^^^ I don't disagree with any of what you say, but at the same time, don't make this more complicated than it needs to be...it ain't rocket surgery.;)
(Hint: buy a couple of the pads the Jacks sell, and don't look back.)
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^^^ I don't disagree with any of what you say, but at the same time, don't make this more complicated than it needs to be...it ain't rocket surgery.;)
(Hint: buy a couple of the pads the Jacks sell, and don't look back.)
I agree on the JRB pads - better price than Gossamer Gear.
You're right of course, once I get hanging I'll figure out a system. Maybe I'll remember my roots and put something up on my website to help others. But right now I'm venting my frustration from reading a zillion posts on this site, and having to roll the dice.
Assuming my WBBB shows up, (sure wish he'd hire the neighbor kid to update the website once in a while), I'd like to do a hang in the Coast Range while the weather is still crappy and test pad schemes.
Unfortunately what you are looking for is really too subjective. Everyone is different and has different experiences. What works for you may not work for someone else. A pad for someone can get them down to 30* while another would be lower or higher depending on their physical condition, food intake before bed, if they are a warm or cold sleeper, if they changed their clothes before bed or slept in their hiking clothes, etc.
If their was a good better best in the hiking world for anything let me know.
I used to have a hiking partner that had a funny approach to setting up a hammock. Me, I'd walk off the distance between trees until I found what was to me the requisite 10-12 feet (HH at the time); she'd walk over to the first two trees and hang her hammock..sometimes it'd be 6 feet between trees and the hammock curved like a half circle, other times it'd be 8-12 feet....it didn't matter to her. She'd crawl in and sleep regardless.
Point? I'm trying to figure out the point.