i am going for the record low in my hammock tonite

i have camped several time in 18 to 19 degree weather,it is 17 right now in my back yard is going to drop a few more degrees tonite
equipment i am using is
1.tom claytor jungle hammock
http://www.mosquitohammock.com/junglehammock.html

2.my guide gear 12x12 camo tarp
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=97247

3.army closed cell pad trimmed down

http://www.majorsurplusnsurvival.com...tegory_Code=68

4.M-1949 mountain down sleeping bag

http://www.majorsurplusnsurvival.com...tegory_Code=71

it weighs 2 lbs less when you ditch the outer cover,i am only using this bag because i am in my back yard:cool:neo

Very cool. Let us know how it goes.

Neo are you going to go to the Campout in January?

Good luck tonight...it's great to know that budget gear can hold up to the challenge.

Hope to meet you in January...can you make it?

i just checked my digital thermometer its 16.7 degrees
already below my 18 degree record,yes:cool: neo

i got out of my hammock this morning at 5.57 am my digital thermometer
read 8.6 degrees,i was warm and toasty all night.:cool: neo

Neo,
I admire your courage getting out hammock this morning in that temp !! :eek:
Glad you were toasty out there !

Perkolady

Neo,

I went to 13 degrees last night with my North Face Fission bag (2lb 6oz) wrapped around the hammock and Marmot pounder (1lb) used as a top quilt. No pads. I was toasty when I got out at 3am because the dogs were barking too much to sleep. I wanted to stay in and go for single digits but with the dogs barking and having to at work early I will have to wait for the next cold snap in Tennessee

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Originally Posted by HANGnOUT

Neo,

I went to 13 degrees last night with my North Face Fission bag (2lb 6oz) wrapped around the hammock and Marmot pounder (1lb) used as a top quilt. No pads. I was toasty when I got out at 3am because the dogs were barking too much to sleep. I wanted to stay in and go for single digits but with the dogs barking and having to at work early I will have to wait for the next cold snap in Tennessee

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your right,we dont get single digits often,i bet it got colder in monterey than it did in nashville last night,being that you live on the cumberland plateu:cool: neo

neo,

do i understand correctly? you got to 9* on just a cut-down army closed cell foam pad? one of those stiffish green things with the tie straps, right? how'd you do that when i have a similar foam pad, an underquilt, and was getting cool at 28*? what might i be doing wrong? or is it possible my slow metabolism (and i do sleep cold) is to blame... still seems like a huge difference... almost 20*...

suggestions anyone?

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Originally Posted by Seeker

neo,

do i understand correctly? you got to 9* on just a cut-down army closed cell foam pad? one of those stiffish green things with the tie straps, right? how'd you do that when i have a similar foam pad, an underquilt, and was getting cool at 28*? what might i be doing wrong? or is it possible my slow metabolism (and i do sleep cold) is to blame... still seems like a huge difference... almost 20*...

suggestions anyone?

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:D maybe cause i am neo and your not lol,just kidding
the pad works for me,i have a double bottom hammock
it traps air plus keep my pad in place,i been down to 19 degrees
with an oware pad an it is twice as thin:cool: neo

how thick is the gummint pad??

Tom

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Originally Posted by teblum

how thick is the gummint pad??

Tom

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maybe 3/8 in thick,it would go to 0 degree's no problem:cool: neo

Neo, I noticed that the bag was described as "Adult medium size". I'm 5'9" and 195lbs. Compared to you, would you say that the bag is big enough or too small?

You are indeed the King of Bargains!

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Originally Posted by neo

maybe 3/8 in thick,it would go to 0 degree's no problem:cool: neo

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Neo's got a furnace in his belly! No way I could take a 3/8" pad that low! Wish I could, though...you're lucky.

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Originally Posted by neo

your right,we dont get single digits often,i bet it got colder in monterey than it did in nashville last night,being that you live on the cumberland plateu:cool: neo

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I live in Murfreesboro for job reasons but have property on the plateau. I was in Murfreesboro last night so we were probably close to the same temps. My digital station said 13 degrees when I came in at 3am and 8 degrees about 5.30. It is good to know I can stay warm at those temps.

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Originally Posted by Just Jeff

Neo's got a furnace in his belly! No way I could take a 3/8" pad that low! Wish I could, though...you're lucky.

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I think he has down feathers growing out of his skin.-:)