So despite all the tips, you still have calf ridge and cold butt? It is probably true that if you can fix that ridge you will also fix the cold spot. But how you gonna do that? As you have tried quite a # of things already(is that right?), I'm not sure what you should do next.
A while ago, I blew off all the endless trying to fix calf ridges, and/or trying to find the perfect gathered end hammock that actually had zero ridge every time. (some I would have none one night, but plenty the next night, and could not figure out what was different) So now I just use a nice fat knee pillow which for me makes them all the same. It also makes most all kinds of hammocks- for me - a bit more comfy over all, just like putting a pillow under my older patients knees helped greatly with their over all comfort on the padded Operating Room bed. This was routine for every eye/cataract surgery I ever heard of. Seems to me- not even counting calf ridge- a very comfy hammock gets even more comfy with a knee pillow.
But I don't know how or if that would help you with your cold butt. I have not really had this problem, but I tend to use short UQs(most of the time), with a pad under my legs, and that might make the fit different. But the few times I did use my full length JRB MWUQ on a gathered(WBBB), I had no cold spots butt or elsewhere(after a bunch of fiddling to get the foot end right).
Another way to blow all this off and be done with it is a bridge or 90* hammock. These types of hammocks make calf ridge a thing of the past, every time, and there is virtually no concern about trying to get some perfect hang angle, RL length, or feet high enough. There simply is not any calf ridge in my experience. Also, speaking only for my JRB bridges(I think it would be similar in my WBRR but have not done enough cold weather testing with it), I have never had a cold spot or even a cold moment with either UQs or pads.
( i.e. using JRB UQs and making sure the UQs are not too long. I have also used some other UQs with good results, but mainly JRB UQs on a JRB hammock, that is the majority of my bridge experience, so all I can really speak to). There are no ridges to be concerned with with these hammocks, and since the shape of the hammock and the UQ jive pretty well together, with no laying at an angle across both, I have been able to always count on any place where there is a piece of hammock fabric, there is some down in contact with it. If my foot or elbow or whatever compresses my TQ, there will be some down there on the other side of the hammock, uncompressed. Every time in my experience. (except maybe near the top edge of the hammock, near the center, well above my body, if it worries me I deal with it with an extra piece of shockcord, but I'm not at all sure it even matters)
If you ever get really tired of dealing with all of this, you might want to look into a bridge(or a 90 degree), I also much prefer these hammocks for pad use. And though you won't need a pillow to fix calf ridge, you can still use one, if desired, to boost overall comfort. Pros and cons, and you have to put up with spreader bars, and plenty of people still much prefer gathered, and I sometimes still use gathered myself. But one thing I don't think is debatable: if getting read of calf ridge is your #1 priority, a bridge ( or 90 degree ) solves the problem for good. There has never been a thread titled such as this: "I have calf pressure in my new bridge, how do I fix it?".
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