Zip Around 20

I don’t really know of too many places messing around with FB other than Timmermade- someone mentioned the pad sleeves on BA bags and maybe the zenbivy setup but for UL Dans the only way I know of to get that. I buy used gear and Spent last 3 years with 3 different quilts - year 1: a Zpacks 10 zip around- fantastically warm and light- with it zipped I was over warm in the teens. I loved the ability to fully unzip buttt the superthin d fabric had me leery Year 2: Timmermade FB wren zipper added 20- whoa… Dan does amazing work and this thing was amazing. It weighed in at 22oz, the zipper was easy to use, easy to get in and out of, great in a hammock or on the ground… but I still felt a wee bit constricted in my torso while rotisserie sleeping. This Year -# 3: Nunatak Strugi-q 22- THIS quilt right here🤯…My 3rd Nunatak quilt and Jan and the team have assembled a pinnacle piece IMO. The diff cut, ETC, draft collar, baffles, fabric inner and outer, the stuff and the snaps… I tried it in the backyard without pad straps in the low 30s and didn’t fully adjust the etc and was surprisingly warm for how i flip flop through the night. Next 3 nights I adjusted, added the straps and as the temps crept into the mid 20s I slept through the night warm and woke up warm. FB is great and I enjoyed my time in the Wren- I love dans work and that you can literally build for your body/sleep style and what your needs are… and if you win a spot you can message him along the way of the build and he will help you out.

Try both. Some people like one over the other. For me it's about temperature. Much lower than 20F and I pack a sleeping bag just due to how much more apparent even a small draft becomes. I also begin to really appreciate the re-addition of a hood in extreme cold as my sinuses benefit from the trapped warmer air. Easy entry into either world would be with something like a Zenbivy system or a Zip around bag like Zpacks makes and the WM Terralite either of which can fully open.