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    Top Quilt Modification

    Hi everybody.

    I just purchased a 20 degree burrow quilt from Hammock Gear with a modification that a few of you might be interested in. Some might find it pointless.

    The quilt is a great ultralight piece of gear, using no more square footage than neccesary. I added a system to keep the quilt closed in a different configuration than usual. This helps it to stay closed as a sort of robe / sitting pyramid that encloses the whole body.

    I sit around in camp a lot (outside of the hammock) - it is one of my main motivations for getting into the mountains. This quilt modification helps me keep warm while sitting around camp in cold weather.


    Use:
    Best used for sitting around camp.

    Advantages:
    Keeps entire body heat in. Easily ventable. Can adjust to lower and upper body.

    Weight:
    Overall, the modification added about two ounces to the quilt. There are probably lighter methods, but this worked with the original design and was a standard construction technique.

    Future Modifications.
    One can stick an arm out of the bottuned seam. If a short arm slit were to be added on the opposite side, then you have created a type of hooded poncho which could be worn around camp. In the future I would add some type of string-style hood former.

    Below are some pictures that show the design and clossed seam and "hood"

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    Have you ever taken a look at the EXPED website, they make a couple of great quilts just for what you want.

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    Nice, looks cozy! Same general idea as the Exped wearable sleeping bags Zilla mentioned and as the Jacksrbetter Sierra quilts, but optimized for sitting down where the Jacksrbetter looks more like it's intended for standing around. The Jacksrbetter quilt design has a slit in the middle for the head that's closed with velcro when it's being used as a quilt - maybe something similar would work for the arm slit you mentioned?
    Here's one of the Jacksrbetter quilts with some good photos of how it works: http://www.jacksrbetter.com/shop/sierra-sniveller/

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    Nice idea! I made all top quilts wearable using the Jacks method.
    Mike
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