Originally Posted by
turtlefeet
Hey folks,
Getting ready to buy my first real camping hammock, and for 25 years I've been on the ground in an REI 650 fill 0 degree bag, year round camping. I'm getting a WBRR, so it's a bridge and for now I'm gonna be sticking with a 4.4R pad for bottom insulation. Is there any reason (like technological advances in higher fill ratings or something, or just the difference btwn ground and hanging) that I should bump down to a 20F TQ, instead of sticking to a 0F, just for the TQ?
All I've found to read is that the common higher fill ratings of 800-950 will just make it lighter and pack down smaller. It looks like most of you all seem to think a 0F TQ is complete overkill in the summer, but maybe this is regional differences? I'm usually in the Sierras, or at warmest on the Northern Cal coastal ranges during summer, so the lows are still in the low 50's at night for me, and I sleep kinda cold. I've always found using my 0F mummy open like a quilt and maybe kicking it off my feet and shoulders was all I needed to do in the summer, and that's only if I'm in a tent; I'm usually cowboy or tarp camping in summer and I am definitely not overwarm.
If I do get the 0 TQ, when I do get around to getting an UQ, what would be the effect of getting a 20F UQ while still using the 0F TQ? Or is that just idiotic?
I just feel like the all around (both TQ and UQ) 0 degree will indeed make it overkill, because I'm not usually in the deep snow during winter; just heavy and cold rain or sometimes hail. Very occasionally get a dusting of snow. It's more wind chill factor that makes it feel cold, which i think will be mitigated more by a sock or a well pitched tarp. Or, if I'm going to offset the UQ/TQ ratings should I have the UQ be warmer and the TQ the 20F?
Obviously, I don't know jack. Please help a rookie out!
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