Thread: Tier Gear - For those who like to make or modify their own outdoor gear

Originally Posted by worane

Nice gear Simon hope you do well. I used to live in Mole Creek.

Mole Creek is a lovely area. Business is picking up.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Nice range of stoves in the link above.

Thanks Mick. I had a chance to try out the MAX stove on a walk into the Walls Of Jerusalem and I was pretty impressed by it. It is starting to get some good reviews. It benefits from a good windscreen though.

We are now stocking Wilderness Logics top quilts. These are primarily designed for hammock use but can obviously be used on the ground depending on your needs, and would certainly be of good use in a swag.

For those that are not familiar with top quilts they are like a sleeping bag without the zipper, and with enough fabric to tuck under you. Once you compress goose down it's insulating properties are drastically reduced and just add extra weight - hence the top quilt design.

A top quilt is much easier to get in than a sleeping bag especially in a hammock or swag as you just put you feet in the footbox and drape the rest over you. No fiddling with zippers, or doing the sleeping bag wriggle.

These top quilts are rated to around -9degC, are stuffed with 850fp Canadian goose down, come with a sewn in footbox and use 1.1oz ripstop nylon as the shell fabric. The weight of the King size (140 x 200cm) is 710grams.

Unfortunately I only have them in limited numbers but will be stocking more in the future.