Diy Ultralight Backpacking Quilt

The quilt design uses a karo step baffle.

Diy ultralight backpacking quilt.

These quilts turned out to be about 21 ounces with 13 ounces of that being down. It didn t make sense to carry something for 2 tiny girls that was heavier than what 2 adults needed so i decided to make a couple of ultralight child size backpacking quilts. A diy sleeping quilt for the budget hiker. This is a mild weather quilt if you are looking for a bargain in a top quality cold weather quilt see below think of this quilt as a slightly warmer lighter more compressible and wind proof alternative to the fleece blanket that many camp with in.

Saved by heidi brown. Diy ultralight backpacking quilt. When i got home i decided to make one of them into a backpacking quilt for summer use modeled after the marcy 20 degree quilt that i d purchased from mid atlantic mountain works mamw. This resulted in a loft of about 2 5 3 which means they should be toasty down to 20 degrees.

Myog ultralight down sleeping bag quilt. And now finally here are the written instructions for creating your very own myog ultralight down backpacking quilt. Comparable summer weight quilts cost 200 and up so i knew i could save a lot of money. Katabatic gear alsek runner up overall.

Lots of folks have suggested using modifying the cosco quilt which seems like a good idea if you are on a budget. You can buy them for about cosco quilt read more. Ultralight backpacking backpacking tips camping gear camping hacks. I looked at the child sized sleeping bags that were commercially available at the time and most of them were heavier than the quilt my wife and i used.

Note that these are quilts. There is no bottom. Enlightened equipment enigma best for ultralight. A lightweight sleeping bag is one of the most expensive pieces of gear that the novice ultralight hiker will need.

The quilt drapes over you like a blanket. Zpacks solo quilt best for customisation. Katabatic gear enlightened equipment zpacks nunatak hammock gear therm a rest western mountaineering rei co op buying advice the short version. 20 mild weather down quilt double black diamond packable down throw this quilt is available for 20 at costco or around 33 at amazon.

Altogether the cost for this quilt was about 130.