Compression Sack Size for EE Quilt

i use a 7L mec drysack with my old 750 fill 20F revelation

http://www.mec.ca/product/5025-887/mec-pack-rat-sil-stuff-sacks/

as a note though the weight difference is minimal between smaller and larger sacks …

so if you use a larger one, you dont need to stuff it as much and can also put your down poofay (or other stuff that needs to be dry) in there too

weight difference between MEC sack sizes

2L: 27g
3L: 29g
5L: 36g
7L: 41g
9L: 45g
14L: 55g
20L: 62g
28L: 70g

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I have found it useful to have a little extra capacity to hold other things I want to keep dry in my pack, like sleep socks and a puffy.

Cool. One more question… Can you get enough compression with just the rolltop – no straps. I was looking at ones with both, but if it’s unnecessary then I’ll go with the roll top only.

Well, I would avoid the ultra-light Sill ones. Contact with the outer skin always made them leak for me. In a heavy two day rainstorm, my down got a bit damp and soggy in places. I switched when they started offering the eVent bags…*much* more durable and reliable, even though you pay in extra weight (at 3.7oz for an extra small, they weigh about two ounces more than a MEC silnylon one.)

I rolled my canoe a couple times on various hikes, too. Everything was soaked *except* what was in the dry bag (after 3 more hours of paddling, in one case.)

I fit my 40F bag, socks, light long johns and my down jacket in one.I am sure you can fit a EE down quilt in one with plenty of room to spare. I compress it down to just fit into a GG Murmur, ie about 10″ long. I don’t worry much about compressing down. I did a study several years ago where I found that it may take some extra shaking to separate the down fibers, but body heat will cause the down to fold out/fluff up the fibers at night. Works fine for me.

Unless you’re really tight on space, the weight of your gear on top of the quilt is plenty for compression. I think only SUL folks with tiny running packs need to use compression.