Katabatic Gear - Flex 15°F Quilt

I have that bag, a katabatic flex 15 and a WM caribou bag. I didn’t find the petrel to be too constricting. One of the things that keeps you warm is not having too much empty space. My feet often get cold so I actually shove most of my clothing down around my feet. I sleep like a rotisserie chicken and I’m quite comfortable in it. However it would probably be almost too hot above 30 degrees. I carried it when o hiked segment 8 of the CT and Marvine Loop in September and was comfortable.

Yes for Katabatic quilts! I get a lot of use out of my flex quilt 15 degree with overfill. I love zipping the bottom part to a mummy and leaving the top loose like a blanket. I’ve used it 20-50F overnight temps.

Yes! 100% worth it. I love my Katabatic Flex 15 - I got wide and 850FP down. I’ve taken it in the snow down to the limit and been super cozy. If I could do it again, I’d probably get the 22. I was worried about the temp rating being inaccurate or generous, but I haven’t found that to be the case at all. The only time I’ve ever been cold is when I’ve under planned on my pad and gone with one with too little insulation / too low r rating.

I am also a cold side sleeper, and new to camping, first thing I found is that some manufacturer temp temp values are useless. I bought a Corus 20 for UK, and both me and my son were cold at 10 celsius temperatures. I then bought a Katabatic 22 and 15 and have never been cold, not even in Iceland in summer. One is 6.6” wide, the other is 6 regular, we’re both 6” tall, I’m a bit less constrained in the wider one, but the regular is wide enough, I could have gone regular 6” for both, but didn’t have any chance of trying them out. Couldn’t be happier with them.

I have the Kodiak 0F. And the 15F Katabatic quilt. They're not really in the same ball park IMO. I like them both, but the Kodiak bag is pure luxury...

I was freezing last year on the CDT in a 15 degree katabatic. My wife had the same bag and was so happy. About a month in we decided to swap pads one night, and I was so hot I dreamed I was on fire. She didn’t sleep at all because she was so cold. Pads make a huge difference. I had been using an ultralight pad that was like r3 and she was using a NeoAir XTherm NXT with an r 7.3. I ended up just keeping her pad and letting her use the cold one, and I slept great the rest of the hike even in 20 degree weather!

Katabatic Flex FTW! I've slept comfortable from 50f down to 7f with the same quilt

There isn’t really an absolute best, but I like Katabatic for a quilt and western mountaineering or feathered friends for a bag. I prefer quilts down to around the low 20s, bags below that. Having a pocket in your quilt for a sleeping pad seems silly to me.

I love my Katabatic quilt!

Numeri 1 - Western mountaineering - Feathered friends Li tocchi con mano e capisci subito di che pasta son fatti. Subito dopo metterei Katabatic, pieno di accessori e features utili. Poi ce ne sono tanti altri sotto molto buoni. In EU trovi piu facilmente Cumulus, fatti veramente bene. E poi ci alcuni piu piccoli che fanno roba custom made molto buoni. Ma c'è un abisso tra tutti questi e i classici commerciali e costano giusto qualche euro in piu o a volte in meno. 100-150€ per una roba che ti deve tenere caldo, essere leggero, compatto e deve durarti anni e anni, mi sembra un investimento molto piccolo. Ci prendi giusto qualche taroccata decathlon o ferrino. Io mi farei regalare lo zaino, il sacco a pelo è molto personale. Se poi dormi a pancia in giù o laterale devi prendere un quilt, col sacco non dormi.