Sleeping out in my hammock tonight, testing the limits of my Wooki Under Quilt and testing out Rem's new pup tent! I just finished sewing the permanent stake loops on earlier this evening. It is floored, which should prevent wind from coming through at the bottom. It has a vestibule that isn't floored, but the body of the tent is...like a cocoon. I put a dog pad in there after these photos were taken, so it's a bit more comfy for Rem. I'm planning on making a top quilt to hang inside along the walls to insulate it...but Rem seems fine in it tonight as is...no shivering...looks comfy and relaxed! Just keeping the WIND off makes an enormous difference in how cold a dog gets, I think, at least a large, hardy dog like I have.
Meanwhile, I'm cozy in my hammock! Not a bit chilly! The current temp is 29 F and snow is falling. The "feels like" temp is rated at 20 F.
These pics were taken earlier this evening as I set up. (I'm just testing the gear in my yard tonight. I like to find the limits of my gear before I ever rely on it in the wild!)
(The photo above shows the head end of my WBBB XLC and the pup tent I sewed from a 2.3 yard remnant of 1.9 oz PU coated ATACS-FG ($14) from RipStopByTheRoll. Originally I suspended the pup tent from my hammock's suspension. After field testing I've found it works better to simply run an additional ridgeline just a bit higher than my hammock's ridgeline and suspend the pup tent from that--thus eliminating the sagging that occurs in the tent walls when I load my hammock.).
(Here you can see inside the pup tent. The edges of one side of the fabric are joined and sewn together to form the tent floor, and, more importantly, to seal the tarp tent so that wind can't blow under the sides of the tent. The floor space at the back of the tent looks small in this photo but it is roomy enough for a 100 pound shepherd to comfortably curl up. The open ground that you see is the tent's vestibule. The vestibule is not closed when the weather will be nice--the sides fold back over the back of the tent, thus allowing lots of ventilation and an unobstructed view out for my dog. But, when there is a lot of wind or it is bitterly cold, I can create the vestibule as shown here to give my dog extra weather protection.)
(Looking inside the pup tent.)
(With doors of my WB SuperFly open.)
(With doors of my SuperFly closed in around the pup tent, adding further protection. You can see here, how using my tarp hammock alone would have left my dog exposed to the wind at ground level where he normally sleeps curled up under my hammock. The pup tent provides the wind block for him that my SuperFly provides for me.)
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