I've gone the DIY route for my bottom quilt and I'm now looking at some top insulation while keeping an eye on the bottom line. I just picked up a 0* bag from EMS on clearance but it's way too heavy and won't fit in my pack so it's being relegated to car camping. I'm hoping to have something comfortable to the mid 30's and I'm not afraid to throw on a few extra layers or add a liner bag of some kind to make it work.
I'm not really prepared to shell out over $150 which seems to exclude pretty much every down offering out there. What I've found so far that are in my budget are the DD quilt ($85), Snugpak quilt and jungle blanket ($70), ENO Vesta (at $160, def at the top end of my price range) or a DIY with the thickest climashield ($80ish depending on shell fabric). I'd definitely consider a traditional down sleeping bag, I'm just not seeing one in my price range. I have an overnight planned for 2 weeks from now which makes shipping time a little bit of a problem (I knew I should have checked the size of my bag before now!)
thoughts?
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