Anyone using old KAQ

[Jazilla]

Is anyone still using the older KAQ. I'm talking original here people, bought in 06. Made buy Patrick McKenna (not NCPatrick). With Polargaurd 3D insulation. I am finding that the polargaurd isn't getting me down to the temps it used to. Brand new I got it down to 34 but now I was freezing at 48. Anyone have experience with polargaurd or has that gone out and climashield replaced it as a better insulation?
The quilt still looks brand new. Construction is great and I have taken care of it I just think the insulation is giving up on me.

[angrysparrow]

Was it stored compressed?

BTW, it was Patrick that made those, not NCPatrick. Eventually the KAQ's were made by BlackBishop, then MrPrez, and now pgibson.

[NCPatrick]

Is anyone still using the older KAQ. I'm talking original here people, bought in 06. Made buy NCPatric. With Polargaurd 3D insulation. I am finding that the polargaurd isn't getting me down to the temps it used to. Brand new I got it down to 34 but now I was freezing at 48. Anyone have experience with polargaurd or has that gone out and climashield replaced it as a better insulation?
The quilt still looks brand new. Construction is great and I have taken care of it I just think the insulation is giving up on me.

Oops Angrysparrow beat me to it.

[Jazilla]

I edited the above. Thanks, its been a few years since and my mind tends to remember what it wants.

Was it stored compressed?

Not compressed as much as not laid out flat. I had it in the mesh laundry bag it cam with in a storage closet. The shelf it was on was large enough to store two rolled up Coleman sleeping bags, its a good size space but maybe not enough?

[angrysparrow]

I've never heard of Polarguard losing it's properties so quickly when stored uncompressed. And stored loosely inside a mesh bag sounds reasonable.

Is there loss of loft or thickness compared to when it was new? That should be very telling.

Feeling 'cold' at a higher temp can have a lot of variables (acclimation to the temps, wind, moisture, how much you ate, etc). Maybe your body wasn't producing as much heat during your cold night.

[Jazilla]

I really hadn't laid it out and measured. (slapping self on head) I will lay it down tonight. Got it hanging on a door now.