[pct-l] Sleeping quilts

[Geoff]

Yup. Eric is right. Cut your sleeping bag to separate
the bottom and top halves and you have a quilt. They
are typically made from a soft ripstop nylon with mesh
baffles that keep the down in chambers. They are quite
light and very compressible.

You can see some commercial quilts made for hammocks
here

http://www.jacksrbetter.com/Wearable%20Quilts.htm

and here

http://www.speerhammocks.com/Products/SnugFit.htm

These are expensive but they are really nice. You can
also go the DIY route as I've done. I'm working on
quilt #3 at the moment.

FreeTheWeasel

--- Eric Lee <saintgimp at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Beercandy wrote:
> >
> ok, I dont get the whole "quilt" thing. Seems any
> kind of a "quilt" would be
> really heavy to carry and make anything other than
> car camping a drag. Maybe
> you could define quilt
> >
> 
> A sleeping quilt in this case is like a normal
> sleeping bag except it
> doesn't go all the way around your body and doesn't
> zip up.  Some people
> consider them to be lighter and more flexible than
> traditional sleeping
> bags.  They're also a lot easier to make at home if
> you're into that.
> 
> See this link for an example:
>
http://www.bozemanmountainworks.com/?do=showproduct&id=41
> 
> Eric
> 
>