Orca IX UQ suspension

[BillyBob58]

Last night hit about 30-32 degrees, woke up with plenty of frost on my tarp but stayed warm all night.

Setup: Marmot pinnacle 15 degree down bag as underquilt (it's an incredibly warm bag), Baby Orca IX UQ, and 1/4" foam pad. The UQ was well worth the investment - it wrapped around the pad edges and I never got any cold spots.

At about midnight, I woke up and noticed some condensation in front of my mouth on the WBBB bug net, so I unzipped the bug net and opened up the hammock. Stayed dry all night, no condensation problems.

A Marmot bag as UQ, or TQ?

[Globetruck]

A Marmot bag as UQ, or TQ?

I just fixed the original post, it was a top quilt, sorry for the typo!

[MacEntyre]

...never thought about that use: Baby Orca as an alternative to a Speer Pad Extender. Your pad was inside the hammock, right?

[Globetruck]

...never thought about that use: Baby Orca as an alternative to a Speer Pad Extender. Your pad was inside the hammock, right?

Pad was between layers on my double layer WBBB, and the Baby Orca was outside the hammock. I initially thought that the pad might affect the Orca's ability to make a good seal, but it seems to work out just fine.

[Rat]

Good report Globetruck. I also used supplemental insulation to get into the low 30'slast night; no frost tho, so I didn't quite hit the magic number! And I agree the MMG IX is well worth the price of admission.

[Darby]

I just got my new Baby Orca IX UQ and can't wait to try it out. The only problem - I thought it came with a suspension but mine didn't.

Can anyone please post some directions or pictures on how to best attach this to my WBBB? I'm assuming that I need some sort of shock cord loop at the head and foot end of my UQ, but what length? What thickness of shock cord?

Thanks!
Justin

Hey Justin,

You are right, we goofed. PM me and we will set it straight one way or another.

Cheers, Dale

[Globetruck]

Hey Justin,

You are right, we goofed. PM me and we will set it straight one way or another.

Cheers, Dale

Dale,

I got your email, thanks for taking care of this in a professional manner! Gotta love small companies that actually give 2 cents about customer service!

Justin