MLD Spirit Quilt question

Have you tried out a size XL Spirit to see how it fits? Seems like it's harder than ever to get Ron to do custom work.

I own an XL 28 and it's pretty darn big.

Weighs 27 oz with the 1 oz foot plug thingy.

Thanks. I don't think the 52" width will cut it. My down quilts have all been 56 to 58" and have been perfect.

Is your XL 52" wide at the shoulders?

I havn't measured it, but the MLD specs list the XL as being 52" wide at the shoulders.

You must be a big guy. MLD says the XL is good for someone up to 240 lbs.

I don't know, you might get Ron to do a custom while it's still his slow time of the year. He's going to get busy very soon though.

Not 240 but I toss a lot at night so….

Thanks for the input.

I have a 28 XL that I'll try to measure for you later tonight. With that said I also have a hammock gear burrow in wide which is 55 inches I think. The lack of width is noticed on the spirit, but using the adjustable stretchy connector piece on the spirit it is actually much less drafty in my experience despite being less wide. YMMV but it hasn't been a problem for me and I buy wide for the same reason you do. I'm a kind of big guy (6'2" 195) and toss and turn a lot.

The only other thing I'll add is I have no connection to MLD other than I buy his gear sometimes and I'm always really pleased and the spirit was no exception. Really well made, the 10d mountain stuff is my favorite quilt material to date, the apex is really impressive, and the features he built in to allow it to be an overbag and adjustable in other ways really shine IMO. Best synth quilt on the market IMO.

Thanks Logan – this helps a LOT.

Dave, have you measured the lofted width of your down quilts which work well? The width for down quilts that is listed is often the width when the fabric is pulled tight. For example, my GooseFeet quilt has a lofted, relaxed width of about 48''. But when the fabric is pulled tight, it measures 54''.

For another example, I asked Enlightened Equipment about their widths listed and their response was: "The widths are a finished, pulled tight width, so you lose a small amount when it's actually filled and in a relaxed position".

Synthetic quilts do not loft as high as down quilts, so they should lose less width, which means a narrower listed width may be comparable to the higher listed width of a down quilt.

Ahhhh – thanks for this. I had never thought of it this way and simply took the specs for wrote.

Thanks John.