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HOW TO COMPARE ENLIGHT. EQ. FILL WEIGHT TO UGQ's "STD 30% OVERFILL"?

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Paul French BPL Member
PostedSep 21, 2019 at 10:56 pm

PLEASE PARDON ALL CAPS, POOR VISION.

UGQ ASKS ON THEIR SITE: WHY ADD ADDITIONAL OUNCES TO OVERSTUFF SINCE UGQ DOES  INCLUDE 130% OF THE CALCULATED REQUIRED FILL FOR  YOUR SELECTED QUILT TEMP. RATING?

HOW DO I COMPARE UGQ’s STATEMENT TO THE LACK OF ANY COMPARABLE OR RECONCILABLE STATEMENT (THAT I HAVE YET LOCATED-BUT I AM OLD) ON ENLIGHTENED EQUIPMENT’s WEBSITE? DOES ANYONE HAVE THE SECRET DECODER RING?

SINCE I AM TRYING TO MAKE A QUICK DECISION (WHICH USUALLY IS A BAD IDEA BUT HECK…) CAN ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME WHERE EE QUANTIFIES IN INCHES “WIDE”, “LONG,” ETC. SO THAT I CAN COMPARE THAT TO UGQ ALSO.

THANKS

PAUL

Paul French BPL Member
PostedSep 22, 2019 at 1:43 am

SPOILER ALERT:

AFTER MAKING THIS COMPARISON THE ONLY THINGS I REALLY LEARNED ARE:

THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 800 AND 950 FP IS TOO MUCH PER OUNCE SAVED,

THAT BEING WARM IS A LOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN SAVING 1 LB SINCE THESE OLD KNEES ARE ONLY GOOD FOR A COUPLE OF MILES ANYWAY AND IT IS WAY PAST BEDTIME SO I PROBABLY MADE ERRORS.

AN ATTEMPT AT AN APPLES TO APPLES

EE REVELATION  20 F TARGET LOFT 2.5″, 58″ X 78″ 950 FP TREATED DOWN STD. FILL=15.15 OZ, NO OVERFILL, BLACK 20D OUTER CHARCOAL 10D INSIDE CINCED AND ZIPPERED FOOT BOX , NO DRAFT COLLAR  25.73 TOTAL OZ $430

UGQ BANDIT XL 2O F TARGET LOFT 2.5″, 60″ X 78″  950 FP NOT TREATED DOWN STD. FILL=14.22 OZ, ONE OZ OVERFILL + $13, MRS20 BLACK OUTSIDE M10 CHARCOAL INSIDE CINCED AND ZIPPERED FOOT BOX , NO OVERSTUFF, NO DRAFT COLLAR 23.89 TOTAL OZ $363

HOW MANY OTHER FEATURES AND STILL SAVE MONEY

UGQ BANDIT XL ADDITIONS : 10 F 3″ TARGET LOFT, 16 OZ FILL 3 OZ OVERSTUFF(TO ACCOUNT FOR 20% TARGET LOFT INCREASE)

19 OZ FILL,  28.3 TOTAL OZ $409

WHAT REALLY MATTERS: CHEAPSKATE/WARM UGQ BANDIT XL APPROACH

20 F 65″ WIDE X 84″ LONG  2 1/2″ LOFT, 800 FP,19.65 OZ + 3 OZ OVERSTUFF, FULLY INSULATED FOOTBOX, DRAFT COLLAR, NO TAPER

22 .65 OZ FILL, TOTAL OZ 39.64 $341

 

HkNewman BPL Member
PostedSep 22, 2019 at 5:13 pm

Spoke to EE this year at a trail festival and they mentioned their new quilts have more overfill.  Plus they’ll do overfill on those older quilts out there as well, though they were confident of the older ones original temperature ratings.

 

Could ask each about the % and the actual amount of overfill for a given fill power.  Of course the extra weight needs to be considered too for a given temperature rating.

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