Snug Fitting UQs

[DannyBoy2k]

Ah, very good. Misunderstood what the term meant then. I was thinking it meant the baffles ran side-to-side as opposed to the length of the quilt.

~Dan

[stormcrow]

Ah, very good. Misunderstood what the term meant then. I was thinking it meant the baffles ran side-to-side as opposed to the length of the quilt.

~Dan

That would be horizontal baffles as opposed to longitudinal. Too many terms! lol.

[Beast 71]

I have a JRB Mount Washington 3 convertible and I love it I use it as a 2/3 under quilt (UQ) in the summer. When it gets cooler I put the whole UQ together. Then when it gets near 0F I add a thermarest pad to it. It works great!

[BillyBob58]

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Why are more UQs not designed to be this way? Is there something about the design of a non-compressable UQ that is a drawback?

~Dan

I suppose because it is a more expensive approach. At least with fancier baffles, I'm not sure a dif cut would actually cost more to make.

There is one advantage to a non-snug design, at least with a Speer PeaPod. It makes it easy to hang it more loosely, and then add whatever extra like down vests or jackets or a light quilt, to obtain about whatever amount of insulation you might need.

But I wonder if that could also be done by just hanging a snug design more loosely? I don't know, but it is easy to do with a PeaPod.