Low is 60: Do I need insulation?

**LeviJ4** · 05-21-2009, 13:26

I just bought the Hennessy Expedition Asym Hammock and it will be arriving soon. I'll be hanging in it next Thursday/Friday. Currently, the forecast has us at 60-61 Degrees as the low and high 80's during the day. If I take my GI poncho liner and lay on that while in my sleeping back will I be well enough insulated?

**Cannibal** · 05-21-2009, 13:29

You need to bring some 'just in case' stuff. Low 60s is pretty cool when in a hammock. I like the cold, but even I would have something under me below 65. Take a cheap Walmart pad or something just in case.

**Quoddy** · 05-21-2009, 13:30

I've found that at temperatures in the 60's I've been become chilly fast when I moved off of the insulation. You might almost compare it to laying in water of that temperature... not quite that bad, but you get the idea.

**LeviJ4** · 05-21-2009, 13:40

Thanks, my buddy still has an old GI pad I'll use then as well as the poncho liner if need be. I can't wait!!

**rigidpsycho** · 05-22-2009, 11:33

Originally Posted by LeviJ4

Thanks, my buddy still has an old GI pad I'll use then as well as the poncho liner if need be. I can't wait!!

if your buddy still has the poncho to go with the liner you could put them together and hang it under your hammock as a cheap UQ. Then just use a sleeping bag as top quilt. I use this one my hammock and slept in a couple of weeks ago in the backyard at 60degrees and all I had on top of me was a thin fleece cover.