelation ever had an issue with it wetting out?

Nope. I have a 30* Revelation and a 10* Enigma and love them both…much to the chagrin of my trusty and much loved WM Megalight. My sense is that the 20d strips are great if you KNOW you will be under a small tarp and/or dealing with some splash back, or using single wall shelter in which you routinely rub up against the underside. That said, I generally sleep solo in a (single wall) Zpacks Duplex, and don't much worry about touching a wet surface. I do spend most of my time in the wet and humid SE US…have never really had a problem with any of my down gear.

My Revelation is less than a year old and I have not had it out in any heavy sustained rain but have not had any issues in light rain, heavy dew and heavy frosts. I have used it under a large (8 X 10) flat tarp, in a hammock and in a double walled tent.

The weather striping does look cool though, if you are in to that sort of thing.

I have three Revelations and one Enigma. I have had one Revelation wet out while in a Zpacks Duplex in the Sierras. What happened is it was raining up until midnight, the storm completely cleared, temps dropped, it was windy, condensation formed, and the wind was such that it would knock the condensation drops off before they ran down the ceiling. Basically it was raining inside. When I had gone to sleep during the storm, the fly’s were in place to keep the rain out, and since I slept through all this I wasn’t able to open the fly’s when the sky cleared. That being said, I just ordered a new Revelation without the weather stripes. I’ve just learned to be more aware of how to control the condensation within the tent by keeping the fly’s open or cracked to allow better air flow.

Kenneth – that sounds like it must have been one heck of a night :)

In rainy weather, I've only had to close all 4 doors of the Duplex during one storm when the winds were swirling and thus coming from all directions. Every other time I could leave at least one (downwind) door open and so mitigate condensation. Perhaps I've just been lucky with down gear in wet weather.

In any event, and as you said, the stripes would likely not have helped.

I have stripes on my Enigma, and while under a small tarp, it's felt like it's helped.

Especially for durability.

The top and bottom of a sleeping bag or quilt are arguably the part which experiences the most wear and tear (all the stuffing, and handling), so having it be made of a more durable material is a good design move, imho.

Well after going back and forth about a hundred times, I ended up going with a 10d/10d quilt with no stripes. Im good to my equipment and my last bag was with me for 7 years and was still in perfect condition even though I hauled it all around the world with me. Hopefully I wont regret my choice!

I came to the same conclusion when I bought our EE's, relax, no regrets.

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Thanks for the confirmation! It's been a big choice picking up one of these EE quilts and I would be lying if I said I haven't been obsessing about making the right choices. It's been about 30 days since I ordered and I just heard its almost done being sewn. I really can't wait to get out and use it as soon as possible!