Your summer set

**hanginyaker** · 08-16-2016, 18:54

Hello all, I was wondering what the hangers out there like to use during the summer months. I have a 0 ° incubator and kicking around the idea of a partial 40 °.

Xavier

**johnspenn** · 08-16-2016, 19:39

I have a 20* down set TQ and UQ and am considering going with a 3/4 40* UQ as a summer quilt as well. May even go synthetic.

**SilvrSurfr** · 08-16-2016, 19:50

I have an HG 40* 3/4 Phoenix and 40* Burrow. It's nice to go with the lowest possible weight quilts when the weather is hot.

**goobie** · 08-16-2016, 20:08

Using a puffer jacket UQ now, but a 3/4 40* is on my short list. I can't see using, and trying to fit in the pack, a 0* in summer. I know many claim it works well, but what you're asking is a much better option.

**kitsapcowboy** · 08-16-2016, 20:11

A Climashield Apex 3.6 top quilt and an AHE KAQ Jarbidge 3-season UQ will take you through the warm half of the year here in my part of Western Washington (where the Olympics and Puget Sound create a fairly temperate weather zone), except at elevation.

During the warmest months (like now), you can get away with a cheap warm-weather sleeping bag (unzipped and used as a TQ) and an inexpensive Thermarest pad (with minimal inflation), a very cost-effective combination. In the summer when I just want to sleep outside on my acreage, I'll sometimes just slip a pad in my DL DIY hammock rather than rig a UQ; I slept very warm like that last night through overnight lows in the mid-50s.

**goobie** · 08-16-2016, 20:19

Originally Posted by kitsapcowboy

A Climashield Apex 3.6 top quilt and an AHE KAQ Jarbidge 3-season UQ will take you through the warm half of the year here in Western Washington, except at elevation.

What's the average low temps you're using that setup in?? Maybe I'm throwing the 25* UQ's in the closet unnecessarily?

**kitsapcowboy** · 08-16-2016, 20:27

Originally Posted by goobie

What's the average low temps you're using that setup in?? Maybe I'm throwing the 25* UQ's in the closet unnecessarily?

The pad with a summer quilt or bag is good for me down to about 50 degrees. I like a proper underquilt with CS 6.0 once it gets down into the 40s, ideally with a CS 6.0 TQ to match. I do have one shorty CS 3.6 summer underquilt I picked up that also works about as well as the pad, but once the temps are into the high 40s. I want more quilt under me.

Where I happen to live on Puget Sound has pretty mild winters lows, although it can get pretty windy and is invariably rainy; only about 100 days a year here see overnight lows of 40 degrees, and only about 20 nights annually dip below freezing. I am around 200 feet above sea level; if you go higher, the temperatures will get lower, of course...

**Wanderlost** · 08-17-2016, 04:58

I use my Costco quilts. I made a 3/4 length UQ and a TQ. They're great for summer months, but I can't get them below about 50 since I sleep cold.

**goobie** · 08-17-2016, 17:07

Originally Posted by kitsapcowboy

The pad with a summer quilt or bag is good for me down to about 50 degrees. I like a proper underquilt with CS 6.0 once it gets down into the 40s, ideally with a CS 6.0 TQ to match. I do have one shorty CS 3.6 summer underquilt I picked up that also works about as well as the pad, but once the temps are into the high 40s. I want more quilt under me.

Where I happen to live on Puget Sound has pretty mild winters lows, although it can get pretty windy and is invariably rainy; only about 100 days a year here see overnight lows of 40 degrees, and only about 20 nights annually dip below freezing. I am around 200 feet above sea level; if you go higher, the temperatures will get lower, of course...

Certainly makes a difference in insulation choices. I need to move!!!

**Flash Grundelore** · 08-17-2016, 17:21

My butt's covered with my ExPed 9LW in my AMOK [and I don't find it too warm], and I'm using a paired system of a CostcoDT and a cheap Chinese synth bag that I pulled the zipper off. Both have a gathered footbox and can go comboed or independent.