The desired lengthwise tension is often underestimated by those new to underquilts (including me). I learned better when I got a JrB No Sniveller. I wonder how many times the Jacks have had to tell people to read the instructions that came with their underquilts.
Mbiraman, your posts always add to the collective knowledge, and this one is no exception. Thanks!
I've found that there is another factor that can also contribute to "cold spots at the low end of my butt" (my prostate and its associates thank you for that gentile description). If I lie with my legs extended so the top quilt can nestle around me there are minimal air spaces inside the hammock, but if I draw my knees up the space underneath them opens up to allow convection
inside the hammock in that vital area. It wouldn't seem that it could make much of a difference between the quilts, as it were, but for me it does. Fortunately, I found a simple solution. I made a small pillow (6" x 12" x 1.5") stuffed with primaloft. I tuck it under my knees when I go to bed, and because of the geometry of a hammock with a body in it, it slides down against my butt. It stays in place absolutely reliably. At first I thought I would need to anchor it to the hammock, but it turned out that was not necessary. (FWIW, YMMV,
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