I always have to have one. My only quilt is a 20°F. If it's really hot I'll use an underquilt and skip the top quilt.
I always have to have one. My only quilt is a 20°F. If it's really hot I'll use an underquilt and skip the top quilt.
I'd say about 80s. I did an overnight once in the middle of the summer. the overnight low was about 80. I slept on top of my topquilt. I was warm most of the night. at 4 am I had to slip my feet in the top quilt because I got a slight chill.
I have only gone without under quilt usage one time in the deep heat of summer but by about 3 am I was happy to use it.Rather than try to vent I just go with having it deployed or in standby mode.
I use an UQ indoors with my house temps mid 60’s. Has to be up in the 70’s for me to not use one.
If it is too hot for an underquilt, then it is too hot for me to be sleeping outside anyway.
I live in the FL Keys so I got a 50* Trailwinder to use in the cooler months. I found that I need it below 75* and I start getting chilly with it at about 55*. But I am acclimated to the Keys and get cold easily. Like many others here when its warm out I still have it on but off to the side, and I move it under me if I wake up cold. Since I am cold natured I now wish I'd gotten the 40* version instead, as it would handle anything I'd see locally. I also have a 20* version for my son and we love them both.
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It's astonishing how cold you can feel in a hammock even though the temperature is 90+ degrees. I found that out when I was day hiking and carrying a lightweight hammock to take breaks in. It was in the 90's and when I got in the hammock it felt great. Then after about 10-15 minutes, it started to feel slightly chilly. Then more chilly. I was "seriously, it's 90 freaking degrees out and I'm cold?. WTH?"
There are a lot of factors to consider: Do you sleep cold? Is there wind? Where are you hanging? Is there a wind block? How thick is the fabric of your hammock? What are you wearing? What's the current temperature and what will be the lowest? What's the humidity? Do you want a safely margin?
I agree with most every one here. Get an UQ that's rated lower than you think you'll need. You may pay for it in $ and grams but if you think that isn't worth it, spend the night outside when it gets a bit chilly without it. Sleeping cold is one of the most annoying things I can think of while hammocking.
Think of this like clothing. You don't need a heavy jacket when you are hiking, you need it when you stop hiking. That's why you bring a jacket you "don't need" because you'll really need it.
I'd go with the lower rating. I have many differently rated UQs but if I had to choose only one, I'd get the one for the coldest I plan to hike (and then some because I sleep cold and then some because I like a safely cushion).
I have a 0 degree Wooki for my WBBB and I have used it from 15 degrees out to 90 degrees and have been finding I am always comfortable. For me, the key to regulating my temperature is my TQ. When it's cold, I'll use my 0 degree TQ, when it's warm, I'll go with nothing or just a sheet
I never go without an underquilt. I will push it to the side if it’s too hot. But it’s always there. And I have 2 trail winders. A 40 asymmetrical, and 20 symmetrical. They have become the only UQs I use. The 40 is good to 60, and the 20 is good to 40. For me. Which is about right for my 20 degree buffer. But I did stack them at 30 and was right toasty. Great product
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I'm gonna call bull on this concept of a non-insulated side. Imagine what would be required to have a non-insulated side of an UQ: you would actually have to have a vapor barrier, or a layer of insulation, to insulate yourself from the insulation. If that sounds bizarre, it's because it is a bizarre notion.
Even if you had the insulation in one layer, and then another layer (that maybe you could put a pad in) you haven't changed anything to make that other layer "uninsulated." It's just a UQ with two layers of nylon (or whatever your choice of fabric) on one side, which does not make that side "uninsulated."
I don't think the Trailwinder is a double layer UQ, or UQP, or whatever it is. However, even if it were, that wouldn't make one side less insulated than the other.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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