Here's a thought... What about a snap-closed TQ with a circular section that snaps into the end to close off the foot. No compressing of down. With enough snaps would "seal" the leaks and would still have the versatility of being able to open it up flat...
--Matt
My feet will get cool with snaps.
In my opinion, a TQ is meant to keep you warm. It is not meant to ventilate and cool you down. It is solely designed to keep you warm at all costs.
If you get too warm with the quilt, stick a foot or leg or both out of it or lay the quilt on top of you without your feet in it.
Once you alter the design of the quilt to make it easier to cool you down, it makes it less efficient at doing it's first job which is keeping you warm.
YMMV
I got snaps on my zero Burrow because 1) perceived versatility, though not realized (yet), 2) was slightly less expensive, and 3) since I ofter wear booties for my feet and might have them on a pad as well, I felt like a permanent closure was not adding anything for me.
"I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe... ?"
- Kate Chopin
Neither?
I make mine with omni-tape and a double sided drawstring that can actually be wrapped around the hole to seal it off if you don't like doing the sock/t-shirt/stuff sack thing.
Best of both worlds if you ask me, but only my humble opinion.
Another Omni tape fan here. I get a nice seal, and it easily converts to a wearable quilt.
Mike
"Life is a Project!"
a large stuff sack can fix all the problems of the snaps. It must be large enough to fit over the quilt at full loft.
welcome to planet earth no one gets out alive
Haha, I posed the same question last year. It seemed those with snapped closures had issues with drafts or the snaps popping open. I went with a 20* TQ with a sewn footbox. Love it. In cold weather, I tuck my tooties inside and have no draft issues or fumbling with cords, etc. In warmer weather, I use it blanket style simply with my feet out of the box. After using this quilt quite a bit, I would say the only way I would consider a snap-closed footbox would be on a warm weather quilt where icy drafts aren't such an issue, and perhaps where I might also want to use it on the ground / tenting with more wiggle room.
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