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    JRB High Sierra Sniveller as UQ (Suspension Questions)

    I got a JRB High Sierra Sniveller on a FS thread a while back for real cheap (compared to a new one) and I was planning on using it as an UQ on my JRB BMBH. It obviously is meant as a TQ but I'm trying to make it work because its what I've got. I added tie out loops to the foot end to hang the quilt by.

    I tried it out for the first time last night with the low of around 20 degrees. After two hours I woke up and my legs and feet were cold. The rest of me was fairly warm but I could tell the quilt was venting too much around my legs and feet but was being compressed way too much from my head to hips.

    So I got up and adjusted the way I had is suspended. I instantly felt warmth from my head to my rear but my feet were still frozen.

    Came in this morning and started looking up about UQs for the BMBH. Figured out the way the Jacks say to suspend their UQs. Did this a while ago and the quilt looks like it fits better but it was still venting too much around the hips. (The quilt is wider at the head and hips than at the foot end.) So I got out more shock cord and hooked both middle tie outs to the underside of my tarp. (By the way, is my tarp upside down? I've seam sealed it. Does it matter either way?) Seems like it has a pretty good seal on the sides now. I'm going to try it out again tonight. I also put a half length pad under my legs and feet.

    Question is, has anyone ever used anything like this? Have any suggestions on the suspension or how to make this set up work better? I don't have money to go buy a new UQ so, that suggestion isn't going to help a lot. Sorry for this being so long. Any advice is appreciated! Also, plan on trying the hot water in a nalgene bottle thing to keep my feet warm.
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    It sure looks like your quilt has a channel along the long edges where you could run some shockcord.
    I use 4 S-biners hooked on the corner rings and clip my UQ shockcord in.
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    I think what you see might be the full length omni tape sewn to the quilt. But I'd have to look at the quilt a little closer.

    Also, I had a pad under my feet as well. I just read in another thread that a pad might actually keep all of the heat away from the quilt so it can't retain the heat from your legs and feet. Anyone else have this same opinion? I just slid the pad down there because my feet were cold in the first place.

    Quote Originally Posted by OutandBack View Post
    It sure looks like your quilt has a channel along the long edges where you could run some shockcord.
    I use 4 S-biners hooked on the corner rings and clip my UQ shockcord in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wrangler88 View Post
    I think what you see might be the full length omni tape sewn to the quilt. But I'd have to look at the quilt a little closer.
    That is what I am referring to. Between the outer nylon and omnitape there should be room to feed some shockcord thru.
    Maybe not, hard to tell by just the picts. But if you could problem solved.
    Goodluck

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    Quote Originally Posted by wrangler88 View Post

    Also, I had a pad under my feet as well. I just read in another thread that a pad might actually keep all of the heat away from the quilt so it can't retain the heat from your legs and feet. Anyone else have this same opinion? I just slid the pad down there because my feet were cold in the first place.
    The pad stopping the quilt from retaining heat is a fallacy. Insulation doesn't provide heat, it only slows heat loss.

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