Hey Mr. Orange, as a tent camper, you don't happen to have a long, wide(bigger is better, especially with a long, wide hammock) sleeping bag with a full length zipper, do you? And can you get the hammock's net out of the way? If so, you might want to experiment with wrapping the bag entirely around the hammock, the original concept that led to the design of the Speer Pea Pod. You might have to do a simple mod or 2 to get it to work, like sewing on some loops and attaching some shock cord as a suspension. Or adding some simple nylon cord to tie it to your hammock suspension. Or, you might not have to do anything. Look up Shug's many videos on converting his bags to a pod. If you can get it to fully wrap around your hammock and have enough room, and there are any gaps(usually a top gap because the hammocks edges lift the top layer pf the bag/pod, you can easily fill in with any puffy clothing that a guy who lives in Canada probably ha plenty of. Or if you have any kind of light, thin summer or liner bag, you can place that inside the wrap around bag.
You would not believe the insulation that can be generated with this technique. IMHO, it actually beats all other systems in efficiency simply because it is about the only guaranteed draft proof top and bottom approach. If even needed- if there are any gaps after zipping up, just tighten up any suspension added so that it just barely touches your back. Or. leave the gap and fill it with a puffy jacket. But once you zip that bag closed around the hammock, you won't have to worry about any gaps or drafts. Again, just check out Shug's videos on this subject. I think it is his go to approach now for really severe way below zero temps. But, he layers quilts within his pod. At warmer temps( I have seen him do minus 40F), you won't need many, if any, added insulation.
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