I have been thinking about an idea and I’m hoping people will say that it would work.
Problem – a couple’s quilt, particularly if synthetic, takes up a huge amount of space (18 liters?) in a backpack. It would never be brought for a single person. But if a person had a smaller camping partner that would probably not camp without him/her would prefer to use a shared quilt.
Solution: What if there were a regular quilt (around 50″ wide) that had button holes (or velcro? not a zipper, i think) that was designed to also fit well with a 1/2 quilt (24-36″ wide, and might even be sized to fit a smaller person in terms of footbox) with buttons on that one.
Advantages: Can split the quilt to better fit most backpacks. Can use “regular” quilt with little penalty when alone. The 2nd quilt doesn’t add as much weight as a normal 2nd quilt to the total load but allows shared sleep.
Problems – How much of an overlap would be necessary to prevent too much venting? How hard would it be to design so that the cut made sense, in terms of tapering, etc. Would buttons work for this?
