Recommend a quilt?

I fear you will be unlikely to find anything with a similar bang-for-buck within that delivery window…however, Katabaticgear.com is advertising 2-week deliver for many models.

You could try the Hammock Gear they make the Burrow 20 I don’t know the turnaround time you could Contact them and find out

Katabatic Gear makes excellent quilts and they list shipping as “within two weeks”. When I ordered from them in the past, they arrived closer to one week after ordering.

My experience is with the Elite line; I haven’t tried the Flex.

The consesus is that Katabatic bags are warmer at a given rating than comparable bags. Their loft height, and my own experience, backs that up. So the Palisade 30° is likely about as warm as an EE 20° bag. But if you want to be on the safe side, they also have a 22° and 15° option.

12 Weeks?! Holy smokes!

Alternatively, you might offer to swap somebody’s lightly used Rev 20, which they would send you with you paying shipping cost, and you would simultaneously order them a new one with identical specs from EE to be delivered to them in 12 weeks’ time.

I think there are lots of people ‘out there’ who have lightly used gear and really take care of it. I know my EE Enigma 20 is in pristine condition and has been used only about 25 nights, and I won’t be using it for the next 5 months or so and would definitely work out a swap in these circumstances, although I realize you want the Rev with the open-footbox option. However, there might be somebody on BPL with whom you feel comfortable working and who would be willing to help you out with a swap.

Even with a 2 week shipping time, adding the shipping time to Oz is going to be razor close for your 20-day window.

Thanks all. Just to clarify re 20 days; I actually leave for my trip early October.
The “20 days” is roughly how long I’m happy to wait before shipping all of my stuff from the US to Aus. I can wait longer if needed. As shipping is quite expensive, I get it all consolidated and sent together in 1 box. I’ve got an XTherm MAX Large sitting there wait to be sent that I’m very keen to try out :)

I’ve contacted EE and Hammock Gear to see if they’ve got pre-made stuff. Still awaiting answers.
Katabatic stuff looks fantastic, but boy is it expensive.

2nd hand is an option, but payment then becomes complex. Having said that, I’ve had some dramas buying stuff from US retailers. My shipping address is in Nevada, but the billing address on my credit card is in Aus. The last 2 shops I tried to buy from said they won’t accept non-US credit cards. Very disappointing! (/rant)

Nunatak seem to have introduced a lower priced quilt with quicker turn around. Might make your deadline.

Nunatak does make very nice quilts and jackets I own some, you may want to contact them but they are more expensive than EE or Hammock Gear but less than Katabatic, this is what their website says about time(more than your 20 days)

Built to order is just that: you place an order, we build your project. There’s not a warehouse out back full of down gear ready to ship.

At most times of the year there will be several orders that needs to be fulfilled before yours go out the door. It is always first come-first served at Nunatak.

We will do our best to shake the cottage industry’s achilles heel of ‘OMG, did it take FOREVER!’ In the past Nunatak was very guilty of wearing that unfortunate reputation. Are we still?  Hopefully not, for we are committed to processing each order in a timely manner.

The goal for every order is the magic 4 week turnaround. Which is respectful, when applied to a small operation with custom offerings like Nunatak. Sometimes it doesn’t work out that way.  Therefore, time your purchase if you have a deadline

I have an EE I picked from their garage sale page.  It was price for me.  I would have gone with Hammock Gear if they were the same price, but I’m super happy with my choice.

Lots of choices among hammock companies.  Jack’s R Better is known for quick shipments.  Wilderness Basics, Underground Quilts and Arrowhead gear are other options.  They all have similarly happy customers.

I’m a total EE fanboy but their wait times are getting out of control. I’m sure Tim is working in this. I ordered a 30 deg Revelation last Sept and received it in 5 weeks. I think anything over 6 weeks is getting a little ridiculous. I guess that’s what happens when a small company is experiencing a sharp increase in demand. If you can wait, I’d still go for an EE quilt. Best value and high resale value. I’m a big fan of the vertical baffles. I’m not sure if it’s under some sort of design patent but I’m baffled (pun intended) why other quilt and bag makers don’t adopt it.

If you can’t wait, I’d go for a Nunatak. The prices are good and they look great. It seems like in the past few months they’ve really stepped up their game. Not sure why but I’m happy to see it.

https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/changes-at-nunatak/

i find it quite interesting that folks say that a katabatic quilt is warmer than the equivalent EE

for example the palisade 30F in reg/reg 850 fill has 10.2 oz of down and weights 18.2 oz

the equivalent EE enigma 30F in reg/reg 850 fill has 10.42 oz of down and weights 15.82 oz

https://katabaticgear.com/shop/palisade-sleeping-bag/

http://www.enlightenedequipment.com/enigma/

so not only does the EE have the same amount of down, its also 2oz+ lighter … the katabatic is a bit slimmer though

so what accounts for such an increase in warmth that the katabatic 30F is considered an equivalent for 20F quilts/bags from other brands?

the straps, the fit, the price?

;)

Eric,

Fair points, and I should say that I’ve never tried an EE quilt (got my eye on an Accomplice, however), so I don’t personally have a strong basis for comparison. Setting aside anecdotes, loft height is a a more objective measure. On that measure, a Katabatic 30° quilt falls between a 30° and 20° bag from, for example, EE and Zpacks. Likewise, their 22° quilt has a loft height between competitors’ 20° and 10° quilts.

Where Katabatic could lose some weight is on their frabics.

For an economic high quality alternative to a Revelation I’d go with Jacks R Better.  I own one quilt from each company, and have found them to be of equally high quality.  A good bet might be the Hudson River with an ounce or two of overstuff.

Just posted and for a great price.

https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/fs-zpacks-20deg-delorme-fitbit/

Tried to post a few hours ago, not sure what happened. Sorry if it’s a double post.

In the end I ordered a Hammock Gear Burrow 20. Looks nice, and only has a 3 week lead time.

Can’t wait to get all my stuff!