are sewn through baffles in a quilt really much colder?

[Coffee]

thanks for the helpful tips. i might just do a sewn through on this one and the real deal on the next one after my sewing skills improve a little more. i do think i'll use just jeff's instructions once i do.

Hey now, show some love.

[Coldspring]

I think the Western Mountaineering Highlite, Mitylite, and Caribou are all sewn-thru. 35F is as low as they go with sewn-thru models, so that probably tells you what the lower limits of that method's usefulness is. I've stayed okay in my Mitylite in the upper 30s, with nothing but a thin T-shirt and shorts (no socks). I wasn't exactly toasty and I could feel the cold spots a bit, so I had to put on some socks and that helped. In the summer months when the lows are over 55F, it seems like letting a little heat out would be a good thing.

[SmokeHouse]

Just wondering where most of you purchase Down for your UQ.

[Coffee]

I bought mine from featherind.com . The website seemed a little iffy but their product was great. 700 fill grey goose down if I remember right. Way cheaper than the other sites. I did the math too and the weight savings from 700 fill to 900 fill is on the oder of an oz or two and a hunderd dollars or so.

PM me if you want me to email you the pricesheet. It is a couple years old though. You can email them for the latest.

The down was pretty high quaility. I stuffed my quilts by hand and could not feel any quills/feathers. No leakage to report after a ton of uses.

[Cannibal]

Just wondering where most of you purchase Down for your UQ.

Speer down for me.

PM me if you want me to email you the pricesheet. It is a couple years old though. You can email them for the latest.

Somewhere, tucked away in my mailbox, is their current price list (within 6 months). If you need me to track it down I will, just let me know.

[te-wa]

I am considering doing sewn through baffles but i've read they are colder. i was wondering with all of the diy'ers how much colder it would be?

colder that what? how much colder than _____?

a sewn through TQ i use for late spring/summer works to about 45°, comfortably. 1.1 ripstop shells, 800+ down with 1.5" loft (max)

there is a chart on typical expectations for baffle height right here: loft chart

Also, the WM highlite is sewn through only on the horizontal baffles, the vertical baffles have a 1.5" mesh section. fwiw, the temp ratings are conservative. I know more than one person that uses the Highlite down to mid twenties regularly-without additional layering of any sort.

[SmokeHouse]

Thanks for the down sites and didn't mean to take over thread.

[ref103]

sorry coffee didn't mean to leave you out. i'm still arguing with myself on a sewn through or baffles. i ordered some insultex and i might incorporate the two. i was thinking of making a sewn through quilt with the insultex with about 6 oz of down. then sewing a top and bottom layer around the perimeter of the sewn through. and finally doing a perimeter sewn dwr 1.1 ripstop shell. what do you all think. good, bad, too heavy. help a virgin diy'er out.