What clothing do you wear when you sleep in your hammock in the woods

**Grumpy Squatch** · 04-10-2019, 21:01

I guess I'm opposite of most people: with rare exception I refuse to sleep outside if the overnight temperatures are above 60° F (my hiking partner and I refuse to sleep outside in July or August). So i generally carry a set of clean thermals to wear at night. Very light weight above 50° and thicker as the temperature drops. Below 40° I'll add a light hat. Below freezing I'll add socks. Once down around 10° I may add a mask.

My coldest nights, at -15° and -12° F I wore expedition weight thermals, one pair of wool socks, a down hat, a face mask, and light gloves. I stacked my 0° and 40° quilts. And I absolutely roasted. I woke up around 1 AM dripping in sweat. I stood up and turned on my headlamp and I was absolutely steaming.

In the rare event I find myself outside in Summer, it's never more than boxers and a t-shirt. In Africa and in Arches National Park in Summer, well, sometimes you have to just suffer through 90° nights completely natural.

**NOBOZax** · 04-11-2019, 07:39

In light of the few sleep in the nude responses I don't believe I'll ever be able to purchase a used hammock now.

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**NJHeart2Heart** · 04-19-2019, 14:37

Originally Posted by Trail Runner

Down to 40F I wear a t-shirt, underwear and a pair of loose fitting socks. Below 40F would be the same thing because I'd be in my house.

LOL!

**oldgringo** · 04-20-2019, 05:59

A hoodie,in all but the heat of summer. The material varies with temps.

**Getintouch98** · 04-20-2019, 16:16

I’m in Texas so we really only have 2 seasons, cold and the surface of the sun. In the winter I wear a mid weight base layer reserved for sleeping. In the summer only boxers......

**Hanging Grizzly** · 04-20-2019, 16:19

I may have to adapt my previous statement this summer. I have been using an ENO Double Nest since I started hammocking, with a full coverage bug net, and now have a Dutch Chameleon single layer, which has no net underneath, so if I’m not using an under quilt of any kind, then I may get drained by the mosquitoes during the night.

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**Hanging Grizzly** · 07-03-2019, 15:35

So update to my last statement regarding my new hammock. Got to use it this week Sunday thru Tuesday nights at Cub Scout camp. The lows were in the low 70’s, highs in the high 90’s with a heat index of 100+. I slept in boxers and a cotton t shirt the first night, athletic shorts and a cotton t shirt the next 2 nights. No issues with getting mosquito bit thru the hammock fabric, but the mesh on my Chameleon was so tight I nearly suffocated the last 2 nights because we didn’t have a breath of wind either night. I almost ditched the net, but I prefer not being carried off by blood sucking pterodactyls (aka, the oversized mosquitoes native to Camp Sidney Dew).

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**rweb82** · 07-03-2019, 15:41

I generally wear a dri-fit t-shirt and lightweight running shorts. If it's cold, I'll add a beanie. If it's REALLY cold, I may switch to a wool base layer, then add a balaclava and down hood.

**chrisx** · 07-03-2019, 19:41

No clothing. Clothing traps sweat next to our skin, that cold water makes you colder than you would be without clothing.
If it it cold below your gear is rated, you will be able to tell the difference, and will be warmer without clothes. I use a silk sleeping sheet and a sleeping bag. Nothing tight fitting, well maybe a wool hat.