Has anyone used the Winter Yeti? How well is it working for you during this winter cold spell?
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Has anyone used the Winter Yeti? How well is it working for you during this winter cold spell?
i made the mistake of using the winter yeti with the reflective liner... when it wasn't winter.
its a very lightweight, packable piece of gear. the one i used was very very puffy and extremely warm. the only relief i got from using it was the fact that it kept falling off my left shoulder and it vented it.
i just slept in my blackbird last night with my winter yeti. wore a t shirt and sweat pants with socks and used my 20 degree down bag as a topquilt. i was toasty at 32. awesome piece of gear.
Thanks for that insight. I was tired last night when I posted it..I was just curious to see how well the Yeti was performing during this winter cold spell.I will edit and change the post to make it more specific.
I think the folks in the mid-west and east have definitely had opportunity to test the winter Yeti and others at new lows, during this impressive cold couple of weeks we just had. I know I was busy trying to test every thing I had while the cold temps lasted.Quote:
Originally Posted by joggerjohn
There should be some new info and opinions available. But, not from me for the Winter Yeti as I don't have that particular UQ, sadly.
Thanks. I will be receiving a winter Yeti sometime next week. I plan on using it in the Adirondack mountains this winter. I just was interested in learning more about its capabilities.
Been down to -2º in mine .... warm and snug!
Shug
Is only as good as the tags the poster places in the tag options....Quote:
Originally Posted by animalcontrol
I do agree with you AC...search is the first step...in a long tag of options..
:cool::D
Heck, I didn't search tags...that is from a simple "Winter Yeti" post search.Quote:
Originally Posted by LosUno
It is amazing the amount of info archived here! :thumbup::thumbup1:
Did you have the QU oriented correctly with the head end at your head? I had this problem before I figured out there was a head and a foot end but since I started hanging it properly I haven't had the problem again.Quote:
Originally Posted by srestrepo
yeah, that can make a difference, it's wider at the head end and it definately needs to be on correctly to fit correctly. the knot in the shockcord goes at the head end, if the ends are reversed, it won't be nearly as wide at the shoulders.
most likely it just slipped off though from movement in the hammock.
any quilt can slip off the shoulder, the narrower the quilt the more likely it is to happen. it's just one of the tradeoffs for getting a narrower (lighter) quilt. the narrower it is, the more you have to pull it off center to get coverage, the more you pull it off center the more it wants to pull back towards center.
moving around alot in your sleep makes it happen sometimes. just about any quilt can be clipped off to the pull tab on the side of a blackbird though which takes care of the issue for most folks. with the yeti, you can also rig the suspension so there's more tension on the zipper side, this also seems to work well if you don't want to have to clip anything off. a mini-biner is about all it takes though.