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two-person winter quilts?

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PostedSep 17, 2008 at 9:38 pm

Hey, I'm thinking of making up a 2 person winter quilt, ala Steve House, for use in the Rockies this winter in a tent.
I was wondering if people had any thoughts on the design or the feasibility?

My current sleep system is a DAS parka and puff pants, with all my clothing and a TNF Fission (20 degree) bag

Cheers, Rob

PostedSep 18, 2008 at 12:45 pm

Sounds miserable to me. I wouldn't bring anything but a -20 or below bag out. A quilt would have cold spots and need a super good pad and like 7 inches of loft for me to even consider it. Plus a double bivy sack.

PostedSep 18, 2008 at 5:01 pm

Jacks'r'better make their family of large quilts for 2 people. We (my other half and I) have a Mt. Rogers and a Katahdin. We can use one of them for a 3 season quily; use them individually as bags; join them together as one big bag; or drape both over use for one very warm but still light quilt (with good mats under us of course). It's a very flexible arrangement. The Katahdin is the loftiest at 3.5in.

Worth checking them out, imho.

PostedSep 18, 2008 at 5:59 pm

Have you guys seen the video on Patagonia's website where Steve House shows off his two person quilt for the alpine?
It looks great, I think I'll post in the MYOG forum re: that.
Cheers, Rob

Roger Caffin BPL Member
PostedSep 21, 2008 at 1:02 am

My wife and I have some summer Pertex bags/quilts with 300 g of 800 loft down in each one (MYOG department). We have used them as quilts down to -7 C layered on top of each other, but that only works for couples!

For winter use in the snow we take the same summer bags and a Pertex quilt about 1.6 m wide with 600 g of 800 loft down, to go over the top of the summer bags. Works great – sometimes the quilt gets a bit damp from condensation etc, but the 'inner' bags stay completely dry. Plenty warm.

Just back from the snow with that combination (it's winter here now).

Cheers

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