Help!! I’m out in the woods on my second night trying to get my under quilt to fit on my new Dutch 11 foot Hammmock. I’ve been using this under quilt for years just fine on 10 foot hammocks but I suffered through last night BAD. 20°UQ give me a cold butt at just 27°. I run into some problems now and then over the past six years but nothing like this.
@$;/)@“!!! Things never go my way. I’m about to just give up and head home.
Anyone notice issues when switching hammock length?
No, its just you and that iron deficiency!
Seriously, though, no I haven't experienced that. I go back and forth between a 11' and 10.5' with no issues.
"I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe... ?"
- Kate Chopin
Is there wind involved?
"...in Florida, she felt air conditioning for the first time, and it was cold and unnatural upon her skin."
I definitely considered my recent “coldness”, but it seems like everything is working as usual except my butt and few inches of my back is freezing. Very frustrating. It’s like the first two years of hanging went pretty smooth, then now it’s always some issue I’m dealing with. I’m sitting in the hammock sideways now cooking and it’s fine. Maybe I’ll have to sleep sitting up!
I ran into the same problem on the Midwest Backpackers Fall Colors trip this year with my usually reliable yeti. I had an UQP but the wind was pretty fierce. I woke up with my teeth chattering. I threw on my thermal hoody and was toasty after that.
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The UQ is not sealing to hammock probably due to a channel formed on the longer and maybe wider hammock? Seen this before. Try to lay more asym and loosen the foot end shock cord adjustment to allow UQ to widen out more. I bet if someone looked at it when you are laying in it they would see a crease that forms a triangle not allowing the UQ to seal to hammock
Yeah good point. I thought of that after a while so I loosen everything up completely, then started tightening everything down inch by inch. I finally gave up after nothing helped. I was even lucky and had the sun shining right at the foot end so I could see the UQ through the hammock. Everything was sealed up nicely.Originally Posted by hangnout
Man, throwing in the towel. The insanity has to stop somewhere. After six years of on/off success, I just can’t take any more
Driving back home...what a waste.
May need to get that tent back out. Watch for the incoming fire sale in three, two, one...
Sure sounds like you are not getting your back and butt deep in the UQ. You butt is ending up on the leg shelf causing a huge air gap.
You are not trying to side sleep are you? That doesn't work with a leg shelved UQ either.
What about down distribution? Do you need to do a bit of UQ shaking to even the down out?
Cinch up the suspension abnormally tight. You can't over do it. That'll fix it.
+1
I have a 77" UGQ Zepplin. I've used it on a Chameleon and my SLD Trail Lair.
The Trail Lair was first. I had concerns as the hammock is 12'. The UQ was stretched tight to go from one end of the hammock to the other. It sealed up nicely and never moved on me - not once.
Next was the Chameleon. I hung the UQ with w/o changing any adjustments from when I had it with the TL. It moved all over the place. I made several adjustments throughout the night but the ONLY one that fixed it was pulling it tighter from one end to the other (i.e. making the UQ stretch way out and really lify up the hammock). Problem solved.
Since the UQ was brand new the shock cord was still really tight. So when I put it on the Chameleon it seemed like it was stretched out fine - like it was on the TL. Then, after the other adjustments did not work, I realized that even though the UQ felt tight the hammock was a foot shorter than the TL so by stretching it out even more it was all good.
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