My son is 8, and has done a few overnights with me. I bought him one of the Big Agnes 20* kid’s bags, that slips over a sleeping pad. It keeps him warm, but is obviously pretty large & bulky in his pack. It’s also tough to use in warmer weather..
Does anyone here have experience with their kids using a quilt? I have a couple 20* down quilts – EE Enigma, and EE Revelation. My thought was that the down quilt could obviously pack down smaller, but also let him “breathe” more on warmer nights, when it can be used more like a blanket, less like a sleeping bag.
I doubt I’ll go out and buy something custom. I could possibly see finding a good deal on a used quilt, and cutting it shorter, though I doubt that for the moment too.
Instead of cutting one shorter, I guess for warmer weather, the kid could simply “use” the top portion, and let the foot-end hang off the pad… If they needed a “warmer” quilt, perhaps they could put their feet in the foot-box, use a pad-strap loosley across the top of the quilt near their chest/shoulders/neck, and then drape the unused “top” of the quilt over their torso. Perhaps using the “top” pad-strap loosely around the feet/legs…
I was just curious if others had experience here. Thanks
