I was lucky enough to be able to order both of these quilts from him, and he's got excellent skills as a quilt maker.
Both were made by ULEnchilada, an all around nice guy and fellow UL nerd named Ryan that I met on Reddit who occasionally makes custom quilts. I will get into the details and specs of each quilt below. One is a Climashield Apex synthetic quilt, and the other is a down feather quilt. I will start with the two quilts that make up my two quilt system. So here's the gear that provides me with pretty damn good sleep while I'm out and about. But that being said, some of the best sleep of my life I've had sleeping outside under my tarp or in a trail shelter.
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So it may take some trial and error if you're new to all this, and you should also not expect to sleep 100% as comfortable as your own bed at home (assuming you have a comfy bed at home).
This can be tricky for someone who is new to sleeping outdoors, as you have to dial in your preferences and everyone has different needs when it comes to being comfortable. Both the novice camper or backpacker to the grizzled old outdoors enthusiast, everyone seems to have their own preferences and opinions about the best equipment for a good night's sleep.Īnd rest is very important when you're out there, so I often recommend to others (especially greenhorns) that if you are going to splurge or spoil yourself when it comes to gear, you should prioritize a good sleep system. So this post will breakdown my current sleep systems, as not only has a lot changed (and for the better), but sleep systems are one of the combinations of gear that I get asked about or comes up in conversation the most. You should definitely give that post a read if you are unfamiliar with the two quilt system and its benefits and nuances.īut when I wrote that post I was in the process of upgrading one of my quilts (the summer Apex quilt), and since then all of my sleep systems are more or less complete. I called it a case for a two quilt system, and you can read that post here.
One such post over there got a fair amount of up-votes and positive feedback, which was me making a case for using only two quilts to take care of one's year-round backpacking needs. That's the last time I did a big breakdown of my sleeping gear here on my blog, but I've written and discussed sleep systems quite a lot on various forums, such as the UL subreddit. Back in 2015 I wrote one that focused on my sleep systems, for example. It's been a while since I posted a big breakdown of my various gear combinations.