How thin can a baffled down quilt be?

Tom, of nunatak, uses a .75" baffle for for his 40* summer quilt.

Yikes! That's thin. Do you know what the spacing is?

I looked at the NunatakUSA site and all the Arc quilts look like they have the same number of baffles no matter what the thickness or temp. rating is. So, maybe my theory that baffle height and spacing are related is "hog wash."

:-)

> maybe my theory that baffle height and spacing are related is "hog wash."

Nope! You were right the first time.

Cheers

I just finished making a quilt with 1" baffles and 1.5" loft. I put the baffles 5" apart and I don't think any closer would have made a difference. In fact if you make the baffles too small I could see clumps forming which would be hard to shake loose in such a confined space. I don't think you'll be disappointed with 5" baffles. I figured when I made mine that if the down shifted too much I'd sew one or two vertical baffles afterward a la western mountaineering.

Thanks for sharing your experience!