Still needs tie outs,but a work in progress.
Still needs tie outs,but a work in progress.
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This would not be good in Minnesota. As I got out,all that ice fell on me,and all my insulation.
Would a "shug" frost bib have helped prevent that? ^^^^^^
I always had frost like that in my sock too!Originally Posted by hanger4life
It may a bit but you looked to have frost it all the sock. Could be body heat condensation as well. I use the bib to keep frost off my insulation around my face. Try and see…only way to know.
Carry forth.
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With a nylon sock at 10 or below, there is no way to stop the frost without very large vents in the ends to let the moisture out.
Frost bib will keep more of it near your head area.
A "breath tube" pulled over your head and exiting the top end of the sock will help a lot.
Try a large fleece tube about 10 inches dia. long enough to be near or over your face with the other end outside of the sock.
Try to make a stiffener to keep the tube open. That will take care of the breath condensate but will not help any for what comes right through the quilts and freezes on the nylon
The properties of nylon just cause the moisture to freeze on contact
Thanks for the input guys. I've got a month to figure it out.
Sorry to keep horning in on your trip planning guys , but lots of good winter tips here so I keep following you . I used an acrylic blanket/poncho that I made for under a rain poncho as just a head covering a few weeks back . It only got down to 15 or so that night so not a real great test , but I noticed in the morning that parts of the blanket were downright wet and there was no noticeable condensation anywhere else .
I cover my head completely except a small path thru the slit I have cut in the blanket .
May not work in single digits I don't know . Also my sock is partially made of a snow poncho that I acquired years ago that seem to have a sort of flannel lining with breathable nylon outer shell .
In temperatures down to about the teens I find that I can actually just leave my face exposed and stay reasonably comfortable. Colder than that I've actually just been wrapping a strip of fleece around my head and breathing through that. It gets icy, but apparently I move around enough to keep finding ice-free patches to keep breathing through. That's worked for me to about ten below. I just picked up one of these that I'm hoping will work similarly with a little less hassle of mummifying myself.
I know others on here like using winter socks, but that's exactly why I don't use one. I've tried canvas, cotton, and nylon with the same frosty/ snowy results- even with a frost bib and balaclava. I switched to using a breathable underquilt protector (because if you use silnylon you will get the same problem, just on the bottom!) and a winter tarp you can vent when the wind is calm. The condensation had to go somewhere to freeze, but I prefer to not wake up with it snowing on me until after I get out of my hammock
Roseville is Represented)))))))I know others on here like using winter socks, but that's exactly why I don't use one. I've tried canvas, cotton, and nylon with the same frosty/ snowy results- even with a frost bib and balaclava. I switched to using a breathable underquilt protector (because if you use silnylon you will get the same problem, just on the bottom!) and a winter tarp you can vent when the wind is calm. The condensation had to go somewhere to freeze, but I prefer to not wake up with it snowing on me until after I get out of my hammock
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