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Katabatic Gear Palisade 30 Quilt — Specs & Analysis
Manufacturer specifications, compared against every other sleep systems in our database. We do not test gear in the field — we measure, verify, and compare.
The Palisade is Katabatic's do-everything quilt, featuring 900fp HyperDRY goose down in a differential cut that wraps around your body without restricting movement. The Lycra-edge pad attachment system is the best in the industry — it stretches to maintain contact with your pad through the night.
Who Is the Katabatic Gear Palisade 30 Quilt Best For?
Dedicated ultralight bikepackers who want the best quilt money can buy. If that describes your riding style, the Palisade 30 Quilt should be at the top of your shortlist. It sits in the Sleep Systems category alongside 19 other products we track.
How It Compares
At 500g and $399, the Palisade 30 Quilt is 250g heavier than the lightest option in this category (the Therm-a-Rest NeoAir UberLite at 250g). The most budget-friendly option is the Cascade Designs Therm-a-Rest Z Lite Sol at $50.
The price-to-weight ratio comes in at $80 per 100g — a premium price point, but you're paying for quality, materials, and design that justify the investment for serious bikepackers.
What We Like
- +Industry-leading Lycra pad attachment eliminates drafts
- +900fp HyperDRY down offers top-tier warmth-to-weight
- +Differential cut drapes naturally without excess fabric
- +Thoughtful draft collar included
Watch Out For
- −Premium price compared to competitors
- −Lead times stretch to 6+ weeks during peak season
- −Limited color and customization options
The Bottom Line
We haven't scored the Katabatic Gear Palisade 30 Quilt, and neither has anyone else we can cite. It's here for its verified specifications and dimensions, which is what the fit tools run on — a score is an editorial judgement, and we don't hand one out until someone has a basis for it. What this page can tell you is measured: 500g, $399, and how both sit against every other sleep systems product we track.
Price checked against the manufacturer on 18 August 2026 — see the source.
Specifications and dimensions come from the sources listed above. Where a page draws on first-hand riding, it says so.
What it packs down to
Katabatic Gear publishes a packed size of 5 x 8 in, which is 2.6 litres as a stuff sack. Of the 55 bags we track that publish a capacity, 39 have room for it and 16 do not.
Volume is computed from Katabatic Gear's own packed size, treating a two-dimension figure as a stuff sack. Bag capacities are the makers' published figures, not ours — 12 of the bags we hold dimensions for publish no capacity and are left out of the count rather than assumed. A stuff sack does not reshape itself, so read the headroom as room to spare rather than a guarantee it goes in easily.
How it compares
Against the 20 sleep systems we hold published specs for.
At 500g the Palisade 30 Quilt is lighter than 6 of 19 alternatives we track. The category median is 465g.
At $399 it undercuts 2 of 19 of them, against a median of $235. That works out at $80 per 100g — above the $51 median for sleep systems.
Weight and price come from published specifications. Cost per 100g is a blunt measure — it rewards light gear and says nothing about durability or whether the thing works — so treat it as one input, not a verdict.
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