Custom Ultralight Backpacking Quilt
Your quilt, your spec — pick the temperature, size, shape, and 850 or 1000 fill down, and we hand-sew it to order in Pennsylvania. Exactly the quilt you want, nothing you don't.
Complete your sleep system.
Built to order, starting at $360 and shipping in 2–4 weeks, the Custom Ultralight Backpacking Quilt lets you specify the exact quilt you want — temperature rating, down fill power, length, shape, footbox, shell colors, and stitching. The same quilts Jacks R Better has been sewing in Pennsylvania since 2004, made to your spec.
Your Quilt, Your Specs
Most of our quilts come in a fixed set of sizes and temperature ratings. This one doesn't. Use the builder above to choose every detail, and we sew it to order in our Pennsylvania shop. Because it's built for you, price starts at $360 for the base configuration and climbs as you add warmth, premium down, length, and fabric — you'll see the total update as you go.
What You Choose
- Temperature rating: 40°, 20°, or 0°F comfort — all Jacks R Better quilts are comfort-rated.
- Down fill power: premium 1000 fill for the lightest, smallest-packing quilt, or 850 fill to trim the price at a small weight-and-bulk penalty — both RDS-certified.
- Length: Short (69″), Regular (78″), or Long (86″) to match your height.
- Shape: Multi-Function Rectangle (48″ wide) for back sleepers — and it doubles as a hammock underquilt with the JRB Suspension System (sold separately) — or Wide Half-Taper (55″ tapering to 45″) for side and active sleepers.
- Footbox: Standard, formed with a drawcord, cord-locks, and double-sided Kam Snaps so it lays flat as a blanket, closes into a foot box, or stacks with other quilts; or Sewn, permanently closed for the lightest, cleanest finish.
- Outer and inner shell: pick from 19 colors across our standard 10D, ultralight 7D, and 15D Woodland Camo fabrics — mix and match inside and out.
- Stitching: matching, contrast, all black, or a custom color you describe.
Built the Jacks R Better Way
- Your choice of down: 1000 fill power is our most efficient — the best warmth-to-weight ratio and the smallest pack size; 850 fill trades a little weight and bulk for a lower price. Both are RDS-certified and hand-filled to hold your comfort rating.
- 25% over-stuff: every quilt is over-stuffed by 25% to reduce down shifting and hold its rating even as the down loses a little loft between cleanings or in damp conditions. We don't recommend additional overstuffing.
- Ultralight fabrics: choose 0.67 oz 10D, ultralight 0.49 oz 7D, or 0.9 oz 15D Woodland Camo shells.
- Made in the USA: hand-sewn to your order in Pennsylvania and backed by our Total Quality Guarantee.
Packing and Storage
On the trail, we recommend a lawn contractor bag or trash-compactor liner to keep your quilt dry while letting it expand to fill the space in your pack; compression sacks are available separately for the smallest possible pack size. At home, every Jacks R Better quilt ships in a zippered storage bag that keeps the down uncompressed and breathing — the right way to store down long-term.