Leaving the UQ home?

[Dlrocm]

I tried it once expecting Temps in the 70s. boy did I regret it.... never leaving TQ or UQ home.

[Thomana]

Before I was a hanger, my nephew and i took a motorcycle tour to the northern regions of Ontario up here in Canada. The farthest north you could ride. It was early July. My thoughts were, ‘Early July…gonna be hot hot hot!’ Well, the third morning we awoke to 0 degrees C (32F). Just a cautionary tale of “never underestimate the weather no matter what time of year”. As others have stated, you can always vent or utilize other strategies to cool yourself; mighty hard to add heat without an UQ or pad or something with insulating qualities. My $0.02

[Shug]

Never compromise good slumber.
Shug

[Rhody Seth]

Even with temps in the 70s I've gotten chilled without an UQ so I'll always bring one from now on. But I am a cold sleeper.

[PopcornFool]

Jumping on the UQ bandwagon. I always take one.

[DGrav]

20+ years ago I spent the coldest and most miserable two nights I've ever had in the woods...................... It was July in Pennsylvania. Since it was summer and I was trying to fit my entire weekend load into a day pack I left my sleeping bag at home. It was a big and heavy Mt. Hardware 30° synthetic mummy bag(I never used down back then because I was paranoid of it getting wet)...... In its place, I took a thin fleece bag liner that zipped up the side.

When I left my apartment it was in the 95°.......... over the course of the two-hour drive to the trail I watched the thermometer on the dashboard steadily drop until it we in the low 50s when we got to the trailhead. That night I got 0 sleep as I tried everything to get warm. Same for the next night. I was so tired I didn't enjoy the hiking or any part of the trip

When I got home a ordered a 50° down sleeping bag that weight around a lb and was about the size of a bottle. I figured with the size and weight there would never be a reason to not take that as my minimum insulation.

Comfort on the trail and in camp can make or break a trip.

[DocWatson]

Spent the first week and a half of July sleeping with a partially inflated pad instead of the underquilt. I slept great and even with the pad I was too warm some nights. I just needed something to block the wind and keep the bugs from biting me through the hammock.

- Clyde

[blackdoghang]

Take the UQ....... Leave the cannoli

[stormcrow]

Once my metabolism slows down to sleeping level, I find that my backside gets cool even at 75°F.......

Yep, Just bring the quilt. Like others have said, the peace of mind is definitely worth it.

[stormcrow]

20+ years ago I spent the coldest and most miserable two nights I've ever had in the woods...................... It was July in Pennsylvania. Since it was summer and I was trying to fit my entire weekend load into a day pack I left my sleeping bag at home. It was a big and heavy Mt. Hardware 30° synthetic mummy bag(I never used down back then because I was paranoid of it getting wet)...... In its place, I took a thin fleece bag liner that zipped up the side.

When I left my apartment it was in the 95°.......... over the course of the two-hour drive to the trail I watched the thermometer on the dashboard steadily drop until it we in the low 50s when we got to the trailhead. That night I got 0 sleep as I tried everything to get warm. Same for the next night. I was so tired I didn't enjoy the hiking or any part of the trip

When I got home a ordered a 50° down sleeping bag that weight around a lb and was about the size of a bottle. I figured with the size and weight there would never be a reason to not take that as my minimum insulation.

Comfort on the trail and in camp can make or break a trip.

Great story, I imagine quite a few of us here have a similar one. It is a long night spent in a hammock staring up at the bottom of your tarp as you constantly shiver.....Most of us only have to endure THAT particular lesson once! haha

~Adam