Thread: New sleeping bag - For hammock.

Keep an eye out for one of the Macpac bags that only has down on the top half, with a sleeve on the base that takes a foam mat (or whatever). Nieve I think is the model

I use one of these in my Hennesy.

Brand new Moistureproof mat 2m x2m | Trade Me

Warm as toast.

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by P38

I use one of these in my Hennesy.

Brand new Moistureproof mat 2m x2m | Trade Me

Warm as toast.

Cheers
Pete

Do you sleep directly on it P38?

Originally Posted by Ricochet

Do you sleep directly on it P38?

Yep.

I cut it to shape so it sits nice in the hammock.

The foam acts as an insulating layer

Lay it silver side up to reflect your body heat.

And start stacking up the Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's

Light weight and can be folded down quite small.

Haven't slept at high altitude or in the snow but have used it n the North Island bush during winter

I paid $1 for my one in a $1 reserve auction.

Cheers
Pete

Any silver coated material works by reflecting radiant heat and looses most of its efficiency if it make contact.
You can easily test this at home by getting a sheet of aluminium foil (kitchen grade) lay it on top of a pack of frozen peas. Now place you hand a few mils above the foil and it feels comfortable then place you hand on the foil and it feels cold.
Heat/Cold reflective surface need a air gap to work.
I suspect the reason P38 finds his setup warm is because he doesn't use it in very cold situations.
I've spent many nights in frost and snow and it works fine but if you never expect to spend a night out in very cold temps P38s idea will work.
Your original question was what sleeping bag?
I would suggest any good quality down bag with a full length zip. If you intend to tramp any distance with it pay attention to its packaged size and weight.
The longest trip I've done with mine is a solo hunt 50km round trip over 7days. in May this year in Fiordland

Originally Posted by BobGibson

Any silver coated material works by reflecting radiant heat and looses most of its efficiency if it make contact.
You can easily test this at home by getting a sheet of aluminium foil (kitchen grade) lay it on top of a pack of frozen peas. Now place you hand a few mils above the foil and it feels comfortable then place you hand on the foil and it feels cold.
Heat/Cold reflective surface need a air gap to work.
I suspect the reason P38 finds his setup warm is because he doesn't use it in very cold situations.
I've spent many nights in frost and snow and it works fine but if you never expect to spend a night out in very cold temps P38s idea will work.
Your original question was what sleeping bag?
I would suggest any good quality down bag with a full length zip. If you intend to tramp any distance with it pay attention to its packaged size and weight.
The longest trip I've done with mine is a solo hunt 50km round trip over 7days. in May this year in Fiordland

Ok, thank you Bob. It's costing me $17 so I'll give it a crack since I'm only in the Kaimais and so I wouldn't be out in much less than 10deg overnight. And yeah, I'll get a decent down bag too.

Get a quilt man. Way lighter and easier to use with the bag. I use a Hammock Gear burrow 20 (sleeping on the ground in a bivvy) and it is wicked. 600 grams and rated -7. Think mine was about 400 landed

I endorse what Nick-D says
I already had my Everest Mummy bag (now 40 years old and weights 2kg) so didn't need to purchase anything.
But if I was in the market for on the Burrow 20 would be a good choice.

Right, so my aluminium foam mat thingy arrived, it was pretty flimsy. Then I recalled stretch's advice about taping my original mat together so I cut my 5mm foam mat into segments & have now ados'd it to the aluminium mat leaving a 5mm gap between segments.

Thank you P38, Stretch & Speights! ...Maybe, we'll see how it goes.

Originally Posted by Ricochet

Right, so my aluminium foam mat thingy arrived, it was pretty flimsy. Then I recalled stretch's advice about taping my original mat together so I cut my 5mm foam mat into segments & have now ados'd it to the aluminium mat leaving a 5mm gap between segments.

Thank you P38, Stretch & Speights! ...Maybe, we'll see how it goes.

Let us know hoe you get on.

Cheers
Pete