Katabatic Gear \ Western Mountaineering quilts

You don’t always need to use all of the straps that come with a quilt, and you can usually un-snap one or more straps to get in and out, if necessary. Sometimes it involves a bit of fiddling, but we’re just talking about a minor inconvenience, so I wouldn’t over-think it. Once you actually get out in the field and develop first-hand experience, I think you won’t worry as much.

I clip the Katabatic system on the locked-in setting on the side of the quilt to the back of my shelter and may or may not clip into the sliding setting the door side, depending upon how cold it gets. The side toward the door also gets the lower clip attached more often than the upper because I also worry about trying to figure out the upper clip in the dark when I’m tired.

That’s helpful, thanks!

I should have mentioned that I’m a side sleeper.  I sleep still, but will usually switch between sides a few times each night – mainly if I don’t fall asleep immediately, or if I wake up in the night.

Locking the Katabatic on the back side is a good idea, but may not work for me if I then change sides.

One thing I like about the Western Mountaineering Nanolite is the neck\shoulder collar – it seems to wrap closely around my shoulders when I tighten it (and have the press-stud fastened at the top rear of my neck).

Side sleeper too, and Katabatic Palisades has worked for me as it keeps me more stable on a mostly inflated Xlite pad.  The main reasons I went with katabatic was the elasticized border to minimize drafts and letting the wind-resistant shell do a lot of the work, switching to a bug bivy or net tent for lows down to “the upper 20s°F”, which has eliminated condensation.

I’d forgotten about the elasticated border – it sounds like a good feature.