View Full Version : Feedback for Quilts. Please.
wanderinstar
17-11-2007, 14:31
Well they have all gone out now, bar 3 that I am taking to Middlewood with me.
So once you have used them if you could let me have your opinions, good or heaven forbid, bad on here.
Thank you.
Neanderthal
18-11-2007, 23:16
Tested on Friday and Saturday night over near Scarborough.
Very Snugley and good compression when in the stuff sack, lofts well in use.. :)
Friday night was clear skies but don't know what the temperature was.
Strange thing. Lots of whitish static in the fabric when I ran my fingers over the outer cover. Wierd but Cool. :)
Rolls down hill very well when compressed in the sack. :eek:
Stu
British Red
18-11-2007, 23:41
I found mine was very warm.Kept me lovely and snuggly even after I dozed off and the fire went out. So warm in fact that I didn't bother to re-light it.
I just snuggled in deeper, watched the end of the film and went upstairs to bed :o
Red
Tried mine this w/e in the garden for a couple of hours. Pretty cold. Used with group buy hammock and your underblanket. Was toasty warm, if anything too warm. Can't fault the design. Tuck-under flaps worked well. Simplicity is king. I really like this bit of kit, very versatile, far superior in a hammock to a sleeping bag IMO. BIG thanks for sorting this. Much appreciated.
wanderinstar
30-11-2007, 15:03
Now that a few more of you may have tested them out. What do you think?
I havent tested it outside yet, bad health and high humidity forbidding it.
It is, however, in continuous use a warm blanket on the couch at home.
Soft, snugly, warm, sized perfect.
Excellent!!!
wanderinstar
04-12-2007, 20:23
Thank you for the comments. Has anyone else tried them out yet?
Sorry I missed you at Middlewood Ian, Matt said you'd been and gone by the time I arrived. Mine got a good testing, though I did add my own homemade under it as a weather-shield when the rain started heaving down about 5am on Sunday morning, was still toasty just didn't want it getting wet.
wanderinstar
08-12-2007, 10:37
Come on people talk to me. there must be more than 4 people who have tried out their quilts.
wanderinstar
27-12-2007, 20:05
Well you have all had your Quilts for a few weeks now. Ideal weather for testing them out I would have thought.
unfortunately, every time i plan to get out something crops up! its getting ridiculous i am getting withdrawal symptoms, i have a quilt and the hex fly to test, really need to get out, maybe this week end when everyone is gearing up for the new year.
will post in this thread once i escape!
Adam.
thingswelike
25-07-2008, 15:41
It's taken me this long to use my quilt, but I have to say it's the best thing ever!
I know it's summer and warm, but I can't believe how long I've been suffering using restrictive sleeping bags.
For this first test I was using it on the ground with a thermarest underneath me and a really thin sleeping bag on top of the mat. I had the foot area of the sleeping bag zipped up to make a footbox and I slipped the footbox of the quilt over this. The two stayed together even though I'm usually moving about a bit in the night.
The quilt is big enough to mean no cold spots and yet I was able to use my typical 'limbs out' sleeping style without a problem.
When weight isn't a problem, this will be my preferred sleeping arrangement from now on. I don't think I've ever had a more comfortable night's sleep on the ground!
I'll try it in a hammock at the moot. Still not tried the underblanket :(
wanderinstar
28-10-2008, 21:23
I bet you all thought I had forgotten the Quilts didn't you. Well I sold 34 and have received 5 feedbacks. Plus IIRC Woodland Edge sold 10.
Hopefully you should have all had chance to use them by now. So come on folks tell me what you think. After all, I put all the effort into doing the Group Buy and posting them all out.
Just a few words will do.:)
drewdunnrespect
28-10-2008, 21:34
wanderinstar
i baught mine from woodland edge and i am going to use it for the first time at the middlewood moot this weekend so will give feed back after that cheers drew
wanderinstar
28-10-2008, 22:44
Cheers Drew, will see you there.
Ian.
wanderinstar
30-10-2008, 07:02
Well, if the majority can't be bothered giving feedback. It makes me think again about doing anymore Group Buys.
Feedback enables me to improve the products. No feedback, no improvement. I am very dissapointed.
thingswelike
30-10-2008, 10:51
I know what you mean Ian. Have you put a post in the original group buy thread? Everyone who bought will be subscribed to that thread and may get an email. That might help.
