Katabatic Gear - Palisade 30°F Quilt

Quilts that are regularly brought up for backpacking are not your "use in the living room" type of quilts. That's a specific name for a sleeping bag that has no hood, and no back, that uses straps to attach to the sleeping pad. When used correctly, they can be used in much colder temperatures (0F rated quilts exist, and can work well when combined with a hooded down jacket). Quilts come in length up to 6'6", where this is the length of the quilt, not the person in it. For your height that is going to be quite useful, as that leaves plenty of additional room to cover yourself up if need (although functionally 6' quilt would be enough for you for warm weather use). They also come with openable toe boxes as a common feature, which is useful for warm nights. Look up something like Katabatic Palisade to get a sense of what the thing is, the company has nice product pictures. In general depending on where you a live a 20F or 30F quilt can be an all-around 3 season solution, where you leave it more open on warmer nights or close it up on colder nights.

With everyone else here, major quilt fan and have been using a Katabatic Palisade for about 6 years and would never go back. Only exception would be winter camping. They tend to sleep a tad little colder than mummy bags (but not much) so the temp rating of the quilt + the R value of your pad is more important to pay attention to.

I have a katabatic palisade quilt and it works perfectly for sleeping with one leg up, it's got elastic down the edges to keep them under you and block drafts. They make quilts down to comfort temps of -15c so imagine there should be something suitable. Expensive, but easily the best quality sleeping bag / quilt I've ever used

I tried a half dozen different mummy bags before immediately returning them. I'm 6'3" 235lbs, pretty tight fit. Perfect solution for me was a Katabatic down quilt. Really good quality and versatile. Paired it with a Big Agnes Rapide pad. Most comfortable pad I've ever used.

I got the wide 6'6" 30F for $379. I motocamp, and prefer not to ride in Temps below 35-40F so I chose the 30F. But it LUXURIOUS! Love it. Well made.

Man I wish I could figure that out. My 30 katabatic bad is oppressively hot over 40 degrees. And trying to keep some of it venting or the footbox open from 40-50 just results in my feet freezing or waking up at night to one spot of my back getting it a draft. I gave up. I got a 40 degree down quilt and a 50deg synthetic bag a little bit bigger and layer however it seems like it’ll be that night. Bonus is EE put a hole in the 50deg bag so it’s my camp poncho and I don’t bring a puffy. The two bags are heavier than a 20deg bag but lighter than a 20 degree plus a 10oz puffy.

Yup. Quilts were a miracle for my sleep when I discovered them. I'm 6'2" / 220 lbs. and turn all night, every night. Probably settle on a "figure four" type position for an hour or two at a time. Just get a long/wide Enlightened Equipment or Katabatic. And quilts are particularly good for above-freezing temps.

I think 20-30° is the right range for PnW Cascade backpacking in shoulder season. And for me, also summer as I am a cold sleeper. And June is still shoulder season in the PnW. I’ve ran into a lot of snow drifts in June. Hammock Gear makes great quilts that are pretty reasonable. I also have a Katabatic, though that’s a bit more money (though not a ton).

At $500 you have a world of options. Western Mountaineering is by far the most expensive bag I have seen. Whether it is worth it, I don’t know. I’m a hammocker and don’t use bags. I have a Katabatic and it is great. I also have a Hammock Gear UL and it is also great. I have a Superior Gear, guess what, also great. If I had to pick one… Probably the HG because it is very light. But perhaps not great for durability for ground dwellers. I think it is like 8D or something stupid low. After that, the Katabatic. Edit - my bad. Just looked. 7D And main difference in warmth with Katabatic is you get the differential cut (top layer is bigger than inner layer). This helps it not pull tight and compress the down. For a hammocker this is not a big deal. For mouth breathing ground dwellers this is probably more important :)

I have a Katabatic and a Hammock Gear Burrow UL (which does not appear of their site anymore). Both are great. The main complaint that I understand about EE is they are generous with their rated temp. Not that they are bad quilts. But any quilt with less than 20D fabric is going to be a bit fragile. So don’t wear it like a poncho and go off to pee and let it get hung up in brush.

Can’t go wrong with Katabatic. I have six of their quilts in my gear closet (to outfit my family of four) and I’m 100% satisfied with them.

I’d try adding a liner first and even if that didnt work I’d opt for anything else that is more in the 1.5-2lb range. I am not familiar with the bag you are considering but it is obviously heavy but I’d imagine it’s bulky too. I carry a Katabatic I think it’s great.