The Rab Wilderness Quilt is technically not a sleeping bag but is actually a lightweight, down filled quilt, that can be converted into a roomy sleeping bag if required. It is the perfect thing for lightweight summer camping trips, adventures out the back of your van or to add a touch of luxury and comfort to Alpine hut bunks.
Filled with 500g of high quality 650 fill power Hydrophobic European Duck Down. Rab use Hydrophobic down in all their naturally filled sleeping bags, this fluorocarbon free treatment was developed in conjunction with Nikwax and although Hydrophobic Down is not waterproof it dries much faster, absorbs less water and retains loft far better than untreated down. This minimalist quilt offers enough warmth and comfort for valley use during the spring and summer seasons and features a YKK perimeter zip so you can convert it into a roomy single sleeping bag if you need a little extra cosiness; you can even zip two Wilderness quilts together to create a double sleeping bag.
Tough, yet lightweight nylon fabrics are used to contain all that gorgeous down, this super light material is easily compressible and durable and has densely woven fibres to ensure the highest levels of down proofing, wind resistance and heat loss to fully maximise the insulation. Constructed with stable and super light stitch through baffles its just like sleeping under your favourite down jacket.
Weighing in at 1113g and with a reasonable pack size (25x65cm) it is a touch of luxury that is definitely worth packing.
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650FP Hydrophobic European Duck Down
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Soft 30d nylon lining fabric
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Rab Fluorocarbon free Hydrophobic Down developed in conjunction with Nikwax
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Perimeter YKK zip allows use as a double quilt or single sleeping bag.
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Stitch through chamber design
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Concealed drawcord
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Supplied with cotton storage bag
How warm a sleeping bag do you really need? We’ve tried to help you by grouping our sleeping bags by their recognised comfort ratings. These are the ratings supplied by the brands that indicate the temperature at which you will remain comfortable whilst sleeping on an insulated sleep mat. After all, comfort is what you want when it’s cold and wet outside, and you’re all tucked up in your nice warm sleeping bag.
We always recommend that you choose your bag according to the coldest conditions you will experience; you can always unzip a bag if it is too warm, but trying to sleep when you’re too cold is just miserable. Bear in mind that we are all individuals, so we all feel the cold differently and that our own resistance will fluctuate depending on a whole load of factors, including how much we have eaten, whether we have consumed alcohol, whether we need a wee or what kind of mood we are in!
Sleeping bags do not generate heat; they only trap the heat we produce, so it is vital that you get into your bag when you are giving off warmth, don’t go to bed when you are cold, have a hot meal or a hot drink or do some brisk exercise to get you nicely warmed up.
Traditionally sleeping bag manufacturers provided their own temperature ratings based on their experience, the product's intended end-use and the perceived environment. However, each brand tested their bags in different ways, and it was hard to find a fair comparison between models. So, in 2005 a European standard for sleeping bag temperature ratings, EN 13537, was introduced to give consumers a comparable guide to sleeping bag performance across a range of brands and models. The ratings have four different temperature ratings to give you an indication of the bag's performance.
Comfort Rating: This is the temperature at which an average female should experience a comfortable night’s sleep. On average, women sleep colder than men, so this rating is some degrees above the "comfort lower limit" for a man.
Comfort Limit Rating: This is the lowest temperature at which an average male should experience a comfortable night’s sleep whilst laid down in a curled up position.
Extreme: This is a survival rating where the user is likely to suffer health damage such as Hypothermia. It should be treated with the utmost caution and not be relied on for general use.
However, the EN 13537 European Standard does not apply to down-filled sleeping bags with a fill weight of more than 800g; for those bags, you will have to rely on the manufacturer's experience and technical expertise, which is often more accurate!
Most reputable brands still use their own rating system alongside EN 13537, for instance, Mountain Equipment's “Good Night’s Sleep” and Rab’s “Sleep Limit”. These ratings are often the most accurate guide to the overall performance of a sleeping bag being used by an average outdoor enthusiast because they are based on years of expedition heritage, field trials, technological experience, and constant feedback.
But please bear in mind that all ratings are only a guide and, as mentioned earlier, there are a huge range of factors that can affect your comfort; if you are just not sure, it is always wise to go for a warmer model.
The biggest difference you can make to your overall comfort is to use an efficiently insulated sleeping mat. Once you get inside your sleeping bag, you instantly compress all the filling beneath you, greatly reducing its efficiency. Therefore using a quality sleep mat will ensure you are properly insulated from the cold ground, and you will be a lot more comfortable... Basically, there is no point in buying a top-quality sleeping bag if you are just going to lie down on the floor.