Thank you Yetee - I get it now regarding the PE sheeting with the spacing in between, makes much more sense. Sorry if I derailed the thread, but when I was young and dumb in the 70's I've slept on...
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Thank you Yetee - I get it now regarding the PE sheeting with the spacing in between, makes much more sense. Sorry if I derailed the thread, but when I was young and dumb in the 70's I've slept on...
PE sheeting - this is basically visqueen were talking about right? its essentially incompressible. And while it was what I used for years for a ground sheet (as recommended by colin fletcher) until...
I guess it just doesn't sound right to me - I don't know about IX but I am very familiar with sleeping on PE sheeting. I'm almost certain that I'd be warmer on a 3/4" foam pad than I would on 4...
OK, I admit it, I am now really confused on the R rating thing. I thought I understood it after reading Youngbloods posts on pads, but now I'm seeing really high R values for very thin material - in...