They may not be aware of this thread.
I hadn't tried it out in anger when the original thread was running and had forgotten about given any feedback. It's only just got cold enough this year to start thinkng about me using it again, mainly as the underquilt is so good I've tended to just use my smaller/lighter/less warm Nomad tropical quilt as a top quilt.
I think it was said before but I don't think the wings really need insulation in them, the quilt is plenty wide enough that that seems a little redundant. Having said that I'm exactly a big bloke when it comes to width others may find them indespensible soprobably best to go by others comments rather than mine in that dept.
What might be worth doing is having the first foot or so of the footbox insulated just so the bony parts of the ankles ( which have blood vessles near the surface with little natural insulation ) are covered and have some insulation pushing up under that natural arch, I've contemplated taking of one of the side wings and sewing it there for this reason.
Though, again, this may just be me slipping further down into the hammock and that I'd hung the underquilt without taking the outside line over a ridge so it may have had more draft there than it would if I'd read you underquilt hanging thread more carefully.
wanderinstar
02-11-2008, 17:00
Cheers for that Glen. That is what I am looking for . Regarding the wings. I enquired about having them without insulation, but there was no reduction in cost. So I thought it better to keep them on. As regards the foot bucket, I to thought after using mine a time or two that it could do with being say.6" deeper. What does anyone else think?
thingswelike
02-11-2008, 17:12
Cheers for that Glen. That is what I anmlooking for . Regarding the wings. I enquired about having them without insulation, but there was no reduction in cost. So I thought it better to keep them on. As regards the foot bucket, I to thought after using mine a time or two that it could do with being say.6" deeper. What does anyone else think?
I agree that a bit longer is good - at the moment it almost folds open when the lip of the flap is forced (if you see what I mean). I can't really see a downside except a tad more weight.
Cheers for that Glen. That is what I anmlooking for . Regarding the wings. I enquired about having them without insulation, but there was no reduction in cost. So I thought it better to keep them on. As regards the foot bucket, I to thought after using mine a time or two that it could do with being say.6" deeper. What does anyone else think?
An extra few inches would help, possibly with a shock cord ( and adjustment lock to the side ) along the top edge of it.
No reduction in price but a small reduction in pack size and weight, though transposing them to the bottom and top of the foot bucket would give close insulation around ankles and back of knees, possibly making it even more warm and comfy in the process.
Neanderthal
02-11-2008, 22:46
Woke up at 5am on Saturday morning at Middlewood with cold feet. I'd managed to pull them out of the foot bucket and they were uncovered when I straightened my legs.
So, another vote for a bit more length in that area.
The quilt is a really appreciated bit of kit, especially after a weekend when I forgot to take it with me.
Cheers Ian
Stu
drewdunnrespect
04-11-2008, 00:17
ausome enough said
wanderinstar
12-11-2008, 18:46
Well I know it wont help those of you with Quilts but from now on the footbucket will be 6" deeper. this is due to FEEDBACK. Thank you.
For those of you with quilts already. This could be a suggestion. I have taken mine to a seamstress and asked her to unpick the stitching and fold another 6" up and resew. Will let you all know the results.
There was someone with either a quilt or an underblanket who said that one of the buckles on the stufsak had snapped. If they PM me I will tell them what to do.
IntrepidStu
12-11-2008, 19:00
Ian, ive not actualy seen these quilts yet. At Middlewood I used my sleeping bag and one of your underblankets and only woke feeling a bit cold on one occasion over the weekend. Can the quilt really give the same performance as this???
Any chance of a piccy (or link to piccy)??
Cheers mate.
Stu
wanderinstar
12-11-2008, 20:00
Certainley Stu. If you go to "Quilt for Group Buy Underblanket" Post 77 by Neanderthal. He took some photos of it.
IntrepidStu
12-11-2008, 20:40
Cheers Ian. Whats the minimum temp they are good for. Middlewood (on the Sat morning) got down to -1 in the car-park; so it was probably 1 or 2 degrees in the woods. Its just that I understand they are about £60 and Im not working, so it must be able to cope in really cold temps (whith the underblanket of course).
Can you PM me with where to get hold of one (maybe 2).
Cheers Ian.
wanderinstar
12-11-2008, 21:21
PM set Stu.