Priceless picture man! I love it.Originally Posted by Alpine Dad
I received my Incubator earlier this week and have already used it twice. I set it up initially by sight and thought it was good. I had my wife try out the new hammock and under quilt later and realized it was not set up very well. I then did some more adjustments - making sure the collars were snug while maintaining lots of loft. I think it is now perfect.
Enjoy your new Incubator. Mine is awesome!
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When I set up my Incubator 40, I can never get the head snugged up enough that there is no opening for draft to come in. The foot end is easy to do with the synch and draft tube. I have had to improvise to make it a toasty sleep. What I did was tie the suspension through the head loop on the quilt and manually synch it up. It works, but not ideal, specially when I am explaining it to my friends that have really simple hammock setups ( i.e. hammock bliss).
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I solved the saggy head problem on my new to me Incubator with about a 6' continuous loop off the hammock continuous loop going to the whoopies at the foot end. The head line is hooked on to the loops directly. It looks strange as it's strung very taut and high. A little tweaking of the cinch cords and it has been golden.
Messed around with a triangle thingie rig I used on my Underground rig, but it did not work with the Hammock Gear rigging.
This rig is actually quite simple and works great. I think I just like to over complicate things
Pix if you want them - have a couple of hours of daylight left.
Last edited by SnrMoment; 08-25-2013 at 20:29.
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We've had a cooler than normal summer. Lately, with Temps in the 50's at night, I've been able to use my Incubator. Love it, total overkill for these temps, but it's a great piece of gear.
Looking forward to trying it out this winter!
Well, snug as a bug in a rug.
32 or below, gusting winds. Didn't want to get out of bed in the morning.
Good times.
i have had mine down to -10c with no worries, and even in the summer i use mine best piece of hammocking gear i have it is important to set it up right but once you have its perfect i usually roll everything together just undo the tree straps and roll everything together in a stuff sack quick and easy and i know its set next time im out, unless its wet then have to air it out :::::
So do you supplement at all with socks, thermals etc when temps get that low?
For me at 30ish f, I had very light wool socks on, but also had a zq under quilt protector because of the wind. I was cozy and warm with that setup. I don't know if the zq under quilt protector lowers the temp rating of the uq much or if at all.
Last edited by Boon Booni; 10-28-2013 at 00:20.
The ZQ UQP is supposed to help improve your temperature comfort by 10 to 15 degrees. So, hypothetically, if you have a 20 degree rated UQ, the UQP will allow you to say 5 to 10 degrees.
Also, according to the caveat on ZQ's site, you need to be mindful that the breathable UQP may be preferable for most, over the SilNylon because the SN may allow condensation which can affect the lofting, heat retention, etc....
No expert, just passing along what I read on the subject......
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Thanks for the info.
Here's a bad pic of our setup. The one on the right is a hodge podge of stuff I threw together so my son would have something to hang in.
I really need to take some better pics.
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