[pct-l] ZPacks sleeping bags

[Jeffrey Olson]

I've had a quilt now for 10 years and am sold.  Shroomer - do you stuff 
your quilt? I put my quilt in its own garbage bag and have use a Golite 
Gust/Pinnacle and it's the last thing I put in.  I've never "stuffed" 
it.  What have you found- or better, how do you treat your quilt?

Jeff...

On 1/9/2013 10:10 PM, Scott Williams wrote:
> I used the ZPacks 20 degree quilt/bag this year on the CDT.  We were
> camping above 13,000 feet at times in the Weminuche Wilderness with lots of
> snow around and temps well below freezing and I loved it.  At 1 lb it is as
> warm as the Western Mountaineering 20 degree bag I used on the PCT in 2010,
> but that bag weighed 2 lbs.  With the 900 fill down and very fine dress
> zipper that runs underneath you and not along the side, you don't need the
> zipper baffle to insulate the zipper closure.  I did not find the 900 fill
> to lose its loft over the summer as some folks have experienced with down
> that fine.  I used it mostly as a quilt, but zipped it up at times.  When I
> went into really cold areas, the High Sierra in the very cold spring of
> 2010 and the San Juans this year, I carried WM down pants as an adjunct to
> my pretty light clothing, and I slept with them as well, so factor that in
> to your calculations, but I was not cold with that combo.  Not sure if I
> would have been without the down pants, but I like them and find the extra
> weight worth it.  I shipped them home from Tahoe in the Sierra and from
> Breckenridge in the CO Rockies.
>
> Why Not used the ZPacks 20 degree bag on the CDT this year but had Joe add
> several extra oz of down to her bag because she tends to sleep cold, and
> loved it all hike.   I believe this has become a 15 degree bag now.  Joe's
> tents and bags were ubiquitous on the CDT this year.  We had several camps
> where we had 5 or 6 of his tarp tents up in one site.  They held up well in
> some terrific blows.
>
> One other great product ZPacks makes is their raincoat of breathable cuben
> fiber.  I used it extensively this summer and found it to be a great and
> very light raincoat.
>
> Shroomer
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