Diygearsupply ships to europe, for IX. extremtextil.de is inside EU, may be cheaper, they have climashield 5.0 for 10 euros per linear meter. I have both types of UQ and I would recommend Climashield just because it is less bulky when you pack it, IX takes up a lot of room in the pack. The Clinashield was easier to work with as well. Good Luck!
I would also expect the climashield to breath better in warm weather.
Brilliant thanks for the replys guys!!Originally Posted by Swede2378
For those of you that have made a climashield quilt. Did you do the same pleating idea that's used on IX to get the shape?
I offset the pleats by a couple/few inches... so none of the three layers of IX had pleats line up. This was to (in my mind) help with the curvature and with packing up the quilt. Also, the top layer had longer pleats, the middle had medium and the outer layer had shorter pleats... further enforcing the air-gap needed to let IX do its job. I sold it in January, but it easily went down to the low teens/upper single digits with just a good 0șish F top quilt.
Pleats are unnecessary on a Climashield quilt. I made a thread about it with lots of good advice:
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...mashield-Darts
Do you have a link please swede?
Edited last post with the link
I must alternately curse and thank all of you here for my latest hobby. I got into hammock camping to save my back, but I sleep pretty cold. Finding this thread sent me on a quest. I have a Boy Scout camp out coming up this weekend (I'm an Assistant Scoutmaster), and the temp is supposed to be in the 30's. In a flurry of activity I made myself my IX UQ just in time. It has three layers of IX cut to the pattern specs. The top and bottom are ripstop, just because I can't stand the thought of unprotected insulation...it's a hindrance. There are huge draft collars on the foot and head ends that are stuffed with left over IX. I had to use bungee cord from the Kids' Craft section at Walmart since no place in town sells shock cord (have to order some!).
Here's what I ended up with.
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It weighs in at over 28 ounces. She's hefty, but not overly so. Some shock cord will help.
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I'll give a report after this weekend!
"The trees were like lace where the star-beams could chase, each leaf was a jewel agleam.
The soft white hush lapped the Northland and wrapped us round in a crystalline dream."
Robert Service
Congratulations! I like the color choices, but I can't see the pics - they're too small
Hmm... Pictures too small eh? Let me try that again.
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The color choice was random. I had grey left over from a Walmart buy, and red was bought for a new DIY hammock. My first was...iffy.
"The trees were like lace where the star-beams could chase, each leaf was a jewel agleam.
The soft white hush lapped the Northland and wrapped us round in a crystalline dream."
Robert Service
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