Profiling

The profiling method of construction is used within the Softie and Softie Elite range of Sleeping bags.

Profiling is our name for the development of a 'no stitch through' system of the sleeping bag construction. It is perhaps the most revolutionary development in the manufacture of sleeping bags to date.

Traditionally, all synthetic sleeping bags have to be quilted, that is the outer or the inner fabric stitched in the insulation to give it stability and prevent it from moving, when compressed or washed.

Whilst developing new resins to enhance the softness of our bags, together with Jacob Hardi, we came across a special blend which gave a remarkable degree of strength to the structure of the fibres, so strong in fact, that the fibre would support itself in the bag, allowing us to remove all the stitch lines and the cold spots that occur at each constriction of the insulation.

Stitching also restricts the re-loft, the recovery of the sleeping bag when unpacked. The sewn line holds back the fabric and the filling. We estimate that the profiling we have increased the loft of our bags by 30%, providing a significant increase in warmth without actually adding anything to the weight or the pack size.

A word of warning, many other sleeping bags may look profiled but check to make sure that they are not poor imitations using loose covers to mask inner quilting.