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05-11-2016, 20:05
Many of you have seen my Ghost Pepper, The Beast, but I decided to upgrade and order a new Ghost Pepper with the updated "Hotbox" foot box design. I was born with icicles for feet and am not a happy hanger unless my footsies are toasty. Much of the quilt remained the same, 0 degree plus 2 extra ounces in the foot box, wide with no taper. 1.1 Intruder outer and Argon 67 Saddle Brown inner.
During my ground dwelling days, my cold feet problem was overcome by tossing a couple hand warmers down in the foot end of my sleeping bag. This works well if you're on a flat surface however, try this in a hammock and the little packets of lava slide right down to the nether regions. NOPE, don't need a fire there so... I had an idea that George and I went back and forth on to which he came up with a pretty awesome final idea, a hand warmer pocket. I pocket sewn into the inner "end cap" of the foot box that can hold chemical hand warmers. A heated foot box, kinda gives "Hot Box" a whole new meaning. George added the pocket to my quilt so I could test it before he added it as an option on his site.
Here's the end cap of the foot box turned inside out for best visibility. When Lying on your back, your feet pivot down (toes pointing away from your body) so you have the most clearance at your heels. Placing the pocket toward the bottom of the end cap gives the most amount of clearance around my feet and keeps the pocket away from my toes should they touch the end cap. The pocket is also made of Argon 67 with Grosgrain reinforcements at the points of attachment and at the snaps. You can see he also created snap pulls for easy separation. Because it's also made of Argon, I didn't really feel it. I was wearing light socks and my feet slid right over it.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b157/locknload223/Hammocks/20160410_095302.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/locknload223/media/Hammocks/20160410_095302.jpg.html)
With all the warm weather we've had, the day my quilts came, the temps were dropping so I decided to hang in the back yard. The hand warmer pocket can hold two, maybe three hand warmers but I just used one that night. My feet were comfortably warm all night. At one point I had to move my feet away from the end cap because the heat was pretty intense but it quickly cooled back to comfortable as I moved my feet around a bit. We had a low of 19 degrees that night and with the Beast 2.0, a 0 degree Loco Libre Gear Habanero, I slept in a t-shirt, boxers, and ankle socks; I was warm all night... unbelievable for my sissy self. Next time I'm out in the Winter, I'll toss a couple packets in the pocket an hour before bed time. It will be nice slipping my feet into a warm quilt during the Winter.
I'm extremely happy with this pocket option. I still have to order a 20 degree top quilt and will be adding the pocket to that as well.
Gratuitous quilt shots.
Big 'ole fat Hot box.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b157/locknload223/Hammocks/20160511_195518.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/locknload223/media/Hammocks/20160511_195518.jpg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b157/locknload223/Hammocks/20160511_195305.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/locknload223/media/Hammocks/20160511_195305.jpg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b157/locknload223/Hammocks/20160511_195421.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/locknload223/media/Hammocks/20160511_195421.jpg.html)
During my ground dwelling days, my cold feet problem was overcome by tossing a couple hand warmers down in the foot end of my sleeping bag. This works well if you're on a flat surface however, try this in a hammock and the little packets of lava slide right down to the nether regions. NOPE, don't need a fire there so... I had an idea that George and I went back and forth on to which he came up with a pretty awesome final idea, a hand warmer pocket. I pocket sewn into the inner "end cap" of the foot box that can hold chemical hand warmers. A heated foot box, kinda gives "Hot Box" a whole new meaning. George added the pocket to my quilt so I could test it before he added it as an option on his site.
Here's the end cap of the foot box turned inside out for best visibility. When Lying on your back, your feet pivot down (toes pointing away from your body) so you have the most clearance at your heels. Placing the pocket toward the bottom of the end cap gives the most amount of clearance around my feet and keeps the pocket away from my toes should they touch the end cap. The pocket is also made of Argon 67 with Grosgrain reinforcements at the points of attachment and at the snaps. You can see he also created snap pulls for easy separation. Because it's also made of Argon, I didn't really feel it. I was wearing light socks and my feet slid right over it.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b157/locknload223/Hammocks/20160410_095302.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/locknload223/media/Hammocks/20160410_095302.jpg.html)
With all the warm weather we've had, the day my quilts came, the temps were dropping so I decided to hang in the back yard. The hand warmer pocket can hold two, maybe three hand warmers but I just used one that night. My feet were comfortably warm all night. At one point I had to move my feet away from the end cap because the heat was pretty intense but it quickly cooled back to comfortable as I moved my feet around a bit. We had a low of 19 degrees that night and with the Beast 2.0, a 0 degree Loco Libre Gear Habanero, I slept in a t-shirt, boxers, and ankle socks; I was warm all night... unbelievable for my sissy self. Next time I'm out in the Winter, I'll toss a couple packets in the pocket an hour before bed time. It will be nice slipping my feet into a warm quilt during the Winter.
I'm extremely happy with this pocket option. I still have to order a 20 degree top quilt and will be adding the pocket to that as well.
Gratuitous quilt shots.
Big 'ole fat Hot box.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b157/locknload223/Hammocks/20160511_195518.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/locknload223/media/Hammocks/20160511_195518.jpg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b157/locknload223/Hammocks/20160511_195305.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/locknload223/media/Hammocks/20160511_195305.jpg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b157/locknload223/Hammocks/20160511_195421.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/locknload223/media/Hammocks/20160511_195421.jpg.html)