For 2025, the Zenbivy Gentle Mattress consists of two completely different quilt types, the Gentle Quilt and the Gentle Convertible Quilt, together with the Gentle Sheet in both full size or half size. I examined and suggest the convertible quilt, which supplies you extra choices and can be utilized in a wider vary of backpacking situations. The convertible quilt might be unwrapped to lie completely flat and sq. like a quilt in your mattress at dwelling, nevertheless it may also be clipped up right into a mummy-bag-style, draft-free footbox for colder nights.
I like the power to have my ft protruding of the absolutely unclipped quilt on summer time nights. For me, this makes it potential to make use of the 20-degree quilt on a lot hotter nights than I might in any other case be capable of, making the convertible quilt rather more of do-everything possibility.
The convertible quilt in dimension massive (25-degree ranking) is $319, and the lengthy sheet uninsulated (25 diploma ranking) is $129, bringing the combo to $448. In order for you one thing hotter, the 10-degree model of each comes out to $558. For comparability, our prime choose ultralight sleeping bag, the Sea to Summit Spark 15, is $549 for dimension common.
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The massive information in Zenbivy’s 2025 revamp of the Gentle Mattress is the brand new 25-denier (25D) Pongee cloth that is on all of the panels that contact your pores and skin—the sheet, the hood, and the within of the quilt. It is softer and fewer nylon-y than older variations. You may also get a half-sheet, which saves you about 5 ounces in weight, though I didn’t check it.
My favourite half concerning the new sheet is what’s not in it, specifically DWR coatings. I am not a fan of chemical compounds, particularly in one thing I am sleeping in, in order that was a welcome change. Do I want there was an all-natural merino wool Zenbivy sheet? Why sure, sure I do (although it will undoubtedly be heavy), however there is not, so I am not less than glad to see a number of chemical compounds eliminated. Be aware that the outer shell of the quilt does have a PFAS-free DWR coating to assist shed any tent moisture it would are available in contact with.
