How often do you adjust your underquilt? Everytime you hang, or do you generally find the right adjustment and leave it like that?
How often do you adjust your underquilt? Everytime you hang, or do you generally find the right adjustment and leave it like that?
Every couple of years. I can't do it by myself. I went camping this weekend and near froze to death on my first night, using 0* quilts in 12* weather. The secondary suspension had loosened. Second night, I got a friend to adjust my quilts and slept like a baby.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
My adjusted my quilts years ago and I don’t think have changed anything since.
Don't let life get in the way of living.
Once I get a quilt dialed in, I don't touch it.
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Mike
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Never. Wookie is set and forget. Clip it in and done.Originally Posted by questionmike
So you guys pack the UQ with the hammock? Or clip it each time in the same place? If so, with what?
Not that I care anymore since I'm using a Bonefire hammock with insulation, but just curious about these initial answers. I used to have to adjust mine a couple of times during the night, mostly because it would ride up one side or the other. So glad I'm not doing that anymore.
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Personally I use a lazy slug/catch all tube. I may do a quick adjustment when I swap out UQ, but once it’s on I generally leave it and don’t need to adjust. The quilt hooks on the Chameleon halo a lot as well.
To the OP, only when I swap UQ do I need to make an adjustment. My cold Weather UQ is a Hammock Gear Incubator. It fits so snug that once you figure it out, and as long as nothing loosens, it lays perfect almost every time. My warm weather is a CDT Gemini with a clew suspension. Honestly, I wish more used a clew suspension because there is literally almost nothing to adjust once it’s set to the length of your hammock. Both of these I leave on for the full season and just use a SLD mesh Catch All for the hammock and both quilts. Works beautifully.
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Same here! I’m very happy with how well the Wooki stays right where it’s needed.
To the OP, try tying a stopper knot in the secondary suspension shock cords to ensure they don’t slip loose when you pack and unpack the UQ.
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