Your welcomeOriginally Posted by sleepwell
Your welcome
I'm going out to a walk-in site this weekend with nighttime temps expected in the mid-50s to mid-60s. I intend to use the undercover on it's own and place a fleece blanket beneath me inside the hammock. This has proven useful down to about 50 the one other time I did this.
Will let you know how it works out.
(Also bringing the foam pad and SB to leave in the car in case this utterly fails)
man, you're brave. I was just getting cold at 54 degrees with undercover and underpad last night. I put the spaceblanket in tonight to try. my bag's 30degree so, probably use a heavier bag as the weather gets colder these coming months, and pitch the fly a bit lower.
Mid 50s is where I change over to an UQ
I've had my super shelter down to 22 F and on the other end I was up to around 65 degrees.
The super shelter's strength is its versatility. That and it's price point.
I agree with what the others are saying about 70 and up being just the undercover, then layering in first the foam pad, then the space blanket (I too use the SOL blanket), then extra layers of insulation as the temps drop.
The reduction of the wind effect is a great feature of the undercover. I think I would use it even with a down underquilt just for that reason.
To the OP's situation of being too warm with the whole super shelter and too cold without any of the insulating layers, I think that the pad would do in those conditions. Or even the pad and space blanket and regulate temperature by laying the sleeping bag open or closed as needed. You really do want some insulation at 60 or 54 degrees.
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