going to write up a quick summery of my thoughts on this quilts performance this year to wrap up this thread. any questions you have you can go a head and pm me and ill answer you that way. im done posting on this web site and the only reason im finishing up this thread is because of how much i believe in this product and what a great guy Tim is .
spent several nights in this quilt this year in many different conditions. ive gone over before how warm EE's quilts are and this one is no exception. in fact its warmer than my 20* revelation. this is most likely attributed to the different cut/configuration of the enigma,but also i believe to the redesigned baffles. my rev x is an older model with the square baffles. the new designed baffles work amazingly well at keeping the down in its place and there wasn't a cold spot any where in this quilt. very nicely done. the cut is also very well thought out, as state in the title mine is a wide. im a pretty big guy at 6'5" 230 with fairly broad shoulders. im also a touch claustrophobic (Justin and Brock can attest) this quilt wraps you snugly helping hold warmth while at the same time feeling plenty roomy for a restless sleeper like my self. pretty impressive feat really. it is not as roomy as my revelation but at the same time doesn't feel more restrictive. very pleased here. the one criticism i could give this quilt is it is harder to regulate to a cooler temperature than my revelation is. warm is certainly not a problem and i could cool down when needed it just took a little longer. for you cold sleepers this is a major plus, for us hot sleepers its not that big of a deal and had i not spent so much time in my revelation the though probably would have never crossed my mind.
the treated down really is pretty amazing. time will tell on longevity of the treatment but as to its performance thus far its as advertized. ive never been one of the guys that worries about down getting wet, ive gotten regular down wet, really wet, ive crawled into regular down bags soaked, really soaked, and never died. in fact slept quit warm and woke up dry. that being said it does lose loft when wet. this year i had several opportunity to get this quilt wet/ most of the time not too bad and being by myself nothing really to compare it to. it preformed well, kept me warm, kept loft and stayed dry. the last trip i went on with Brock however i got to see it side by side with a 2014 revelation with standard down. Brock and i camped by a lake in late September bear hunting. hiked around 10 miles in and if i remember right it was raining about the whole time. got to camp around 11pm and set up in wet gear. both our tent condensate d heavily in the night and the slope we camped on had us slide down with our feet up against the tent wall. when we woke up the foot boxes of both our quilts were absolutely soaked. Brocks was collapsed and wet pretty much through, still kept him warm but it sure was wet. mine was soaked on the outside of my quilt but wit water beaded up and i would say near zero loss of loft. quit the difference, and made me a believer.
in summery im very happy with the enigma and very happy with the treated down. i consider both an upgrade in my sleep system with a weight savings to boot. i will say however im not going to be giving u[ my revelation, that is a great quilt and if i had to have only one it would be a revelation with treated down and the new style baffles. i really dont think that could be beat for performance and versatility by any other bag/quilt out there. if your at all on the fence about EE or treated down, come on down off the fence and buy one.
