Poll: ~50-~70 degree insulation preference

[mudsocks]

UQ
or
Pad
or
Other?

What do you prefer? Why? Any success stories using non-traditional bottom insulation? Any failures?

[jerhangin11]

I love my HG 40* uq. I know it's traditional, but its amazing

[sargevining]

AHE Potomac

[bear bag hanger]

For 50 to 70 degrees, I use a 3/8 in thick pad. I purchased a 40"X48" pad and cut it down to 30" wide X 66" long, with the corners cut off. About 10 oz, but hard to pack. It doesn't crush down like a down quilt does.

[dkurfiss]

I use my JRB The Nest year round and just vent it in the summer. Before I got the down UQ I used a PLUQ and would slip a wool blanket between the two layers if temps were going to be closer to 50F than 70F.

[FLRider]

"Other".

I use a semi-Garlington Insulator, consisting of a space blanket crumpled up into my undercover (which is also my poncho), but no trash bag. It gets me down to ~50* fairly comfortably (though I'm an human furnace when I sleep, so 55* to 60* is probably a good bet for a "normal" human), and I've survived as low as 43* F without too much issue (though I really don't recommend that; I was rather uncomfortable that night).

Total added weight to my kit? ~1.5 oz.

Hope it helps!

[gunner76]

At those temps I use a summer weight Jarbrige. UQ

[HURTHEART]

Hm, 70 degree insulation???Who gets 70 degrees???

Well, being from the North, I consider 50 a warm night. I have high quality wool blanket that I shrank it is about 5/8th of an inch thick. I fold that in half, it makes great insulation. Yes it is a little bulky, about the same as my pad. Now days my dog pulls my gear for me, so I am not so picky about bulk. Felted wool is very dense, repels moisture, and a lot of other positive attributes. Old fashion yes, but it works very well for me.

[FLRider]

Hm, 70 degree insulation???Who gets 70 degrees???

Well, being from the North, I consider 50 a warm night. I have high quality wool blanket that I shrank it is about 5/8th of an inch thick. I fold that in half, it makes great insulation. Yes it is a little bulky, about the same as my pad. Now days my dog pulls my gear for me, so I am not so picky about bulk. Felted wool is very dense, repels moisture, and a lot of other positive attributes. Old fashion yes, but it works very well for me.

Heh. April 'till October, it rarely dips below 70* at night here...hence the "No Underquilts Hang" in my sig...

[dirtwheels]

Wilderness Logics SSUQ

UQ
or
Pad
or
Other?

What do you prefer? Why? Any success stories using non-traditional bottom insulation? Any failures?