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Katabatic Gear Flex 22 Quilt vs Katabatic Gear Sawatch 15

Weight and specs compared for 2026 — and which one to choose.

Katabatic Gear Flex 22 Quilt is the lighter option — 54 g lighter than the Katabatic Gear Sawatch 15 (8% less weight). If grams matter to you, that is the one to beat.
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Spec Katabatic Gear Flex 22 Quilt Katabatic Gear Sawatch 15
Weight 646 g · 0.646 kg · 1.42 lb 700 g · 0.700 kg · 1.54 lb
Brand Katabatic Gear Katabatic Gear
Category Sleep System Sleep System
Katabatic Gear Flex 22 Quilt
646 g

22°F down quilt with 900-fill-power goose down and adjustable footbox. Regular size. Highly packable and ultralight for 3-season backpacking.

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Katabatic Gear Sawatch 15
700 g

15F down quilt with 900+ fill power and a Pertex Quantum shell, packing down to roughly 7 liters for cold-weather trips.

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Katabatic Gear Flex 22 Quilt vs Katabatic Gear Sawatch 15: which should you buy?

If saving weight is your priority, the Katabatic Gear Flex 22 Quilt wins — at 646 g it is 54 g (8%) lighter than the Katabatic Gear Sawatch 15 (700 g). That said, the heavier option may justify the extra grams with more capacity, durability or comfort, so weigh the trade-off against how you'll use it.

See where both rank against everything else in this category on the lightest sleep system page, or browse the full gear weight database.

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