Originally Posted by
cmoulder
Just looking at the basic numbers, the main bag on the Ohm 2 is about 34L and the other pockets fill out the 63L total. Two synthetic quilts of 20deg and 30deg rating with 15-20D (argon 90/ion) shells are going gobble up a lot of space. Maybe you can hammer them down but it's going to require a compression stuff sack, and Climashield isn't meant to be smooshed down super hard. Synthetics lose their loft a lot (lot!) quicker than down. I have a 20deg CS TQ (EE Enigma) and even with a 10D shell it's quite a beast, so it's more for the winter car emergency kit than a backpacking quilt.
Unless you're live or frequently travel somewhere with constantly high humidity and cool/cold—think PNW most of the year—I'd advise going with down all around, and thin shell material... 10D or 7D... especially with today's DWR-treated down, which performs far better in soggy weather than non-treated down. I was skeptical of this stuff early on but I have some DWR down quilts that I've used quite a bit over a few years, so I'm sold.
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