Outdoor Research Helium Down Quilt

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It’s hard to find a quilt thats designed to be lightweight, Mountain Equipment’s Helium Quilt is just that, combining lightweight fabrics with 700 Fill Power down it will deliver a great warmth to weight ratio.

Mountain Equipment says:

Light and totally unrestrictive, this lightweight quilt can also form a basic bag for summer tent and tarp camping.

Our Verdict

Mountain Equipment’s Helium Down Quilt is great to bolster an existing sleep system or for use on its own in the summer. Its a generous size for one person so it can be wrapped around you if necessary and even turned into a sleeping bag (a draughty one) using the side poppers.

Quilts are a liberating way of sleeping but they are not for everyone, if you move about in the night a lot you’ll be constantly re-arranging it and losing heat every time you do it. If you don’t have a winter weight sleeping bag you can turn your 3 season bag into a winter one by adding a quilt like this either inside (if there’s enough room) or lay it over and use tether cords to keep it in place.

Its got a sewn through construction and uses 700 Fill Power down, combined with lightweight materials, its quite hard to find quilts that are built to be lightweight. This one is – we like it.

– Reviewed by Ultralight Outdoor Gear

Features

• Stitch-through quilted throughout
• Dual tether drawcords and snap closure top & bottom 
• Supplied with lightweight stuff-sack and storage cube

Specifications

• Weight: 469g (excludes storage bags)
• Packed size: 23 x 12 x 12cm
• Length inside: 203cm/80in
• Max width inside: 150cm/59in
• Max User Height: 185cm/73in

Temperature Ratings

• Comfort: Not quoted
• Comfort Limit: Not quoted
• Extreme: Not quoted
• Good Nights Sleep Guaranteed*: 5°C / 40°F

*Mountain Equipment use their own ‘Good Nights Sleep Guaranteed’ rating which they believe is a more accurate number for some sleeping bags and is based not just on the EN test results but on lab testing, their own use, thermal imaging and cold chamber work, along with a lot of data analysis.

Material & Construction

• 100% recycled HELIUM 20D outer shell is very light and highly breathable with PFC free DWR
• 200g of 90-10 Pure European Duck Down with a minimum fill power of 700
• 100% recycled Supersoft 20D lining fabric with PFC free DWR
• 100% Polyamide outer/inner, Down fill

Help & advice:

• The Ultimate Guide to Lightweight Sleeping Bags
• Time-Saver Guide to Choosing a Sleeping Bag
• Why Choose a Backpacking Quilt?
• Down Quality
• All About Down
• Hydrophobic Down
• Responsible Down Standard
• Ethical Down