- MacEntyre
"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Ben Franklin
www.MollyMacGear.com
“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy
A top quilt is nice for sure, a luxurious way to go. However, I ( people vary greatly) have more than once used my Pea Pod in the high 20s with just warm clothing(No hood other than the minimal one on my jacket) and been OK. Not toasty on top, but good enough. I was pushing it, and was definitely close to the comfort limit. Also, this was with a narrow hammock, which probably got me a few extra degrees on top. Total Pea Pod weight 42 oz plus clothing I was wearing around camp anyway.
Until I added a separate hood, and using some of the same clothing as above( except lacking a down vest), I was maybe not even quite as warm the night it snowed in the Sipsey, using my Golite 20 TQ. Probable lows were high 20s.
If I put that Golite quilt into the Pea Pod, on top, I would expect single digits. Especially wearing my standard cold weather camp clothing. Considering I did 11* with a summer bag inside the pod, and was fine. And that was not even in a narrow hammock, but in the Speer. And no hot water bottle!
But again, people vary so much and conditions ( wind/wet) can add so many variables. I bet my wife would be challenged by 40*F with the above set up.
Pea Pod 38-42 oz. Rated 20* on bottom, ? degrees on top? 50 minimum, but I think that is super conservative. My opinion, at least 40*F on top, maybe 35 especially if pod is closed all the way with a narrow hammock.
JRB long No Sniv on bottom: 23 oz ( rating? 20*F? ) Stealth long on top 17 oz. 40 * on top? total 40 oz.
Yeti ( high 20s? low 30s?) 13 oz leg pad 6 oz? Golite 20 long 21 oz? 30*F on top? 40 oz?
Last edited by BillyBob58; 11-08-2009 at 23:01.
I know this is already answered, but consider:
Unless MAYBE if the hammock is narrow, there are more weight efficient means of keeping the top warm than the pod by itself. IOW, 42 oz worth of separate TQ plus UQ will probably be warmer, at least on top. Maybe high 20s- mid 30s vs only 40 for the pod used alone. Depending on the person. And you can always be a bit more weight efficient with a pad for the legs instead of full length UQ/pods.
But, if you fill the gap on top inside the pod with a 22 oz top quilt, now you have say 2.5" loft quilt PLUS 2.5" pod loft on top of that. Just how warm should that be? Pretty dang warm I think. Will that not give you 4 or 5" of loft over you?
I have! Why not, if inside a WP bag? I probably wouldn't put soaking wet stuff in there, because the weight might be too much. But damp is no problem. Other than wet stuff, I have put all kinds of stuff like dry rain gear, insulated clothing pack towels, etc. No problems. Just WARM!
It is worth mentioning that the Speer 8.5A that I am using has 'high freeboard'. IOW, it's a narrow hammock, but the edges don't sag down to the bottom, as, for instance, a DoubleNest.
When you swing your legs overboard, your knees are held up in the air by the edge of the hammock, and are about eight inches above your butt.
The point is, that feature leaves the top of the PeaPod way up in the air above you, when there is no top blanket. The top blanket fills that space perfectly.
- MacEntyre
"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Ben Franklin
www.MollyMacGear.com
Bookmarks