Not much for me to add, after getting that info from the horses mouth ( Sorry Mac, not that you are a horse
) I only have limited experience, one test really.
Like Dejoha, I only have one anecdote: there is a thread here somewhere titled something like "too darned hot". In that thread I reported using a Mac IX UQ inside my PeaPod. This was after I had used the same PeaPod on a trip to WY mountains where I was just barely OK on top at 27F with no extra TQ, just layering my warm clothing on top to fill gaps and block warm air escape out of any face vent. I also routinely added a space blanket under me, between hammock and PeaPod. It was never needed for warmth, but I used it to keep the lower half of the pod dry(VB), plus thinking maybe any boost of bottom warmth would help me with my minimal top warmth. This worked, but I am not sure how much colder I could have gone on top.
So later in the back yard there was a night when the temps were very similar. I did have different clothing on top, but if anything probably not as warm, for some reason I used heavy fleece rather than my PG jackets. On the bottom, I replaced the VB just laid down inside the PeaPod with the IX UQ, suspended in the normal fashion. I don't remember if I used 1 layer or two of IX. I was way too warm most of the night, having to do some major venting. So from barely OK to way warm at the same temps. So was this due to replacing the space blanket with the IX UQ? Or some other unknown variable? I don't know, but I suspect the IX UQ had a lot to do with it.
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