Stacking TQs?

**Jsaults** · 11-22-2011, 13:06

Has anyone ever stacked top quilts for lower temperatures? I have a 3-S Burrow and a 50 deg Burrow, and it occurred to me that slipping the 50 deg inside of the 3-S would probably make the duo comfy down to well below 20 deg. I am currently mulling over the best way to stabilize the two TQs - possibly with Omni Tape patches, or lace ties or mini toggles and loops. Or maybe I will not need to stabilize them at all - they might just stack well inside the hammock.

Just wondering if anyone had tried this before?

Jim
thinking outside the box.

**MAD777** · 11-22-2011, 13:12

I make my quilts with a neck hole to be wearable and therefore have laces sewn on the sides to tie round me as a belt. I can also use these to stack quilts. I use skinny grossgain for the laces.

WV · 11-22-2011, 13:16

I've done it. Just stick one footbox inside the other one. I haven't needed any other connections between them.

**Shug** · 11-22-2011, 13:17

I have....with success.
Shug

**Poppabear** · 11-22-2011, 13:19

I've used a JRB fleece TQ liner and my TQ together and had no problems and did not have to fasten them together. They worked in tandem just fine.

**Shewie** · 11-22-2011, 13:27

I've done the top combo a few times but with a cold weather hang coming up I got to thinking about the bottom stuff.

My Speers Snugfit is conservatively rated at 30*, if I was to add a 3/4 length other UQ, which way round would be best?

I was thinking the 3/4 closest to the hammock with the Snugfit on the outside, what do you reckon folks? Would it be better the other way round so I don't get any air gaps?

Sorry to hijack your thread Jim but it seemed like a good time to ask

**Jsaults** · 11-22-2011, 13:51

I will be visiting friends in Paoli PA for Thanksgiving, and as it appears there will be a full house of visitors (friends and family going back.....40+ years!) I have "volunteered" to hammock in the back yard. I will test my stack for three nights and report back.

As I have given this more thought it seems to be a good idea: My 3-S Burrow is slightly oversized (wide) and my 50 deg Burrow is a standard. Stack these inside the tub-shape of my CJH NX-250 and they ought to nestle together nicely. Forecast is for 35 deg at night, so I ought to be roasty-toasty.

Jim

Shewie: Look at the 0 deg Incubator on Hammock Gear's site. Thicker from the shoulders to the hips and then thinning down. Makes me think that the full-length should be against your back with the 3/4 under it (outside of the full length). Seems to me the best way to eliminate drafts and gaps.

**hangnout** · 11-22-2011, 15:24

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=297

Link to how to figure temp ratings when using two bags or quilts

**Jsaults** · 11-22-2011, 15:45

It suggests that I will extend my 20 deg Burrow to approx 10 deg with the addition of my 50 deg Burrow. That works for me!

Jim

**dragon360** · 11-22-2011, 15:50

I have been really thinking this over myself. I am lucky enought to have a few 40 degree and 20 degree set ups but no winter. Was wondering if stacking was worth it to save money or simply a much bigger hassle carrying more gear and dealing with double efforts (packing two TQ's and UQ's - setting two of each up etc)?.