Layering Quilts?

[redcanvas]

Good question, I was thinking of doing this with a few summer-weight bags until I can save up or luck into some money or materials to make or buy my own TQ.

[catalyst]

Count me in as another person who is going to try layering this winter. I have a 15 degree down bag that I'm going to layer under my 25 degree top quilt. I'm hoping this should get me down to 0. If I end up really enjoying winter camping I may splurge on some winter quilts.

[pizza]

In winter I use my 3 season WB Yeti under quilt with my JRB Hudson River over it. That combo underneath along with my JRB Old Rag Mountain top quilt keeps me pretty warm.

[OutandBack]

I've not had much luck layering TQ's. They are kinda slippery when just layed on top and I toss and turn alot.
Putting one inside the other (2xTQ) the foot box gets too cramped.

As much as I love getting out in the winter I find I can only make it about 6 times.
It's hard to justify winter quilts $$$ for 6 trips a season. So I am experimenting with this.



This is a 5 degree long and wide sleeping bag slipped over the hammock. Poor mans peapod.
To extend this temp rating even lower I plan to sleep in insulated overpants and a down jacket.

Shug has a great video where he uses a SB over the hammock.

[MrClockWork]

I know there is come talk about layering quilts among the guys that sleep on the ground in the winter. A few of them have had a lot of success with layering a synthetic quilt (such as the MLD Spirit quilt) over top of their down bags. That way when the water vapor condenses it does so in the synthetic quilt which does not harm the insulation properties.

I know it is a little off track but IMHO if bulk is not too much of a problem then a synthetic quilt should be a fairly simple DIY project to pass the time until funds for the 4 season set up comes alone

[keg]

I know there is come talk about layering quilts among the guys that sleep on the ground in the winter. A few of them have had a lot of success with layering a synthetic quilt (such as the MLD Spirit quilt) over top of their down bags. That way when the water vapor condenses it does so in the synthetic quilt which does not harm the insulation properties.
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Thanks. I was debating which order to layer my down 40F down topquilt and my 0C synthetic sleeping bag. Also good in that the TQ could easily fit inside the partially zipped SB.

[Hangin'Yankee]

Just curious if anyone has taken an extra UQ and used it over a TQ for added warmth? Im asking because im tempted to get a good solid winter UQ and
use both my leighlo 30 degree quilts layered over me to get me by till I can afford the matching TQ.
I fully plan to go play in the snow.

My experience from a couple of below zero nights is this...If you can keep the underside warm, you don't need as much on the top side.

The nights I was out were between -5 and -10 degrees. I had my StormCrow 20 degree Crow's Nest and a synthetic UQ that's a bit bigger than the Crow's Nest on the outside over the Crow's Nest. I had a reflector sheet between the layers of my BB. On top I had a 20 degree sleeping bag as a TQ. Long underwear top and bottom, down boots and a stocking cap and I was toasty.

Have fun experimenting.

HY