At home, Socks-R-Us. With a bright-as-the-sun street light overhead and the Up-Past-Midnight neighbors with low windows, the sock gaves me - sleeping in the covered area in front of the house (but visually shielded from passersby), the sock gives privacy and light shielding. In the winter, it provides extra warmth with the usual challenges of condensation. But with zipper arrangements, I can vent near my head.
Here’s the deal - for me at least - outdoors is outdoors. I’m not going to try to make it like indoors. That means the air is going to be colder, I’ll have condensation challenges (in the winter), etc. But I don’t care. That’s why I’m out there
I would love for the wind to be strong enough to push the hammock around a little. I don’t mind the pitter-patter of rain on the tarp. I enjoy the challenge of site orientation and don’t mind if I get it wrong sometimes.
Maybe it’s my younger, foolish, years of spending time on the sides of mountains - with a flappy tent and snow everywhere. To camp where there are trees - what a luxury!
To your original questions … I always have an under quilt protector (UQP) and tarp. If the tarp has doors, they are usually not deployed unless the wind/rain conditions demand it. I usually have a collapsible pole (or two) I use for Porch Mode. We are well out of the condensation season over here in Oregon. It is just something to manage in the winter. So a little frost drops on the top of the quilt - brush it off. What would be more of a concern - in a long term (5 days or more) winter adventure - more important would be the vapor/water accumulating in the down. If there were sunny days, then you hang your quilt in the sun for a while. If I knew it would be days of grey, wet, glooming (looking at you, Seattle
) then I’d consider synthetic quilts.
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