Exped Ultra Quilt 30 vs Enlightened Equipment Revelation 20
In short: The Enlightened Equipment Revelation 20 costs $5 less; the Enlightened Equipment Revelation 20 is rated 10 °F colder on the figure each maker publishes; the Exped Ultra Quilt 30 saves 5.1 oz.
| Spec | Exped Ultra Quilt 30 | Enlightened Equipment Revelation 20 |
|---|---|---|
| Approx. price | ~$350 | ~$345 |
| ISO comfort | not published | not published |
| ISO limit | not published | not published |
| Rating on the label | 30 °F | 20 °F |
| Honesty gap | — | — |
| Rating standard | manufacturer | manufacturer |
| Weight | 1 lb 2.5 oz | 1 lb 7.6 oz |
| Warmth per ounce | — | — |
| Fill | 850 fill power down | 850 fill power down |
| Fill weight | not published | 16.9 oz |
| Loft budget | — | 14.4k in³ |
| Shape | quilt | quilt |
| Shoulder girth | 58 in | 58 in |
| Zipper | none | half |
| Shell fabric | Recycled 10D ripstop nylon, bluesign approved | 10D ripstop nylon, PFC-free C0 DWR |
| Hydrophobic down | No | No |
| Packed size | 5.9 × 6.7 × 6.7 in | not published |
Shaded cells mark the row where one has a measurable advantage. Weight, thickness, girth and shape are left unshaded on purpose: heavier is sometimes tougher, wider is sometimes warmer, and calling a winner on those would be an opinion dressed as a measurement.
What each one does well, and costs you
Exped Ultra Quilt 30
- 58-inch wrap width in S and M — wider than most quilts here, which is the main defence against drafts.
- 18.5 ounces with 850-fill RDS down in a recycled bluesign-approved shell.
- Three lengths up to 86 inches, at the same price.
- Packs to a 6.7-inch cube, and ships with both a mesh storage bag and a waterproof dry bag.
- No ISO or EN rating at all, even though Exped publishes them for the hooded bag built from the same materials.
- Its sibling bag's ISO comfort figure is 43 °F, which is the honest starting assumption for this quilt too.
- Untreated down on a quilt, which is the item most likely to touch a damp tent wall.
- $350 for a summer quilt with no published lab figure.
Enlightened Equipment Revelation 20
- Built to order across five lengths, four widths, six ratings, two fill powers and three shell weights — no other item here is this configurable.
- The zip-and-drawcord footbox opens the quilt completely flat, which is what makes one quilt cover a whole season range.
- 16.9 ounces of 850-fill down in a 23.6-ounce quilt, in the Regular/Wide build.
- Prices start well below the fixed-size premium quilts, and overfill is a checkbox rather than a different product.
- Made in Minnesota, with a repair service rather than a replace-it policy.
- No ISO or EN rating, and Enlightened Equipment publishes no loft figure either — there is less to check the temperature claim against than with Katabatic or Zpacks.
- Built to order means a lead time measured in weeks, and a wrong size is your mistake rather than an exchange.
- The configurator's price swings from about $270 to $750 depending on options, so the headline price means little.
- Only one representative build is listed here; the full option matrix is too large to tabulate.