When I can get a non-rainy day and hubby's help, will do. I rarely mess with cameras, so have no pictures.
When I can get a non-rainy day and hubby's help, will do. I rarely mess with cameras, so have no pictures.
Rosaleen
Hennessy Hammock afficionado and supporter.
Friar Tuck-
I think that you will find the wool blanket pad needs some sort of stabilization, or it will collapse in use. Think of what is going on here: Slippery hammock, curved surface-like a canoe or elongated bowl, and some natural movement of the user. Those are some reasons that a 1/8" GG Thinlight pad and my fleece poncho don't work inside the hammock. Now, if you sew or otherwise attach your wool pad to a nice, stiff piece of Reflectix or truck windshield reflector, that may work quite well inside your hammock.
Rosaleen
Hennessy Hammock afficionado and supporter.
Well, I did it. It's kind of a test run so it's ugly hence no pictures. I took a thin fleece blnaket and folded it in half, stitched in runners for the hanging apparatus, sewed in some pleats for the head and foot ends then added a thinker, more plushy fleece to the outside. A couple lines of stitching to hole the two together and voila, a DIY fleece UQ.
I just got finished with about an hour long nap outside int he hammock, hung up in the garage. Inside the hammock was a reflective windshield screen but I'm thinking that it moved on me. The DIY UQ underneath adn I was in my 30* sleeping bag. I can't imagine the temp in the garage was much lower than 35-40 with the outside temp about 30. I felt the prickly cold on my butt at first but that was the worst of it. I think I warmed up the layers and stabilized the temp so that I was comfy. Felt the cool on my face the most so I just pulled the sleeping bag up tight so that I had the small slit to breath through. Wifey was moving around and said I was snoring so it must have been sleep.
That's a successful first hang if you ask me.
Tweaks that need to be done; gotta add shock cord to pull the head end tight because there was definitely a gap, a wind layer wasn't needed because I was in my garage but I'm going to add one.
I will definitely be taking what I learned on this ugly set up and making a new, prettier one but I'm thinking that this should be just fine for my needs. Weight isn't really all that bad either and is should compress down smaller than a couple Nalgene bottles together.
Your plan may not work for everyone, but if it works for you, that is what counts!
Enjoy!
Rosaleen
Hennessy Hammock afficionado and supporter.
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