Get Out Gear Down Camping Blanket - Puffy, Packable, Lightweight and Warm | Ideal for Outdoors, Travel, Stadium, Festivals, Beach, Hammock | 650 Fill Power Water-Resistant Backpacking Quilt

I have been so impressed with the quality, ultralight weight and warmth of this down blanket that I have been using it in place of my sleeping bag for camping. It is perfectly adequate just by itself for warmer nights, but with a few simple modifications, it keeps me warm and comfortable even when the air is 45 degrees F. I'm looking forward to testing it in even colder temperatures next fall. I have found that in cooler weather, the secret is to use this blanket as a camping quilt, so that you lay it OVER you, tucking the sides under your body. Camping quilts have become very popular with ultralight hikers, and their great versatility gives several advantages over sleeping bags. You can Google these if you're not familiar. Of course, an adequate sleeping pad under you is essential, just as with any sleeping bag. (Note: the blanket is shipped tightly compressed, and it may require several days or longer for the down to fully expand. Be sure to keep it in a roomy storage bag when it's not being used.) I found it beneficial to create a footbox with plastic snaps. This helps to prevent the light and slick blanket from sliding off while you are sleeping, and your feet stay quite warm. You can easily reconfigure to the open blanket if desired. The blanket has three snaps already installed that you can incorporate into the footbox, but a few more must be added. I found everything I need for $21 at the popular auction site: item # 201831863852. The kit includes K2 pliers, instructions, and size 22 KAM SNAPS (identical to the snaps on the blanket). Very easy to install, but be sure to carefully plan the placement of the snaps. Hopefully my photos will be helpful. BTW, adding several more snaps allows the joining of two blankets, which can still be used with or without footboxes. So many possibilities! To make the quilt even warmer, I have added a washable sleeping bag liner which can also be used by itself on warm nights. In cool weather, lie inside the liner and pull the quilt over you, with your feet in the liner inserted into the footbox. When it's even colder, use the quilt INSIDE the liner. Then, when you zip up the liner, it will close off air gaps and help to keep the quilt positioned around you. It works very well. I got the Vumos liner on Amazon for $18 with coupon, and it has been perfect. A long zipper allows it to open up, and, like the blanket, it is plenty roomy for me at 6' tall. And the Vumos has a wide hem at the edge under your chin, allowing for the simple installation of a draw cord to gather the liner and quilt snugly around your neck and shoulders when it's cold. Voila! An incredibly light and versatile sleeping bag/quilt system for use from late spring to early fall, total weight less than 2lbs, very compactable, and for around $100. I have bought three of these blankets from Get Out Gear; two for gifts, and the service has been outstanding.

