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    Made It Down To 10* And Stayed Toasty Warm

    Well I finally got my cold weather hang equipment nailed down Wednesday night. Went down to 10* and I was toasty warm. I rolled my sleeves up to cool off after wrestling with my 0* mummy bag. I ended up hanging my arms over the edge to cool off. Thing is I never pulled my sleeves down, didn't need gloves or any head gear either. I actually had to pull the bag off me at one point because I was too warm. But I did pull the bag closed in the wee hours and tucked my arms in but I never got cold. Here is my set-up.

    Sorry for the rotated pictures. The download does this to my phone pictures that I take vertical. I don't know why.

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    How deep the snow was on the deck that I had to shovel off.

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    Rolled my hammock under the PLUQ so I could add the 30* sleeping bag on top. I use laundry clips to hold it in place. There is also a silver windshield screen inside the PLUQ.

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    Flipped the hammock back into place and added a blue mat inside the hammock that will be under my 0* mummy bag.

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    Added the blue fleece blanket over the ridgeline. This give me a 20* increase in temperature inside my bear cave over the outside air. The blanket was a little short over my head so I added the green fleece over the top to create a solid cover.

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    I always clip the ends shut with more laundry clips to keep my heat inside the cave.

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    I covered everything over with my Kelty 12 tarp. Again I close the ends off with clips to keep any wind from getting inside.

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    Snug as a bug in a rug all toasty warm.

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    Senior Member Floridahanger's Avatar
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    And warmth for the win.

    It's always a great thing to be so warm in below freezing temps. A nice warm goodnights sleep.
    Enjoy and have fun with your family, before they have fun without you

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    Awesome ...nothing beats on the deck testing

    Any condensation/frosting issues arise from that setup
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    Forgot to mention the last time I did a cold test to 14* I went with the bare minimum on the bod with only thin long johns and my back froze. I went back to my first test wares on put on a fleece shirt and pants over the johns and stayed warm.

    I did have ice crystals on the inside of the fleece blanket and the blue pad was damp under the mummy bag. Didn't notice anything other than that. Of course the tarp had ice crystals n it to but I figure that was from the atmosphere.

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