Is there a good way to get in a sleeping bag?

[oldpappy]

Same as Owl stated - I look at it as a 3 part adjustment:
1) lift legs and get your feet/foot end right
2) arch back off hammock and adjust middle section
3) sit up and get the top part situated
Good exercise prior to sleep:>)
In my HH bottom entry I can lay the SB out well enough to make minor adjustments only. Just takes a little practice.

[Ratdog]

Used mine like a top quilt until I got a top quilt.

+1

Shoulders were often cold w/ the mummy bag, not enough material to really wrap them when using it as a quilt.

Received a top quilt for Christmas, love it!

[sargevining]

Take a length of cord, affix it to each corner of the bag, loop it over the ridgeline and tie it, or better yet, tie it to a prusik knot on the ridgeline so you can adjust it. The pic is show with a mummy bag liner, but should work for other bags:

[thecrumb]

One issue I had is if I didn't zip the bag all the way it would unzip as I rolled around in the hammock and I'd wake up with the bag balled up around my feet :\

I'm cheap so I just have a Walmart mummy bag. I ended up zipping it up about 1/3 - 1/4 of the way. Then I took my sewing kit (look out!) and popped a few stitches behind the zipper preventing it from unzipping all the way.

So when I hop in the hammock it's fairly easy to find this 'pocket' and get my feet in. Since I've done that I never zip up the bag any more and instead simply use it as a top quilt along with my KAQ on the bottom.

[Ospreydog]

I will try all these ways, I'm sure it will get easier each time I get in the hammock. I'm just new to this hammock thing and I really want it to work. My under quilt will be in hopefully by this weekend so I will put the hammock up in my screened porch and try everything out. Maybe I can post some test pics.

[Hangandy]

Feet first works best for me.

Unless there's M&Ms in the bottom.

[Talidan]

I've tried several technique's but it's never easy. I have found that a rectangle bag is much easier than a mummy bag.

[bliksem]

I have a new Big Agnes sleep system. The Fish Hawk 30 does not have down in the bottom of the bag, just a sleeve for a sleeping pad. Not sure I will be able to make that work as a TQ. I am trying to sell it and the BA pad but not sure where I can advertise it since I don't have 50 posts yet to post it here. Any ideas?

[Boston]

Same as Owl stated - I look at it as a 3 part adjustment:
1) lift legs and get your feet/foot end right
2) arch back off hammock and adjust middle section
3) sit up and get the top part situated
Good exercise prior to sleep:>)
In my HH bottom entry I can lay the SB out well enough to make minor adjustments only. Just takes a little practice.

This. Works great, and you don't get you're sleeping bag dirty on the ground.

[Refreshing]

Same as Owl stated - I look at it as a 3 part adjustment:
1) lift legs and get your feet/foot end right
2) arch back off hammock and adjust middle section
3) sit up and get the top part situated
Good exercise prior to sleep:>)
In my HH bottom entry I can lay the SB out well enough to make minor adjustments only. Just takes a little practice.

This is indeed the best way to do it! I was going to say the exact same thing. Leaving it mostly zipped up works best.