Feedback for Quilts. Please.

[wanderinstar]

Well they have all gone out now, bar 3 that I am taking to Middlewood with me.
So once you have used them if you could let me have your opinions, good or heaven forbid, bad on here.
Thank you.

 

[Neanderthal]

Tested on Friday and Saturday night over near Scarborough.

Very Snugley and good compression when in the stuff sack, lofts well in use..

Friday night was clear skies but don't know what the temperature was.

Strange thing. Lots of whitish static in the fabric when I ran my fingers over the outer cover. Wierd but Cool.

Rolls down hill very well when compressed in the sack.

Stu

 

[British Red]

I found mine was very warm.Kept me lovely and snuggly even after I dozed off and the fire went out. So warm in fact that I didn't bother to re-light it.

I just snuggled in deeper, watched the end of the film and went upstairs to bed

Red

 

[mayfly]

Tried mine this w/e in the garden for a couple of hours. Pretty cold. Used with group buy hammock and your underblanket. Was toasty warm, if anything too warm. Can't fault the design. Tuck-under flaps worked well. Simplicity is king. I really like this bit of kit, very versatile, far superior in a hammock to a sleeping bag IMO. BIG thanks for sorting this. Much appreciated.

 

[wanderinstar]

Now that a few more of you may have tested them out. What do you think?

 

[oetzi]

I havent tested it outside yet, bad health and high humidity forbidding it.
It is, however, in continuous use a warm blanket on the couch at home.
Soft, snugly, warm, sized perfect.
Excellent!!!

 

[wanderinstar]

Thank you for the comments. Has anyone else tried them out yet?

 

[andy_e]

Sorry I missed you at Middlewood Ian, Matt said you'd been and gone by the time I arrived. Mine got a good testing, though I did add my own homemade under it as a weather-shield when the rain started heaving down about 5am on Sunday morning, was still toasty just didn't want it getting wet.

 

[wanderinstar]

Come on people talk to me. there must be more than 4 people who have tried out their quilts.

 

[wanderinstar]

Well you have all had your Quilts for a few weeks now. Ideal weather for testing them out I would have thought.

 

[Dingo]

unfortunately, every time i plan to get out something crops up! its getting ridiculous i am getting withdrawal symptoms, i have a quilt and the hex fly to test, really need to get out, maybe this week end when everyone is gearing up for the new year.

will post in this thread once i escape!

Adam.

 

[thingswelike]

It's taken me this long to use my quilt, but I have to say it's the best thing ever!
I know it's summer and warm, but I can't believe how long I've been suffering using restrictive sleeping bags.
For this first test I was using it on the ground with a thermarest underneath me and a really thin sleeping bag on top of the mat. I had the foot area of the sleeping bag zipped up to make a footbox and I slipped the footbox of the quilt over this. The two stayed together even though I'm usually moving about a bit in the night.
The quilt is big enough to mean no cold spots and yet I was able to use my typical 'limbs out' sleeping style without a problem.
When weight isn't a problem, this will be my preferred sleeping arrangement from now on. I don't think I've ever had a more comfortable night's sleep on the ground!

I'll try it in a hammock at the moot. Still not tried the underblanket

 

[wanderinstar]

I bet you all thought I had forgotten the Quilts didn't you. Well I sold 34 and have received 5 feedbacks. Plus IIRC Woodland Edge sold 10.
Hopefully you should have all had chance to use them by now. So come on folks tell me what you think. After all, I put all the effort into doing the Group Buy and posting them all out.
Just a few words will do.

 

[drewdunnrespect]

wanderinstar
i baught mine from woodland edge and i am going to use it for the first time at the middlewood moot this weekend so will give feed back after that cheers drew

 

[wanderinstar]

Cheers Drew, will see you there.
Ian.

 

[wanderinstar]

Well, if the majority can't be bothered giving feedback. It makes me think again about doing anymore Group Buys.
Feedback enables me to improve the products. No feedback, no improvement. I am very dissapointed.

 

[thingswelike]

I know what you mean Ian. Have you put a post in the original group buy thread? Everyone who bought will be subscribed to that thread and may get an email. That might help.
They may not be aware of this thread.

 

[Glen]

I hadn't tried it out in anger when the original thread was running and had forgotten about given any feedback. It's only just got cold enough this year to start thinkng about me using it again, mainly as the underquilt is so good I've tended to just use my smaller/lighter/less warm Nomad tropical quilt as a top quilt.

I think it was said before but I don't think the wings really need insulation in them, the quilt is plenty wide enough that that seems a little redundant. Having said that I'm exactly a big bloke when it comes to width others may find them indespensible soprobably best to go by others comments rather than mine in that dept.

What might be worth doing is having the first foot or so of the footbox insulated just so the bony parts of the ankles ( which have blood vessles near the surface with little natural insulation ) are covered and have some insulation pushing up under that natural arch, I've contemplated taking of one of the side wings and sewing it there for this reason.
Though, again, this may just be me slipping further down into the hammock and that I'd hung the underquilt without taking the outside line over a ridge so it may have had more draft there than it would if I'd read you underquilt hanging thread more carefully.

 

[wanderinstar]

Cheers for that Glen. That is what I am looking for . Regarding the wings. I enquired about having them without insulation, but there was no reduction in cost. So I thought it better to keep them on. As regards the foot bucket, I to thought after using mine a time or two that it could do with being say.6" deeper. What does anyone else think?

 

[thingswelike]

Cheers for that Glen. That is what I anmlooking for . Regarding the wings. I enquired about having them without insulation, but there was no reduction in cost. So I thought it better to keep them on. As regards the foot bucket, I to thought after using mine a time or two that it could do with being say.6" deeper. What does anyone else think?

I agree that a bit longer is good - at the moment it almost folds open when the lip of the flap is forced (if you see what I mean). I can't really see a downside except a tad more weight.