I recently purchased the Sheltowee Shell UQ (it is a full length 20 degree UQ) from Shelhammocks.com, Alex Gash - made in the USA in the great State of Kentucky), to use with my WBBB XLC. I am in Kingwood, TX but I back pack and camp all over the US. Just this weekend, after ordering and receiving my new UQ from Alex in 4 days, we had a somewhat rare cold front come through. Temps last night got down to 34 where I am and the wind was howling per my Davis weather station (and confirmed by the nearby airport weather station) with continuous gusts between 20-25 mph for several hours.
I have always had to constantly tweak my UQs used with my WBBB XLC as I tend to toss a couple of times at night and I would invariably have to reposition my UQ when I would create some air leakage and resulting cold spots. Man, this new UQ by Sheltowee is fabulous. It has high sides and the insulation easily comes up to my shoulders and around my foot box and once dialed in (there are a number of adjustment points to dial in this UQ and wrap your hammock so that it simply does not move no matter how much you get in and out of the hammock and toss and turn during the night - see excellent YouTube video by Spiguyver). I was extremely toasty all night and the high winds did not create any sort of convection heat loss at all. I did team this UQ with the UQ protector from 2QZQ but honestly, this was to protect it from any misty rain which was being blown around and even occassionly under my WB Superfly tarp even though tied down in Storm mode. I HIGLY RECOMMEND any one looking for a bomb proof UQ that, once dialed in with all the adjustable suspension points (which by the way was very easy to do), you will be extremely pleased with this UQ product. I have used a number of UQs in connection with my WBBB XLC and will be using this UQ with my Dutchware Chameleon tonight but I expect the same results if not better as fitting my UQs to my WBBB XLC has always been a little bit of a challenge. I never bought a WB Wookie as I like to change hammocks and was looking for a “one type fits all UQ” and boy I finally found it. Hope this helps and my thanks and congratulations to Alex and Sheltowee for such a fabulous product.
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