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Nov 28, 2010 at 11:17 pm #1266025
Has anyone had any experience using a quilt inside of a sleeping bag for seriously cold conditions? I am curious to see if it is possible to put a 20 deg quilt (perhaps a Nunatak arc alpinist) inside of a wide sized sleeping bag, such as the WM kodiak. Perhaps that would be a modular alternative to a WM Bison or something like that? Any insight would be appreciated
Nov 28, 2010 at 11:43 pm #1668924Tonight I put my quilt both over and inside my WM Megalite bag. The greatest loft is, of course, when the quilt is over the bag.
Getting the quilt to stay in place in either mode requires sewing some Velcro or snaps on the bag and quilt. Four of either should do it. Guess I'll have to get out the needle and thread. Snaps require less sewing than Velcro and may be more secure. Also Velcro tends to pick up debris.
Nov 29, 2010 at 1:14 am #1668937Eric, would the 'typical' straps for quilts work instead?
Nov 29, 2010 at 2:51 pm #1669132that's an interesting way to get the bags to fit together. Never occurred to me. I think i'm going to give the snaps a try, but I think i might use some sort of gnarly double sided tape or something before I commit to permanently altering my bag. Did you personally feel more comfortable (or warmer) with the quilt outside of the bag?
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