HG 20 Incubator

[mabrown730]

How low have you guys taken a 20 TQ and 20 UQ from HG in the field. At what temps were you comfortable going down to uncomfortable.

[Storytellertn]

My son has been down to 15° with a slight wind and snow and did not complain. I have also used my 20° under quilt in Low temperatures with no issues. I always keep a hand warmer on hand just in. The hand warmer can be put in the under quilt to heat up the airspace. Feels like an electric blanket for the outdoors!

[Rick68]

My son has been down to 15° with a slight wind and snow and did not complain. I have also used my 20° under quilt in Low temperatures with no issues. I always keep a hand warmer on hand just in. The hand warmer can be put in the under quilt to heat up the airspace. Feels like an electric blanket for the outdoors!

I didn't know this about hand warmers. the things you learn on this site..

[Storytellertn]

Hand warmers are light weight, but will substantially lower the comfortability range of an UQ.

[SilvrSurfr]

I always use a 10* cushion. If low temps are expected to be 30* F, I'll take my 20* quilts. If low temps are expected to be 20* F, I'll take the 0* quilts.

[Rick68]

Hand warmers are light weight, but will substantially lower the comfortability range of an UQ.

Don't think that I am not gonna try this..Lol..

[Hawk i]

Up until today (just got my inc 20+1 in mail today!!) I have used a Jarbridge 3 UQ into 26* weather and was comfortable so I personally can't imagine a quality HG "down" 20+1 incubator can't do that plus more !!! SUPER excited for my hike in 2 weeks

[Slugger]

I have my HG 20 Incubator UQ on order now...patiently awaiting delivery. While walking through Wal-Mart this afternoon, I passed by a display of hand warmers on sale and it reminded me of this thread. So I grabbed a box and will try putting some between my UQ and hammock to test how good it works. $5 for a box of 10 HotHands Body & Hand Super Warmers. XL in size as in bigger than the usual hand warmer size. They are 3.75" x 5" - popped one open tonight to see how long they last. The bag says "Each warmer up to 18 hours of heat" and I assume that is overly optimistic. It's been activated for 4 hours now and shows no sign of slowing down, so we'll see.

[Storytellertn]

I have my HG 20 Incubator UQ on order now...patiently awaiting delivery. While walking through Wal-Mart this afternoon, I passed by a display of hand warmers on sale and it reminded me of this thread. So I grabbed a box and will try putting some between my UQ and hammock to test how good it works. $5 for a box of 10 HotHands Body & Hand Super Warmers. XL in size as in bigger than the usual hand warmer size. They are 3.75" x 5" - popped one open tonight to see how long they last. The bag says "Each warmer up to 18 hours of heat" and I assume that is overly optimistic. It's been activated for 4 hours now and shows no sign of slowing down, so we'll see.

I used one last night on my snow hang. I'm not sure I needed one.

[KiwiMark]

I hardly ever camp much below 30°, below 25° is even rarer and I would probably never camp below 20°. I'm confident that my Incubator 20 will handle my needs and for an extra cushion to allow for cold wind I've got a 2QZQ Underquilt Protector on the way. My tarp is a Superfly which I could baton down with doors closed to help against cold wind as well. I'm not going to lose a single minutes sleep worrying about my gears ability to keep me comfortable.