Thread: Keeping warm at night.

Dont over do it. When youre in a down bag and you have a layer of clothes on and a down jacket etc I have found you will often times be colder than just wearing a good base layer as youre "filling the bag right up" and pushing against the outsides of it compresing the down and not allowing it to work properly, you can also end up sweating but never actually getting warm because your body is constantly trying to warm up in a damp atmosphere. I slept up in the snow the other night just my thermarest neoair venture mat (non insulated, I believe insulated mats are a have...) and macpac lattitude xp bag and wearing a base layer only and I was toasty as, bit colder when you first get into bed without wearing a down jacket but warmer and dry once you warm up the bag. I was actually using the base layer top from @Sarvo which I managed to get my greasy mitts on before the rest come into the country and it performs very well, comfy, warm, lightweight, and doesnt get smelly.