Gear Test: JRB Mt Washington Underquilt (0-10F)

**Just Jeff** · 12-14-2008, 20:24

Yep - I'll probably use the the GHPC for at least the head end so I can have my pack and stuff handy. I probably won't need the sit pad with the MWUQ so I can put that down at the foot end to block anything coming thru...as long as I don't kick it out while I sleep. Haven't gotten a field night with the BMBH yet so I don't have all this worked out yet!

**Dutch** · 12-14-2008, 20:37

Originally Posted by FishinFinn

Dutch, it appears it's just you and me. But you could definitely sew one yourself, if you haven't already.

I have got to stop making quilt for a while. At least until I can get a better place to store them. Quilts and sleeping bags take up an entire closet. This is in no way a complaint by the way.
I know I'm going to be jealous of the Mt Washington hangers at Mt Rogers.

**fin** · 12-15-2008, 11:51

Originally Posted by Peter_pan

FishinFinn, JJ, Et al,

The ends of a BMBH are 1.9 oz DWR like most hammocks, you should have no more heat loss though them than any other hammock... Especially since you are not in contact with them in the sleep position.

Pan

Yes and No. In a gathered end, the fabric is all "bunched up" and usually covered by my UQ, so a single layer of 1.9 is really folds of 1.9, whereas in the bridge, a single layer of 1.9 is a single wall of 1.9, can't be covered by a quilt, and there is a lot of breathing through that straight wall of fabric if the wind hits it. Great Hammock, but the gear hammock/pack cover or slowhikes "storage end covers" are recommended (by me, anyway) for winter use on the BMB.

**fin** · 12-15-2008, 11:55

Originally Posted by Dutch

I have got to stop making quilt for a while. At least until I can get a better place to store them. Quilts and sleeping bags take up an entire closet. This is in no way a complaint by the way.
I know I'm going to be jealous of the Mt Washington hangers at Mt Rogers.

Well, you know if you have too many, I'm sure I could help you out there.

**Just Jeff** · 12-22-2008, 18:03

So Joker got in trouble we couldn't go camping this weekend, but it was supposed to be like 60F at night. Tonight? 18F!! Friggin no-snow-blizzard for Fayetteville!! Guess who's sleeping in the backyard with a brand new MWUQ...

Is it odd that this excites me?

**BillyBob58** · 12-22-2008, 21:21

Originally Posted by Just Jeff

So Joker got in trouble we couldn't go camping this weekend, but it was supposed to be like 60F at night. Tonight? 18F!! Friggin no-snow-blizzard for Fayetteville!! Guess who's sleeping in the backyard with a brand new MWUQ...

Is it odd that this excites me?

Report ASAP! Which hammock, gathered end or BMBH?

**Just Jeff** · 12-22-2008, 21:50

It's already on the BMBH so probably that one...I'll decide when I move the stand outside.

**BillyBob58** · 12-22-2008, 21:59

Originally Posted by Just Jeff

It's already on the BMBH so probably that one...I'll decide when I move the stand outside.

I did about 18 or 19*F last night, with lots of wind, with a WBBB, and was OK. I'm pretty sure I did not have the foot end set up just right, but I was OK anyway. It is hanging on the BMBH now, it is supposed to be mid 20s tonight.

**animalcontrol** · 12-22-2008, 22:01

Originally Posted by Just Jeff

Is it odd that this excites me?

To everyone else...yes
To us...No
I was more excited to get out this weekend than any in a long time because of the cold. Mule was talking about camping out 20+ yrs ago simply because it was forecast to be -20*F and wanted to see "what that was like"

Hangers are "abynormal" and we like it that way!