has anyone had the problem with their underquilts not giving off the same heat as they where when they first started using them. I had this problem one time before and also my boyfriend was using a zero degree underquilt and got chilly, not freezing and it was only 33 degrees outside.
AzUrA
many thing affect uq warmth, humidity, hang angle, shock cord suspention strech, or it could be hung to tight or to lose.
Shake them and fluff them to migrate the down to the spot you want it.
Shug
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I agree with Shug (I mean, who wouldn't, but I digress). I have a 3/4 length underquilt that I tried one night and it just didn't keep me warm. I checked and was sure that I was sealed up all around the hammock, but I was still cold by morning. I put it away for a few months and played around with different pads with varying success. But I kept reading testimonies of people who loved their UQs and were warm in a lot colder weather than what I had tried.
I got my UQ back out and noticed that most of the down had migrated to the ends. I shook it back into the center of the quilt and hung it up. This time it worked like a charm! Shake it and give it a try.
100MileBill
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I agree with shaking gently. I always overfill my quilts, so that may be why I never seemed to notice down moving around.
In contrast, I have a 30° Marmot sleeping bag where shaking and moving the down manually is absolutely necessary - some spots you can see thru with a flashlight! Other spots it's nice and thick. I don't know of any underquilts to this extreme, though.
never compress your down while storing. When you get to your destination, let your down have time to decompress.
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