Quilt or sleeping bag ?

[Califoznia]

Which is best in the Cali...Quilt or sleeping ?

 

[Andy]

Quilt definitely. Sleeping bag is too much like camping in a tent ! Also more freedom of movement under a quilt.
Downside of quilt is it takes up more room than a sleeping bag.

At the end of the day it is down to personal preference.

 

[Stu]

Quilt for us too.

 

[Kitty A]

Quilt. Goose down really compresses and packs down small.

 

[Califoznia]

Thanks people that really helps us we was gunna go buy some sleeping bags but quilt seems to get the vote

 

[Bubble]

B&B if it gets really cold.... Full English b4 facing the chill :smile lol

 

[BMVS-Camper-Hire]

Duvet, unless its -25 in the alpes, then its duvet and sleeping bag :lol:

 

[california180]

Duvalay

 

[CannellWalker]

Both. At least that's what we used on the Llyn in Febuary.

 

[barry]

We use a double sleeping bag. It's good at keeping the draughts out and has proved to be warm in the windiest of conditions (although we've never used it too far below zero). We're very happy with it but then we've never tried the range of quilts available.

I've always wondered whether the quilts with their extra bulk would work their way up the canvas of the bellows (we nearly always sleep upstairs) and wick through water in driving rain conditions (although we have that gortex lining and sometimes use a Vanorak ...). The sleeping bag doesn't have that extra bulk.

My wife says she'd sometimes like a bit more wriggle room so maybe we'll try a quilt one day

 

[TwentyOneThirtyFive]

Sleeping bags during the winter.

Depends on the weather during the summer.


But I'm odd, I like sleeping in a bag...

 

[Dibz]

sleeping bag for us, having just moved from tent to cali.

I do love sleeping in a sleeping bag though

we have a Vango dormir double, nice and plush, nice and toasty

 

[MrsShambly]

Duvets, definitely. And transported in a stuff-sack so it takes up about the same volume as a sleeping bag would

 

[Nottledim]

Do you have a fitted sheet on the mattress and can it stay there when the roof is down?

 

[Martin]

I keep both the fitted sheet and the zonesleep topper in situ when the roof is down.

http://www.zonesleep.co.uk/zonesleep-vw ... hapter=100

 

[lonsdale13]

duvalays for us

 

[KernowLad]

Sleeping bags when its cold, sheets and blanket when not.

 

[Bleur fleur]

Ikea topper, and a fleece mattress protector (Denholm Mills), jersey bottom sheet and a quilt, fleece blanket on top! Very cosy. Change the tog depending on season. The bottom sheets were very cheap from Super U in France. We use them on air beds too.

 

[KernowLad]

Do you have a fitted sheet on the mattress and can it stay there when the roof is down?

A sheet is fine but don't leave anything else up there.

 

[GeoffB]

We always sleep in the roof, and took a summer weight quilt on our long continental trip last year but only used it in Northern Germany and Holland on the way home. The rest of the time we slept under a sheet or even without that, it was so hot. We have the twin toppers and find a fitted double sheet fits nicely around them.

For UK in the cold season, we use an Outwell winter-weight double sleeping bag and take a blanket and a hot water bottle for use when it's very cold.

 

[Nottledim]

I'm happy to show my ignorance
What's a twin topper?

 

[barry]

I'm happy to show my ignorance
What's a twin topper?

They're mattresses 1-3" thick to go between the sleeper and the surface being slept on.
Popular downstairs in the Cali because the double bed mattress is 'firm'.
The topper softens things up because of the foamy stuff it contains.

Essential downstairs imho but not necessary upstairs imho.

They range a lot in price from about £15 to £200

HTH

 

[Nottledim]

Thanks barry
Once we get out of the snow we intend to sleep upstairs. There's only two of us. So downstairs is for extreme weather only.
Roll on double digit temperatures.

 

[Stewart MCG]

It is definitely quilts x2 singles one each , this gives each person some independence, packs down well we use expedition bags 140 litres to store them when we are on route.

 

[DavidofHook]

We're a sleeping bag couple. Just bought two new ones for zipping together as a double after much discussion about getting duvet, or should it be a Duvalay??
The bags are easy for my wife to fold up in the morning so no hassle about getting them into a stuff sack, ease of use is what she needs!
And we sleep down stairs, after 3 or 4 days we get used to the hard bed!