Enlightened Equipment – Enigma Quilt – 850 down

The Enlightened Equipment Enigma is a superb ultralight quilt with a fixed closed footbox. That means the bottom part is sewn together creating a nice, comfy and toasty place for your feet, while the rest of the quilt can be opened or tucked underneath you.  If you already know you will never use your quilt as a blanket and want the lightest option, the Enigma is the best choise. The result is a quilt with nothing to fiddle with at 2 a.m., no cold spot at the zipper and a few grams less on the scale. Everything else is the same: 850 fill power down (950fp are avialable on demand, just send us a message), feather-light 10D nylon, continuous baffles and the pad straps that keep it in place.

A quilt is not a sleeping bag. There is no insulation under you and no hood, because down that is crushed flat does nothing anyway; your sleeping pad does that job. This does mean that you need a good sleeping pad with some R-value (insulation value), we recommend a value of at least 3 if temperatures are getting lower. With a quilt you definetly save on weight and pack size and the Enigma compresses to the size of a large grapefruit or a nalgene bottle for the warmer ones.

Which temperature rating?

EE rates its quilts at the limit temperature, not the comfort temperature. Add roughly 5 to 6 degrees to the temperature to get a good sense of what version will keep you warm. EE explains it in About our temperature ratings.

• 40°F / 4°C: summer, warm sleepers. No draft collar.
• 30°F / -1°C: three-season all-rounder for most of Europe. Available with or without draft collar.
• 20°F / -7°C: three-season with margin, cold sleepers, autumn in the mountains.
• 10°F / -12°C: winter. Big loft, still comfortably under a kilo.

Enigma or Revelation?

Take the Revelation if you like sleeping with your feet out on warm nights or want a blanket for the campsite. Take the Enigma if you sleep cold, camp mostly in shoulder season or winter, or simply want the lightest and simplest option.

Sizes

Regular / Regular fits people up to about 183 cm and is 137 cm wide.
Regular / Wide is the same length but 147 cm wide, for side sleepers and people who move a lot. The advantage is that you can also close the wide version almost as a sleeping bag, because of the extra width.
Long / Wide is 213 cm long and 147 cm wide, for anyone up to about 198 cm.

Specifications

• Fill: 850 fill power down, RDS certified. Weight may vary by roughly 3% because down is a natural product.
• Fabric: 10D nylon outer in your chosen colour, 10D nylon inner, both with a PFC-free DWR finish.
• Footbox: sewn closed. No zipper, no drawcord, no cold spot.
• Draft collar: standard on 10°F and 20°F, optional on 30°F, not on 40°F. Snaps and a drawcord at the neck keep the warm air in.
• Baffles: continuous U-shaped baffles keep the down where you need it.
• Pad attachment: elastic straps with clips on both sides.
• Included: silnylon stuff sack, cotton storage bag (store it in this, uncompressed) and two pad straps.

Looking for a quilt we do not stock (we can only order these color combinations thought)? Send us a message. We order from EE every few weeks .