So I'm in the market for my first top quilt and I'm quite torn as to what to do. I'm currently using a -10C/14F sleeping bag as a quilt and it works pretty darn good (zipped half way with the zipper underneath me). I was leaning heavily towards buying a 0* top quilt as the majority of my camping is in the late fall, winter and early spring here in Ontario and I sleep cold. When I give it some thought though, I'm really not going to get a ton more out of a 0* quilt than the bag I am currently using. I'm wondering if I would be better to buy say a 40* top quilt which I could use in the warmer months and then use it WITH my current -10C/14F bag for deeper winter use. At least then I would have a few more options and be able to extend the temp ranges of the quilt and bag... Any idea roughly how low I could take a 40* quilt stacked with a 14* bag (both down)?
I also understand that condensation might be a bit of an issue on the outer bag....I'd have to figure that one out...
I did a search here and found the thread with that formula about stacking bags/quilts but in all honesty I'm terrible at math and cannot for the life of me figure it out
The practical side of me says I can make this work but the realistic side of me says I should just get the 0* quilt now and save for a 40* down the road...
Time to shake that magic 8 ball!
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