OH MAN, GREAT QUESTION.

A quilt is an alternative to a sleeping bag that offers comfort, versatility, weight savings, and compressibility in ways that sleeping bags can’t. Here’s what one looks like -->

Two sleeping quilts, one face up, one face down.
Sleeping quilt opened at the top.
Fully opened sleeping quilt.

OH MAN, GREAT QUESTION.

A quilt is an alternative to a sleeping bag that offers comfort, versatility, weight savings, and compressibility in ways that sleeping bags can’t. Here’s what one looks like...

Sleeping quilt laying on top of a tent.
woman wrapped in sleeping quilt
men in backcountry with sleeping quilts
sleeping quilts in tent
Two sleeping quilts, one face up, one face down.
Sleeping quilt opened at the top.
Fully opened sleeping quilt.
Sleeping quilt laying on top of a tent.
men in backcountry with sleeping quilts
Woman sleeping outside in a sleeping quilt with her leg stuck out of the quilt.
Woman sleeping outside in a sleeping quilt wrapped up to her neck.
Woman sleeping outside in a sleeping quilt sleeping on her side.
Woman sleeping outside in a fully opened sleeping quilt.
Woman sleeping outside in a fully opened sleeping quilt on her side.
Woman sleeping outside in a sleeping quilt on her side.
Woman sleeping outside in a mostly opened sleeping quilt.

Comfort

Quilts allow the user to sleep naturally. There’s no need to be constrained by sleeping bags, since you can choose to orient the quilt anywhere between a blanket and a bag.

Little girl smiling, wrapped up in her sleeping quilt.
Man outdoors shaking out his sleeping quilt before bed.
Sleeping Quilt laid out in front of a lake at sunset.
Woman wrapped in a sleeping quilt poking her head out of her tent.

Versatility

Strap systems keep your quilt facing down and in place, and strap slides allow the user to decide airflow and tightness of the quilt around them, on the fly. Get the perfect fit and temperature you need at night, every night.

A person clipping together the sleeping quilt strap system to their pad.
A person clipping together the sleeping quilt strap system to their pad.
A person clipping together the sleeping quilt strap system to their pad.
A girl sitting on a camp chair outside, wrapped in her sleeping quilt.
A man shaking out his sleeping quilt in the mountains.
A man inspecting his sleeping quilt in his tent.
A woman peeking out of her sleeping quilt.
A bulky sleeping bag behind a much smaller sleeping quilt.

14lb, 0° Sleeping Bag // 1.5lb, 0° Ultralight Quilt

Weight Savings & Compressibility

Quilts cut the fat of wasted fabric and insulation beneath you, meaning that quilts are consistently lighter and more compressible than their sleeping bag equivalents. Innovation, Baby.

A sleeping quilt laid out on a rock by a lake.
A man wrapping himself in a sleeping quilt during winter.
A man sleeping in his sleeping quilt in his tent.
People shaking out their sleeping quilts.

Long distance backpackers now use quilts more than sleeping bags, and it's easy to see why.

Comfort

Quilts allow the user to sleep naturally. There’s no need to be constrained by sleeping bags, since you can choose to orient the quilt anywhere between a blanket and a bag.

How do you use a Sleeping Quilt?

Sleeping quilts are used as a part of a sleep system that usually includes your tent, your sleeping pad, your sleeping quilt or bag, and base layer cloths. Without each of these pieces accounted for in the conditions you expect to be sleeping in, your system may fail, and your other parts of your sleep system cannot make up for it. For example, your 0° sleeping quilt will not be able to keep you warm if your heat is lost beneath you by having an inadequate sleeping pad.

Is a Quilt or Sleeping Bag warmer?

Both Sleeping Quilts and Bags use temperature rating to measure their level of warmth, meaning that a 20° sleeping quilt should be equally warm (when used properly) against a 20° sleeping bag. In extreme cold conditions, having your body fully encapsulated by a sleeping bag may create extra layers of failsafe for keeping out moisture and drafts.

How do you attach a quilt to a sleeping pad?

Quilts use strap systems to attach the quilt to your sleeping pad. This usually includes some combination of either flat straps, or loop straps, which loop around the pad, then attach the quilt via clips.

