Any tips on sleeping bag to top quilt mod?
I am gearing up for a trip to Blueridge, GA this next weekend. This will be my first hammock adventure so having to do quite a bit of mods to my gear. I am expecting low 40's at night based on weather forecast. I am all in on the hamock method, so I am eyeing my MHDWR 20degree synth bag and thinking it is going to meet some scissors this weekend. Any tips I should be aware of before I start shredding the thing?
Pack Size first and weight second
It all goes back to pack size for me. I don't want to invest in a new pack right now and my current pack is 40L. This works great on two and three day trips for me in my old set up (sleeping on the cold, wet, hard, rocky ground). Now that I am enlightened.:laugh: I have to modify my old setup to have an underquilt and top quilt. Since my sleeping bag is synth and 20 degree it stuffs down to the size of a beer keg. Add the UQ and now I am carrying only insulation. I am going with the PLUQ, so I need to cut some size on my top quilt aka old sleeping bag. I estimate ditching at least a 1/3 of it's size and weight doing this mod maybe more. I just have not had to thread inject anything with insulation before so not sure if there are any tricks to be aware of.