Enlightened Equipment's two flagship quilts, identical but for the footbox. The Revelation unzips flat like a blanket, while the Enigma is sealed shut for draft-free warmth. Same 850-fill down, same rating.
| Enlightened Equipment Enigma 20 | Enlightened Equipment Revelation 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| GearScore | 68 | 69✓ |
| Comfort rating | 30 °F | 30 °F |
| Weight | 21.2 oz | 19.2 oz✓ |
| Warmth-to-weight | 6.7 /100g | 7.4 /100g✓ |
| Packed size | n/s | n/s |
| Fill power | 850 FP | 850 FP |
| Price | n/s | n/s |
| Fill | Down | Down |
| Style | Quilt | Quilt |
| Shape | Quilt | Quilt |
Highlighted cells mark the better spec: Enigma 20 in blue, Revelation 20 in amber. A blank spec is never counted as a win. A lower comfort rating in °F means a warmer bag, so the warmer bag takes that row. GearScore is the overall rating (0 to 100); re-weight it on the full bag comparison. Prices are current MSRP.
These two quilts share almost everything and differ in one place: the footbox. The Revelation 20 has a footbox that unzips fully so the quilt lies flat as a blanket, and the Enigma 20 has a permanently sewn, fully enclosed footbox. Same 850-fill down, same temperature rating, same construction otherwise.
Because they share so much, the specs are close. The Revelation comes in a touch lighter and is the more versatile of the two, since the open footbox vents on warm nights and drapes flat for use as a blanket. The Enigma's sealed footbox traps a little more warmth and blocks drafts at your feet, at a small weight cost. Both use the same down and hit the same rating, so this is a design preference, not a performance gap.
Pick the Revelation if you value versatility, want the lighter option, or like to vent your feet and open the quilt flat in summer. Pick the Enigma if you sleep cold or run cold at the feet and want the draft-free warmth of a sealed footbox. For most three-season backpackers the Revelation's flexibility wins; for colder sleepers the Enigma's enclosure is the safer call.
Only the footbox. The Revelation's unzips completely so the quilt opens flat like a blanket and vents on warm nights, while the Enigma's is permanently sewn shut for a draft-free, slightly warmer foot. Everything else, the down, the rating, and the baffles, is the same.
The Enigma, marginally, because its sealed footbox blocks drafts at your feet where the Revelation's zip can let a little cold in. Both carry the same temperature rating and the same 850-fill down, so the difference is small and comes down to the footbox, not the insulation.
The Revelation. Its zippered footbox lets you open the quilt into a flat blanket for warm nights or camp lounging, then cinch it closed when it gets cold. The Enigma trades that flexibility for a fixed, draft-free footbox.