Are Quilts good for side sleepers?

Because of their ability to be opened and moved within more freely, quilts are generally better for side sleepers. Quilts allow you to sleep more naturally while in blanket-mode, and allow you to choose how secure/tight to your body the quilt sits on colder nights.

What is the difference between a sleeping bag and a sleeping quilt?

Sleeping bags fully encompass the user head-to-toe, while sleeping quilts only cover the most necessary parts of the body. Sleeping quilts lack the hood of a sleeping bag, as well as the insulation underneath your body in exchange for a more highly versatile sleeping experience. Sleeping quilts can be formed as blankets, or closer to full bags, depending on the temperatures and variables the night calls for, while sleeping bags will only wrap around the user fully in the 'mummy bag' fashion.

Woman sleeping outside in a sleeping quilt with her leg stuck out of the quilt.
Woman sleeping outside in a sleeping quilt wrapped up to her neck.
Woman sleeping outside in a sleeping quilt sleeping on her side.
Woman sleeping outside in a fully opened sleeping quilt.
Woman sleeping outside in a fully opened sleeping quilt on her side.
Woman sleeping outside in a sleeping quilt on her side.
Woman sleeping outside in a mostly opened sleeping quilt.
Little girl smiling, wrapped up in her sleeping quilt.
woman wrapped in sleeping quilt

Versatility

Strap systems keep your quilt facing down and in place, and strap slides allow the user to decide airflow and tightness of the quilt around them, on the fly. Get the perfect fit and temperature you need at night, every night.

A person clipping together the sleeping quilt strap system to their pad.
A person clipping together the sleeping quilt strap system to their pad.
A person clipping together the sleeping quilt strap system to their pad.
A man inspecting his sleeping quilt in his tent.
A sleeping quilt laid out on a rock by a lake.

Lower Weight & Size

Quilts cut the fat of wasted fabric and insulation beneath you, meaning that quilts are consistently lighter and more compressible than their sleeping bag equivalents. Innovation, Baby.

A bulky sleeping bag behind a much smaller sleeping quilt.

14lb, 0° Sleeping Bag // 1.5lb, 0° Ultralight Quilt

People shaking out their sleeping quilts.
A man sleeping in his sleeping quilt in his tent.

Long distance backpackers now use quilts more than sleeping bags, and it's easy to see why.

How do you use a Sleeping Quilt?

Sleeping quilts are used as a part of a sleep system that usually includes your tent, your sleeping pad, your sleeping quilt or bag, and base layer cloths. Without each of these pieces accounted for in the conditions you expect to be sleeping in, your system may fail, and your other parts of your sleep system cannot make up for it. For example, your 0° sleeping quilt will not be able to keep you warm if your heat is lost beneath you by having an inadequate sleeping pad.

Is a Quilt or Sleeping Bag warmer?

Both Sleeping Quilts and Bags use temperature rating to measure their level of warmth, meaning that a 20° sleeping quilt should be equally warm (when used properly) against a 20° sleeping bag. In extreme cold conditions, having your body fully encapsulated by a sleeping bag may create extra layers of failsafe for keeping out moisture and drafts.

How do you attach a quilt to a sleeping pad?

Quilts use strap systems to attach the quilt to your sleeping pad. This usually includes some combination of either flat straps, or loop straps, which loop around the pad, then attach the quilt via clips.

Are Quilts good for side sleepers?

Because of their ability to be opened and moved within more freely, quilts are generally better for side sleepers. Quilts allow you to sleep more naturally while in blanket-mode, and allow you to choose how secure/tight to your body the quilt sits on colder nights.

What is the difference between a sleeping bag and a sleeping quilt?

Sleeping bags fully encompass the user head-to-toe, while sleeping quilts only cover the most necessary parts of the body. Sleeping quilts lack the hood of a sleeping bag, as well as the insulation underneath your body in exchange for a more versatile sleeping experience. Sleeping quilts can be formed as blankets, or closer to full bags, depending on the temperatures and variables the night calls for, while sleeping bags will only wrap around the user fully in the 'mummy bag' fashion.