DIY Quilt

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How many of you guys have made your own quilt? Thinking on doing it myself to save money. If you have which sleeping pad are you using?


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Bruce Culberson

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Haven’t made my own quilt, but run a 0f EE revelation on a Klymit Static V Insulated Ultralight (the old style thermarest wasn’t warm enough with a quilt).
 

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I think it would be a lot easier to do a synthetic quilt with climashield apex. I can't imagine trying to sew baffles and then fill them with down.
 

Bruce Culberson

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In base layers and around freeing and it wasn't warm enough for me. I do tend to sleep cold. The Klymit I got is about double the R value of the T-rest.
 
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I made one out of 3.6oz Apex, and use a Big Agnes ZZ wide insulated pad. I just made a rectangle ~7'x3.5' with a drawstring at one end.

My next one will have a more purposeful footbag.
 
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Many members on the few homemade forums I stumbled across send their down quilts off to professionals to get filled.

The new version of the Thermarest Xlite has an R value of 4.2 and weighs 12 oz. Also much quieter than the original. I run the large; 77" x 25" and 16 oz. I am a little jealous of the body mapping on the Klymit. (y)
 
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