cold weather footbox question

**Time to Hang** · 09-11-2016, 17:28

Hello, for people using a cinched foot box, in cold weather, what do you use to block the little hole in the bottom ? Does anyone make a down piece that you could put in the hole and then cinch it down around it to block off the cold.

Thanks, J

**Otter1** · 09-11-2016, 17:29

Nothing. Never been an issue.

But if it was, a bandana, sock, or your solution would likely work.

**georgecarr** · 09-11-2016, 18:25

I started working on something a while back, but decided it just added extra fiddle factor. Easy enough to just stuff a sock in it.

**The Tree Frog** · 09-11-2016, 19:00

Yep. I put clean, dry socks on my feet and my sock from the day goes in there.

**Shug** · 09-11-2016, 20:56

I tightly wrap a cord around and around to cinch the end shut on my JRB Hudson River. Works great. No gap.
Shug

**OCDave** · 09-11-2016, 21:03

I had Hammockgear construct for me just the sewn footbox section of a 40* Burrow. I slip it over the top of my 20* Burrow with snapped foot box. Overkill perhaps, but I do love my Hammockgear quilts.

**abomb60** · 09-11-2016, 21:57

I also stick socks in the gap and cinch it down. Seems to work.

**Ratdog** · 09-11-2016, 22:20

I've constructed a couple types of "plugs", I won't go into what my family members nicknamed them.

Tried sewing a couple discs together, fail.
Created what amounts to a dogbone shaped pillow, works well.

Big wool socks work well.

But on a cold windy night, didn't matter what I used.

I really need to send my Burrow back to HG for a spa job.

**Time to Hang** · 09-12-2016, 17:15

Thanks for the replies,
I thought about the two disk thing with a down inner disk and something else on the outer end. I'm sure the sock works fine, I was just wondering if there was something made of down to seal it off. I may try my down camp pillow just to see how it works, thanks again.
J

**bamudd** · 09-15-2016, 11:17

If your feet get cold, and mine do, absolutely nothing will seal it properly. There is NO substitute for a sewn, properly insulated footbox (Hey George!), and I will never again buy a TQ rated below 40 without it. Below that, the whole open the quilt up thing is a gimmick you'll never use if you're actually using it at the appropriate temps.