north-north-west wrote:If the bag is too warm,consider a quilt. Mike has a link to his in the Specials etc section. They're light, high quality and very versatile. Enough options to get something that would really suit you.
+1! Only trouble is that he got so many orders that he had to put a hold on them for a few months to catch up. But so many people have said they want to order when he starts taking orders again, there might be a big backlog... Or maybe he'll start with a clean slate. There are a LOT of choices. Btw I went with the 10 denier shell (lighter), and have been really happy with that. Helped make up for the overfill, which I think helps avoid cold spots. My first quilt was from Enlightened Equipment, which was a big improvement weight-wise. There were a few little niggles, like the drawcord at the top falling in my face. Every one of them, Mike fixed with his design.
As a side-sleeper tosser-and-turner, the vertical baffles Mike uses work better for me, with a less steep slope for down to drift during the night.
I did something quite similar to you, Fiona, going significantly lighter without being UL. It has made a massive difference to how I feel and what I can do.
Some of my hardest and best walks ever have been in my later years. I went from carrying 20-23 kg for a week, to 14 kg for 10 days, with enough to cope with cold, wild Tasmanian weather.
I have one of Mike's warmer quilts, as I mainly do alpine walks in Tassie. But even then, I dropped from 1.2 kg for my old bag that started at -10, to not quite half the weight (670 ish grams) for a very similar warmth (rated -8).
Simon at Tier Gear also makes quilts, with excellent workmanship as well. I haven't seen his designs in person, but they'd be good. But I had a quick look, and there's a 16 week wait for Simon's at the moment.
Iirc, Sea to Summit now sell quilts, but I have no idea re design or quality.