Field Report New River UQ & Owyhee TQ

[SemperFiGuy]

Paul,

I ordered my 3 season New River UQ and Owyhee TQ on July 15th, 2014. I think little more than a week passed when they showed up on my doorstep. The outer color on both is red and the inner color is black. They are sharp looking and I can see my set-up very easily from a distance. Stealth is not a concern as these quilts will be primary for my wife and backups for me.

I field tested both this past week-end while visiting my son. The house was full of visiting relatives, so I brought along my Dream Hammock Thunderbird and my new Arrowhead Quilts. My hang spot involved a very large tree in the edge of the woods in the backyard, and one of the support beams on my granddaughter's swing set/jungle gym.

I was amazed at how simple the set up was for the New River. Granted, I paid particular attention to Paul's video on not over cinching the UQ so that would slide off the shoulder or whatever. I allowed enough room between the hammock and the UQ so that when I physically got in the hammock, it closed the gap between the two, thus eliminating any heat loss. I am also aware that it is July and that I may need some tweaking in November. The lows for this past week-end in Scituate, Massachusetts were in the low to mid-50's F.

The Owyhee TQ also was great. I actually had it off to my side for much of the night. After getting up at 2am or so for the inevitable walk to relieve myself, when I got back, I pulled the TQ over my chest and warmed up in an instant.

Follow the link for some pics of my set up.

https://scituatehang.shutterfly.com/pictures#n_5

The quality of both was impeccable. Thanks so much for your great customer service and your attention to detail. I will certainly be ordering more products from Arrowhead.

All the best !
Gil

[CountryRoads]

Nice Gil! I don't see any baffle stitching lines on the UQ. I want to check those quilts out the next time we hang.

[donig]

I don't see any baffle stitching lines on the UQ.

The KAQ quilts have one big piece of APEX Climashield synthetic insulation - no baffles needed.

[SemperFiGuy]

Nice Gil! I don't see any baffle stitching lines on the UQ. I want to check those quilts out the next time we hang.

Hi Chelsea,

As Doing said, there are no baffle lines. It's a different design than we're all used to seeing. At least what I'm used to seeing. In any event, they are very efficient and very effective. I figured I'd get a spare set of quilts for when I get Deb out into the piney woods. Hopefully sometime in August. If it turns out she doesn't go, I'll have a spare pair for one of the grandkids, etc...

Hope to see you soon. Hope all is well.

All the best !
Gil

[mrjaw14]

SemperFiGuy, I noticed you have a dream hammock, I've got a dream hammock thunderbird. I don't see you using the pack hooks in your pictures. Have you tried that? I'm curious because I'm trying to dial out an issue where there's a gap between my butt and the new river I have. I was looking at your pictures and it struck me the pack hooks might alter the hang of the quilt. What have you tried?