Winter gear test!

[durunner]

Good stuff. I'm going out tonight in the yard. Did my first overnight backpacking trip on Monday night and learned lots of less. I think it got down to 23 or 24, but I'm guessing with the winds on top of the mountain, it was more like feels like 10-15. Had a slight chill a whole bunch of times, but made it through. Wind seemed to cut through my UQ a little. I'll need to plan site selection a little better. I did have a shelter to sleep at if needed and worst case I could've hiked 2 miles out. Most of my winter trips this year will probably be on the AT nearby.

[bkrgi]

Time for a cotton canvas Sock. Being in the open your getting wind hammered and dew/frost hammered. The toughest conditions to be managed which means when you get back into/under the trees it will be easy peasy to manage each.
Frost on everything is normal (far from the snowing point though) and I find my quilts dry fast....especially in a hot tent or when I bring them in to the house in the morning. -23c last night and there was frost on my quilts even in the canvas hot tent.
Already close to -24c currently so going to be a awesome sleep out night tonight as I continue pushing new to me lows.
The stacking of my 20* and 0* quilts keep me super warm at these temps...almost to warm really with just a base layer of merino but rather be toasty than chasing cold spots.

[johnspenn]

... people will think I'm some kinda nutjob.

Gee I wonder why?

People think I'm crazy when I tell them I'm sleeping in my hammock in the back yard. They're probably right, come to think of it.

Glad your kit performed to standards. Man, 3* that's freaking COLD lol. I'm waiting for a night in the teens here (GA) to try it again- none in the forecast so far.

What do you think you can do to solve your condensation issues?

[tdaleiden]

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Awesome stuff!

I'm testing out my gear this weekend; Saturday into Sunday. The low is supposed to get down to 0°F and I couldn't be more thrilled. This will be the first time I can try my new incubator 0°

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[gbrugs]

Probably testing mine out again this weekend. Maybe friday night or maybe saturday morning. Not sleeping overnight in the snow storm. I am just testing for short time practicing setup>nap> take down. Saturday will be 25-40 mph win with snow and drifts. Should be a nice test for my new gear and full coverage tarp. Definitely not on sunday though. High of -7 without wind chill. But wind doesnt matter under the tarp

Snowshoeing out to my spot about a mile from the house. Its out on a peninsula of a lake so gets really windy. Should be interesting. Hoping my dutch order ships tomorrow cus ill need my new Ti nail stakes for the frozen ground and pole mod!




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[Shug]

Slept out in -11º last night under my Warbonnet Superfly and was warm in my Loco Libre Mucho Habenaro -10º UQ and my Warbonnet 0º Black Mamba TQ with my Hammock Gear 30º TQ inside that...just to be super toasty.
A fine nights slumber.
Shug

[Campdavid]

Slept out in -11º last night under my Warbonnet Superfly and was warm in my Loco Libre Mucho Habenaro -10º UQ and my Warbonnet 0º Black Mamba TQ with my Hammock Gear 30º TQ inside that...just to be super toasty.
A fine nights slumber.
Shug

The best part of this forum.....I can show my wife that I am not the only person who would gladly leave a nice warm bed in a heated home to sleep in the backyard at subfreezing temps.

There's safety in numbers and it's good to be among others of my kind.

[InfuriatedMax]

Everyone needs to test their gear out for safety, or at least I need to. My neighbors must think I am crazy though. I am lucky enough to test my new Dream Hammock out in the heat wave of 10 degrees we have coming tonight. Also with a little snow it will be nice to wake up to being only a few feet from the door. I am hoping the double layer of the Dream Hammock keeps the wind out and lays a little better than the Eno.

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I also have to work with the hang a little, not use to an 11 ft hammock after using the 9.5 Eno for so long. So I may be up and down all night. Working on a shoulder ridge issue at the moment trying to correct it. Good luck with the gear tests everyone.

[michigandave]

All this talk of winter gear testing is tempting me. Supposed to hit 3 degrees tonight here in Michigan. Definitely planning on tomorrow night since we're getting 5-8" of snow and I'd like to see how much I can button up my HG CF standard tarp w/doors.

[OneClick]

My neighbors must think I am crazy though.

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I can see a peeping tom right now in that little window next door looking out thinking "what the...this guy is crazy!"

They bumped my low temps up to 14° and 12°, but that's fine. I'm over 4 hours drive away and 5 miles from the car so it's not quite a test