Noob question: Top Quilt vs sleeping bag

[Nodust]

Why get a TQ over just a sleeping bag?

What are the advantages. And if this is covered in the ultimate hang book, that is being delivered next week.

[Texas-grrl]

Sleeping bag have features that you don't need. Namely, a zipper. Useless features add to the gear's weight.

Having said that, manly of us still use sleeping bags unless we are concerned about every gram of weight being carried.

[Cannibal]

The zipper is my big thing. I just obsess that it is going to nick the fabric. OCD is a pain when you're trying to get some sleep.

[Nodust]

So you cover with the TQ or lay on it and pull the sides over you?

[2ply]

Use it like a blanket (quilt).

[Nodust]

Use it like a blanket (quilt).

That's what I thought.

Thanks to all.

[Texas-grrl]

When I use my sleeping bag as a TQ, I put my feet in the footbox and loosely tuck the bag under my shoulders/upper arms.

[Silverpalm2x]

I use my sleeping bag as a top quilt like TexasGrrl said. I have used square ended sleeping bag because it was designed for warmer weather and half of the feet tended to fall out of the hammock. No zipper and half as much weight/ space to carry a top quilt instead of a sleeping bag.

[riverbob9101]

I always wondered with the top quilt you also need a bottom quilt (to my knowledge) so wouldn't the top quilt bottom quilt combo end up weighing more and taking up more space as now you are carrying two things instead of one.

[sandykayak]

The filling of the bottom half of the sleeping bag is crushed and provides little warmth, as opposed to the full loft of an under quilt.