With temps tonight to be around 38°, tomorrow night around 33° and weds night 36° plus wind chill each night, I'm finally going to get to hang in some truly cold temps. I'm set with my JRB winter nest UQ, a diy military poncho UQP I made today and my HH exped with typhoon fly pitched nice and tight with doors on. My only concern is my TQ. I woke up cold on top around 4am Sunday morning with the temp around 40° and breezy. Its rating is supposedly around 32°, but there's no way I can go any colder without supplementing it. I was wearing synthetic base layer bottoms, top and boxers ,heavy wool sox, fleece beanie and thin fleece gloves and was using my Snugpak TQ. After i woke up freezing on top, i put on a light down vest, pulled my TQ up to my chin and then spread my Snugpak insulated poncho liner over the top of the TQ to add another thin layer of insulation. That did the trick and I warmed right up and fell back to sleep. I was comfortable going to sleep: the UQ was right up against my back and butt and I could feel it warm up instantly when I got in and situated. It was pretty windy, so no condensation issues. A few times I felt a big gust go right through my UQ and take my stored up heat with it lol. I plan on using the diy poncho UQP when its windy now to combat the wind robbing heat loss.
So, untill my new 0° down TQ arrives, what should I do to supplement the thin, synthetic, Snugpak TQ? Do I wear my down vest or add a fleece blanket or the poncho liner on top when I get in at night? Add layers of clothing over my base layer? I was using the tie outs on the hammock with the loops on the UQ and that kinda kept the UQ from going up high enough to block wind and keep my feet and shoulder warm. Tonight I'm going to not use the tie outs and see if it helps. I live on a hill on the water and its always windy when the temps drop so I even tried changing which trees Im using to get better protection from my tarp tonight. I have everything dialed in, just need a better TQ now that I've maxed out the Snugpak TQ. I could use a netless hammock and try the Snugpak coccon out finally I guess, but I really like the winter nest under me now that I have a down UQ finally lol.
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