Enlightened Equipment Revelation Quilt 30°F (-1°C) Regular/Wide

Enlightened Equipment Revelation Quilt 30°F (-1°C) Regular/Wide

Revelation Quilt är en favorit bland långväga vandrare och är känt för sin fantastiska mångsidighet, tankeväckande design och ultralätta vikt. På varma nätter kan Revelation ligga öppen som en filt, och i kallare temperaturer kan du använda den justerbara 1/4 längd dragkedja och stänga fotboxen. Denna design gör att du kan få en bekväm nattsömn i många olika temperaturer och klimat.

Revelation är ett täcke, inte en sovsäck, vilket innebär att den är utformad för att användas  med ett liggunderlag för att ge isolering under dig, mellan dig och marken. Revelation har inte en dragkedja i full längd eller en inbyggd huva, vilket sparar vikt och utrymme.
Revelation har en hög värme/vikt ratio. Mycket värme för grammen alltså.

Our thoughts:

Some pieces of equipment become such an engrained part of your gear closet, a standard set piece in all your backpacking trips that they become easy to forget about. For me, the Enlightened equipment revelation pro Quilt is exactly that piece of equipment. I bought this quilt long before I had Backpackinglight or Sarek gear and I haven’t thought about it since. It’s just always with me, summer, winter or fall this quilt is the base of my sleep system. It always works, always keeps me warm and is at the perfect weight to warmth ratio for me. On top of this it’s one of the lower priced high quality quilts on the market.

I simply don’t think about this bag anymore, which in my view is the best compliment one can give a piece of gear. So much so that I haven’t even taken pictures of the bag in use in the wild. 

Weight:

It’s hard to complain about the weight on this quilt. A high quality down sleeping bag with a -6 Celsius rating or 20F. My specific bag is an L-long with x-wide around the shoulders with down 850 stuffing. All this puts the quilt at a total weight of 642 grams on my scales. (officially 723 grams - not sure why the difference)

Features:

Full open blanket or buttoned down cocoon – you decide. The Revelation pro is highly adjustable and flexible for just about any trip. Granted I use it mainly as a cocoon strapped down and buttoned up on my sleeping mat. I guess it’s just the kind of temperatures that I normally hike in. Here in the mountainous regions of northern Sweden where I spend a lot of time, no matter the time of year you can always expect below zero – no matter the season. In other words it’s something you need to be prepared for.

What I really like about this quilt is the comfort and ease of use. I love that I can button this down tight around my neck for when the temperature drops. I use this bag as my winter bag as well complementing with a synthetic quilt (38 Fahrenheit bag) on top and my Thermarest xTherm as a sleeping mat. This setup easily takes me down to -20 Fahrenheit with nothing more than just a overalls and thick socks on.

Warmth

My specific bag is rated at 20 degrees – or -6 Celsius. And I would say the temp rating is fairly spot on. I have had this quilt down to -5 celcius with just my long johns on and it kept me very warm and cozy (with warm sleeping pad of course). The only time this quilt fails is when the sleeping mat isn’t up to par with the outside temperature. This of course could be said about any and all bags and quilts. The sleeping mat is probably the single most important gear choice in the quest to keep warm.

Customization

You will notice that I have a bag that is for 20 degrees. This is over kill for most summer hiking In most climates. But in Sweden I find it a necessity unless I’m in the woods. However, if I were to hike in parts in the USA in the summer than I would definitely go with a lighter, colder solution than the 20 degree quilt and xTherm sleeping mat. But as it stands the majority of my hiking is done in the mountainous northern regions of the planet where temperatures drop suddenly, snow is still all around in the middle of July and the wind rages on down the mountain sides.

Plus: 

• Ultralight and warm quilt
• Best strap to sleeping mat attachement for any quilt on the market
• Great price for such a high quality quilt
• Packs down nice and small

Minus:

• For once I can't think of a minus

 Review by Kenneth Shaw

• Pad attachment system använder elastiska remmar och klämmor på varje sida av täcket för att hålla fast den på en sovdyna och undvika drag under kalla nätter.
• Fästen och dragskostängning gör att du kan finjustera värmen.
• Unika U-formade kanaler i nederdelen håller dunet där du behöver det, hela natten lång.
• Allt dun kommer från en etisk RDS-certifierad leverantör.
• Ultralätt nylontyg har en DWR-finish och har anpassats för komfort.
• Allt detta resulterar i en quilt som har en mycket fin balans mellan vikt/packbarhet, hög prestanda och prisvärdhet.

Material:

• Fyllning:
  Minimum 850 fill power grått ankdun från RDS certifierade leverantörer. 
• Loft:
  5.08 cm är standard för Revelation -1.
• Yttertyg:
  10D yttertyg med DWR behandling. 10D lining.
• Temperatur:
  EE rating: -1
• Längd och vikt:
• Observera att längderna är uträknade när quilten är helt utfälld som ett täcke. När man drar ihop fotändan minskar längden med mellan 10 till 15 cm.

Regular/Wide:

Fyllnadsvikt: 384 gram

Total vikt: 569 gram

Längd: 192 cm

Bredd axlar: 147 cm

Bredd fotbox: 106 cm