I bought three different down blankets at the same time, because the reviews were so inconsistent, and I wanted to compare them side by side. They were the Horizon Hound Trek blanket (H.H.), the Get Out Gear blanket (G.O.G), and the Noora North blanket (N.N). Some come in different sizes—I ordered the 1.1 pound size in each case. They were 62, 65, and 64 US dollars, respectively, so really all about the same price. All claimed 650-fill down. Only H.H. advertised the fill weight, 7 oz or 200g. All three were within an inch or two of the same size and dimensions, and they all came in virtually identical roll-top stuff sacks, each of which weighed 27 grams. I doubt these stuff sacks are waterproof, but they are water resistant, having DWR coatings. Most people make a reasonable effort to avoid throwing their gear in a river or leaving it outside in the rain; compressed down does not soak up water very well anyway; and, when it is raining, my down stays in my pack or in my tent, so I am not worried about this. I actually had the chance to check out two H.H. blankets, because the first one they sent was not the color I ordered. Unfortunately, neither one was very good, and I would certainly recommend against buying the H.H. blanket. The H.H. blanket was the heaviest of the three brands (448g), and if you are backpacking, every gram matters. Especially if you are backpacking when it is cold enough to bring down—your winter gear is already heavier than what you carry when it’s warm. The H.H. blanket has a few nice features: 4 loops made of webbing, to hold the blanket and wrap it around yourself or otherwise secure it, and two very lightweight attachment points (tabs) sewn onto the stuff sack. Every attachment point is a blessing for backpackers. It has three sets of snaps, so you can wear it like a poncho. It is very compressible and fits well in its small stuff sack. These features do not make up for the fact that it simply does not have enough down to provide much insulation. I tested each individual square of the two H.H. blankets I received with a flashlight in the dark at night, and also by holding the blankets up to a bright window during the day, and I could clearly see that a number of the squares had almost no down at all. This is entirely unacceptable, and indicative of a lack of quality control, or just deliberately being cheap. The N.N. blanket was lighter (440g) than the H.H. blanket and it had more down. When I tested it with the flashlight at night and by holding it up to a window during the day, I could see that the distribution of down was consistent throughout all the squares in the blanket. This blanket fluffed up noticeably more than the H.H. blanket, providing more insulating loft. It also had the most “extras” of the three brands I tested: 4 cord loops at the corners and 2 nylon fabric loops on the sides, one extra attachment tab on the stuff sack, seven sets of snaps (instead of just three) along the edges of the blanket to make it into a sort of sleeping bag, and also quite compressible. It also has an elastic cinch cord across the end so you can create either a hood or a footbox (not both). One thing to note is that half of each pair of snaps on this blanket are attached on the incorrect side of the fabric, so the the two layers do not overlap when snapped (like the two sides on the front of a jacket would), but instead the inside of the right side attaches to the inside of the left side, leaving a weird gap for heat to escape and preventing the snapped blanket from lying flat. I liked the features on the N.N. blanket enough that it was hard to send it back, but I didn’t need two, and the G.O.G. blanket was just better in the most important ways. The G.O.G. blanket--this one--was the lightest of the three (423g), as well as the warmest. It had the most down of the three brands. It fluffed up significantly more than than the other brands, providing the most loft/insulating power. When I tested it both with the flashlight at night and the window during the day, it showed noticeably more down in each square than the other blankets. I used it as a supplement to my down backpacking quilt on a night when the temperature dropped to 25 degrees Fahrenheit, and it made a big difference. Alone, it kept me warm until it got below 50 degrees. The G.O.G. blanket had 2 fabric loops and no cord or webbing loops on its edges, and its stuff sack had one extra tab attachment (the H.H. blanket had two). It had 3 pairs of snaps, like the H.H. blanket. Note: the snaps on all the blankets are lightweight plastic and must be handled with care. You shouldn’t just rip the two pieces of snapped fabric apart—that will tear your blanket. Take the extra second to use your fingers to separate each half of each pair of snaps without straining the fabric. These blankets are great for lightweight supplements to a sleeping bag or camping quilt you already own, to extend their temperature range (in the case of the G.O.G. blanket, by about 10 degrees Fahrenheit). They are all lightweight and very compressible. None of them appeared to lose feathers during vigorous fluffing and up to one night of use. They are not designed to be used alone on cold nights—they are far too lightweight for that. Also, you must let them loft up after you remove them from their compressed state. This Get Out Gear blanket is the best of the almost identical blankets I tested, and I recommend it. I will probably by another one later on as a gift.

I waited a year to review this product. I camp roughly 100 days a year. In that time, I've used it on multiple backpacking and car camping trips and it has performed splendidly. This morning, I'm in Grand Teton. It is 36°. I used the blanket last night in combination with a Big Agnes Air Core insulated mattress and slept warm all night. Yesterday, with same gear, I slept comfortably at 32° in Yellowstone. I would probably call that (low 30s) the lower comfort limit for the product, but that's pretty impressive in my book. If you're a cold sleeper, that limit might be 40s for you. It packs up small, about the size of a Nalgene bottle, and weighs less than the air mattress I use it with. It's got plenty of down fill, and, although I don't recall what the fill power is, it is sufficient, and you can see the down when you hold the blanket up to a light. Water resistance is not a topic I can address, except to say that I keep the blanket in a lightweight, submersible dry bag so that I don't have to find out how water resistant the outer material is. I have some of other high end down items with hydrophobic down and the like, but it never seemed like a good idea to see just how wet any of it could get before it became completely useless. You can spend hundreds on warmer, cottage or big brand down blankets, no doubt. I dont know that you will find a comparable one at this price point. This is an excellent piece of gear that has held up well.

I purchased this for a recent overseas trip. We weren't camping, but we did stay with family a lot and sleeping arrangements were often a mattress on the floor so I purchased this as a back up. This blanket was a lifesaver! It was super warm and perfect on the plane as well. Highly recommend. Packs down into barely anything and I just clipped it on the outside of my backpack when flying so it was easy to access. Folding it and rolling it back up wasn't an issue - you could literally just stuff it inside the bag if you were in a pinch.

Légère et confortable ! Cependant en été si on dort en short et en T-shirt on a froid s’il fait 13° C. La température de confort est valable si on dort habillé plus chaudement. A part ça top !

This item is pretty perfect, apart from a bit of a dingy color. It is warm, snuggly and can be worn over the shoulders and has poppers. It is pretty light and it fits neatly in my 30l rucksack. I plan to use it in hostels where blankets may not be provided.

Muy fino y ligero pero calienta. Despues de comprar tenía dudas sobre su capacidad de guardar el calor así que no lo usé solo pero me encantaron los tachones y la posibilidad de convertirlo en una capa.

When i opened it i thought it was gonna be not enough but then i slept under it (it was over a summer liner sleeping bag) and honestly it is the first time i camper without being cold in the middle of the night. Love it. I consider buying a second one to make it a cheap duvet sleeping bag. Similar covers cost atleast double with the well known brands.