Quilts

Featured review by M. Thornton

The warmest blanket for the weight I have ever seen. Compresses deceptively small and then fluffs out like a comforter.

This is a review for the Kifaru Doobie, the thicker variant of the Woobie. It takes its name from its inspiration: the government issue poncho liner, known affectionately to ground troops as the "Woobie". Essentially a lightweight synthetic fill blanket, the Woobie is known as an infantryman's best friend. Kifaru took the concept of the Woobie, and improved it, making a lightweight, compressible version with more, and higher quality, synthetic down filling than the military's version. They then took that product, itself already revolutionary, and increased the amount of fill, calling this ultra-warm version the "Doobie" (double-Woobie).

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Featured review by Winter Woodsman

A great quilt with top notch materials. It is a bit higher price point than its competitors. The issue many people have is correct sizing. The quilt seems to run a little small unless you are a dead still back sleeper. Size up!!

Really nice quilt. Warm, light, durable, and well designed. The price point was a bit higher than competitors at the time of my purchase and I think that has been the primary drawback of this product for me. I have seen other online reviews, in particular Outdoor Gear Lab, that complain about the fit and warmth leakage and other "average" features of this quilt.  I bought mine from the manufacturer over the phone and they made it clear to me that unless I am a very still back-sleeper, I will need to size up.

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Featured review by CT1964Hiker

Own both the Katabatic Flex 40 and Flex 22—each 900 fill. They are just fantastic, and fit all my needs. Mostly it is warm enough with the Flex 40, but with the Flex 22 you cannot go wrong.

I am 6 foot 3 / 193cm / 95kg, so here are my 5 cents, my history of sleeping bags compared: old Finmark/ Ajungilak officially 3 Celsius Comfort—too narrow, in reality Comfort more like 10-12 Celsius: SOLD NOW extra wide Yeti Sunrise Comfort 800  XL, egg form XL, roomy but at 1400g much too heavy for UL trekking, comfort max 3 Celsius (even if specs said -2).....SOLD NOW   Yeti was extra wide and heavy, but I still find my quilts more comfortable.  Zpacks 5 Full Zip in Long Wide: very warm, like -5 Celsius, but due too mummy cut I found it too narrow and mostly too warm.

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Reviewed by Chris McCarty

Warm, lightweight, packable, and multi-use—this spin on the classic GI poncho liner is one of the best blankets/quilts I've ever used.

I started looking for a lightweight, packable sleeping option for overnight hikes or for something I could use around the house in the winter. I'm a fan of durable, hard use gear and familiar with Kifaru's excellent packs. I stumbled upon a discussion on the Woobie, which is Kifaru's take on the classic GI poncho liner that has been so popular with our armed forces, and for good reason—they can be stuffed in a pack and used for augmenting a sleep system, knocking the chill off a cold morning, and they are tough as nails.

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Featured review by Mary Beth Skylis

The Pendleton Grand Canyon Throw is a terrific item for extreme outdoor athletes, and for those who love to sleep in style. Not only is it warm, but it's also durable and built to be the perfect survival item.

Most backpackers are known for skimping on luxury items. When you have so little space in your pack, you want to fill it with just the necessities. But Pendleton blends the world of luxury with the world of necessities by providing some of the market's best wool blankets. The Pendleton Grand Canyon Throw is among the most popular of the brand’s National Park blankets—and with good reason. The navy color with golden highlights make this product extremely eye-catching. But it’s also a versatile item, allowing users to prepare for the worst while in the backcountry.  Josh models the Pendleton Grand Canyon Throw MSRP: $199 Material: Wool Blanket Style The Pendleton Grand Canyon Throw measures 54 by 76 inches in size, making it a relatively...

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Reviewed by BigRed

A lightweight synthetic fill blanket big enough to cover two intimate sleepers on summer nights. Could be improved with a foot pocket to keep bare tootsies from escaping.

  The Tomato We call it The Tomato, and we bought it to address a specific problem that we anticipated during our 25-day hike of the Kungsleden in northern Sweden: About 2/3 of the trail is above the arctic circle and much of it is also treeless, raising the possibility that late night or wee-hours sun might warm up our tent and render sleeping conditions uncomfortably warm if we used our 5˚C/40˚F Enlightened Equipment Accomplice double quilt. So we needed something lightweight and compact that would keep us not-too-warm on those arctic summer nights.

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Featured review by John Galt

A high quality, well engineered, lightweight, reasonably priced solution for keeping warm and cozy during cool nights in a hammock. Highly recommended for backpackers, cyclists, and rowers desiring a warm and comfortable multi-season hammock sleep experience.

I am new to hammock camping after vowing to no longer crawl around on the ground and suffer the slings and arrows of rocks, twigs, bumps, lumps, uneven terrain, sore backs, and floods intruding on my former ground sleeping experience. Hammock camping offers most people a totally new type of outdoor sleep experience that offers comfort and expanded options in selecting a non-traditional campsite location not requiring a perfectly flat, level, and dry location. OK, that is the good news. There is a potential downside to hammock camping that is however easily remedied.

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Reviewed by Jason Berry

Great lightweight quilt for those hot summer nights.

Having always used sleeping bags, I was looking for an inexpensive summer weight quilt to find out if I would like quilts better than a bag. This one was available from Backcountry.com for $128 so I decided it would be the test subject. So far I have gotten 11 nights under it in temps ranging from 43 to 65 degrees. The quilt weighed in at 17 ounces on my scale with stuff sack and shockcord. Compresses small and fluffs back up easily. Warmth: The manufacturer lists the lower comfort limit as 45 degrees.

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Reviewed by Twig

The Therm-A-Rest Vesper 32 Quilt is a good ultralight quilt...if judged on its Comfort temperature rating and not its Lower Limit. As such, it should really be titled the Vesper 41F Quilt. It sports high quality materials and is extremely comfortable in temperate conditions. Breaching the lower 40's, I struggled to keep drafts out, mainly because of the design of the quilt opening and inability to close it sufficiently. The quilt could be improved with some simple modifications of the footbox length/width, shape of the opening, and better pad attachments/closure methods. It serves well as an ultralight and compact summer sleep system for fast packing.

Manufacturer Specs for Regular (Long): Fits a user's height up to: 72 in / 183 cm (78 in /198 cm) Weight 15 oz / 0.44 kg (1 lbs 1 oz / 0.49 kg) Fill weight / Material: 8.5 oz (9.5 oz)* / 900 Fill Goose NHD/RDS (Responsible Down Standard-ensures that down-supply waterfowl are treated humanely) Width: 58 in / 147 cm (61 in / 155 cm) Length: 75 in / 191 cm (79 in / 201 cm) Girth, Shoulder: 58 in / 147 cm (61 in / 155 cm) Girth, Hip: 51 in / 130 cm (54 in /137 cm) Girth, Foot box: 37 in / 94 cm (40 in / 102 cm) Packed dimensions: 5 x 6 in / 13 x 15 cm Shell fabric:10D Nylon RipStop w/ DWR Liner fabric: 10D Nylon RipStop **w/ ThermaCapture Lining Made in China Storage sack and compression stuff sack included *As a result of eliminating the ThermaCapture...

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Reviewed by Joe

I bought one based on reviews. I had some issues but the company stepped up and fixed the issue. I am very happy with the new one.

I bought one based on the reviews. I really like the design.  I had a minor issue on delivery. I contacted the company and their response was slow but they took care of me. They gave me a return number and offered to replace it. The new one is perfect.

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