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PurplePie
0
Nov 21, 2017
Curious why these are made with vertical baffles as most top quilts use horizontal ones?
DannyMilks
4557
Nov 21, 2017
PurplePieVertical baffling allowed the least amount of baffles to be used, thereby contributing to high warmth-to-weight ratio. EE, Zpacks, Underground Quilts, Nunatak all use vertical baffles on their top quilts. Marmot, Patagonia, Nemo and many more use vertical baffles on their sleeping bags. And it makes it easier to use as an underquilt.
Stepbystep
549
Nov 25, 2017
PurplePieYeah, it's harder to find horizontal baffles now, and mostly for good reason. Biggest difference is in how it will drape over you and conform to your contours (better than horizontal mostly, especially for back sleepers). That helps to maxmize warmth by minimizing dead air space which is inefficient for our bodies to try to heat up and easy to lose that heat just via air movement when you move (drafts or no drafts, either way). Second great benefit is that it usually minimizes cold spots from down shifting, but that depends some on the materials used and how stuffed the baffles are. I can't remember if it was UGQ or EE that introduced the combined baffle design that is almost everywhere now, but it's the best design...vertical for the upper body for the reasons above, plus can still be shifted purposely a little if you like, and then horizontal for the feet, where shifting isn't usually an issue but will help prevent down moving up from there and leaving you with cold feet. All of this is somewhat less relevant with a very lightly insulated quilt like this Pine blanket compared to a colder weather model but it still matters.