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Post by hikerdennis on Feb 26, 2017 13:40:13 GMT -8
I can't see much value in being able to open the foot box with the 20 degree or colder rated quilts. If the temperature is down in the 20s or teens, I don't want any part of me to be cold. Even a little cold spot somewhere will mess up my sleep. So I wouldn't open a foot box and have my feet get cold. Or does it not work like that? When I was trying to decide What I wanted from my sleep system I came up with versatility being the most important factor. I live in California and the temps that I will be sleeping will vary from the low 20s to possibly the 70s in some cases. So for me the ability to be able to adjust my sleep system to my sleeping environment was very important. I would completely agree with you about having a closed footbox if my conditions were not so variable. I tend to sleep hot and wanted the option to be covered, but not enclosed as if I was in sleeping bag. Like some have said I may never even use the open footbox feature. But, I was just thinking it might make me more comfortable while sleeping in warmer climates.
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Post by rebeccad on Feb 26, 2017 13:43:40 GMT -8
What hikerdennis said. I wanted to be able to open my quilt up and use it really as a quilt when we are camped in the desert. On those spring break trips, temps often range from very warm to pretty cold, so the maximum adjustability of the Revelation seemed the right choice. If I were only using it in the mountains, I'd probably have gone with the Enigma and the sewn footbox.
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Post by BigLoad on Feb 26, 2017 15:51:50 GMT -8
I like to keep my feet warm. I wouldn't mind a sewn footbox even in the desert, even if that's the only part of me that's covered up.
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Post by tigger on Feb 27, 2017 8:30:56 GMT -8
I can't see much value in being able to open the foot box with the 20 degree or colder rated quilts. If the temperature is down in the 20s or teens, I don't want any part of me to be cold. Even a little cold spot somewhere will mess up my sleep. So I wouldn't open a foot box and have my feet get cold. Or does it not work like that? One drawback with my quilt is that since it is a snug fit, there was no room for me to put other stuff in with me to keep it from freezing. Some people put their boots in trash bags and then in their sleeping bags with them. I woke up to frozen boots. Maybe I'm finding versatility where there was none supposed to be, but I've found the footbox flexibility great. I used my +0 quilt over my +40 bag in the Arctic to make a sleeping bag worthy of -60 temps. I had to unzip the foot box to get it to lay over without compressing the down of my primary bag. I did get a slightly larger model because I wanted a bit more room with this in mind. I plan on experimenting this spring with using it as an underquilt for my hammock. I will also use it alone this fall. Because of the slightly larger quilt, I had no issues bringing my extra gear into my quilt along with me and drying it out overnight/keeping it warm. Mind you, I don't have a standard size quilt to compare to.
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