Yesterday I had the chance to test my 20 deg Wooki with my top quilt which is a 40 deg Western Mountaineering MytLite bag that has a separate zippered footbox that I have used for about 15 years. I had my Thunderfly staked out pretty tight with the beaks really tightened down. The weather was horrible outside - very windy, sleet, rain 37 degs outside ambient temperature. I was toasty with no issues, wind gust blew the sides in a bit from time to time and occasionlly a gust would find its way inside and kind of balloon the tarp, but no issues.
Kudos once again to Brandon and the folks at Warbonnet! I bought one of the early Blackbirds from him waaaaaay back and they have never let me down!
Now a question: I'm thinking about purchasing a new topquilt and recycling the MytLite to my 14 year old son. It is older and has some wear and tear on it and, like most of us, I am a gear junky and have withdrawals if I am not buying something new for my collection every few months...So, my question to you all relates to comfort with top quilts. To me, when I got the Wooki, I pretty much have determined that the top quilt is LESS important from a warmth and comfort persepctive as the Wooki makes such a huge difference. I am tempted to go with the lightest top quilt that Warbonnet makes as for the most part I have never been cold with my current set up, but with a lighter, maybe 50 deg topquilt, I may use it more as most of my hammocking is in weather that is above 45-50 degrees.
Do you all have the same experience with the bottom quilt making that much of a difference as compared to the top quilt? Just curious....
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