After years of testing, I firmly believe that quilts are a superior choice for backcountry hunting over sleeping bags. In this video, I give my top 5 reasons why and I also detail my entire deep winter and 3-season sleep systems.

 

Deep winter setup:

Exped Ultra 7R Long Wide

Enlightened Equipment Enigma Synthetic 20* Quilt

Sea to Summit Thermolite Reactor Sleeping Bag Liner

Puffy Layers

 

3-Season setup

Big Agnes Q-Core SLX

Enlightened Equipment Enigma Synthetic 20* Quilt

Or

Enlightened Equipment Enigma Down 20* Quilt

 

 

0:00 – Intro

0:41 – Mindful Reviews

1:28 – Tent Raffle

2:03 – Origin of Quilts

3:22 – Quilt Physics

4:47 – 5 Reasons Quilts are Superior 

4:58 – Weight & Size

6:23 – Price

6:53 – Temperature Management

7:48 – Versatility

9:08 – Comfort

12:18 – My Deep Winter Sleep System

17:51 – Weight of Winter Sleep System

19:56 – My 3-Season Sleep System

23:05 – Weight of 3-Season System

25:01 – How I Set Up My Quilt

32:15 – Wrap Up

 

Jay Nichol

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