Thinking of using poncho liners sown together also having emergency blankets on both sides to act as insulation. What do you think ?
Thinking of using poncho liners sown together also having emergency blankets on both sides to act as insulation. What do you think ?
Personally, I'd avoid using the emergency blankets unless you want to wake up soaked. Unless you allow water vapor to escape somehow. I toyed around with a similar idea using a SOL emergency Bivvy bag never worked to well.Originally Posted by ninjahamockman
hmmmm lets think we will have to toss the emergency blankets maybe man I will have to think of something better. Any suggestions.
I had made a Under quilt out of a breathable reflective fabric that they use for Bivy Sack emergency shelters. It works ok but it does not provide enough warmth for a cold summer night. I contacted the company that made the fabric and they did have one fabric that was heavier but they said it maybe too stiff for the UQ application I had wanted to use it for. They also made a coated fabric that would not breath.
The Up side is that it is warm enough for most summer nights and it helps keep the bugs from bitting you through the bottom of your hammock.
My concern would be a weight issue compared to the Under Quilts already available out there for sale. If you added some kind of insulation to the under quilt design it would be right back around the same weights that are comparable to a good down Under Quilt.
I think my solar reflective blanket Under Quilt is about 9 oz and if you added insulation you would be right back around 20 oz. Which is right around your high end Down under Quilt weights for summer weight quilts.
Not saying it's a bad idea , just that the technology has not caught up to the hammock business yet. I would think that the best design would be if they laminated that reflective barrier to a light 1.1oz ripstop nylon that could then be sewn into a underquilt design with a light fill "down" maybe.
You could shave a few ounces off the fill weight using the reflective fabric. I have seen a few companies do this with down jackets.
Columbia Omni-Heat Reflective jackets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95a2__La_F8
I want to make a pea pod that is made for winter and as light as possible. I want to make it a bit lighter see if I can shave it off a couple pounds in their design. And significantly cheaper.
http://www.speerhammocks.com/Products/PeaPod.htm
Last edited by ninjahamockman; 07-19-2012 at 12:05. Reason: add on
I have a double layer DIY Hammock. I just got a Poncho Liner, but have not had time to experiment with it yet. I was considering folding it in half and placing those truck sunshades between the layers to keep them in place. My sunshades are the thin foam type and not the bubble wrap kind. I don't know if that configuration would help or hurt with condensation, but I also would not be lying directly on it.
I have heard of this type of pad that uses reflective stuff that might work with poncho liners. How heavy are poncho liners.
I used one of these sunshades for years under me in a hennessy with very little problems.
I don't see there being much of an issue using them between layers. I plan on tacking the corners of a pair onto my DIY UQ come cold weather... but with it being 90+ out, don't hold your breath for a field test any time soon
I have found something that has much better weight it is the bubble version I also found this article . http://www.amazon.com/Reflectix-BP24...ref=pd_cp_hi_1
http://hennessyhammock.com/articles/...ather_camping/
Last edited by ninjahamockman; 07-19-2012 at 18:11.
~22 oz or so for a poncho liner.
Hope it helps!
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