Keeping Warm in a Hammock (Winter Hammocking)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Simon discusses and demonstrates various tips and techniques to help keep you warm in your hammock through the winter.
Items discussed in this video:
Pure Alpaca Wool Poncho: amzn.to/2ikSwGl
Therm-A-Rest NeoAir XTherm inflating mat: amzn.to/2iwQfv7
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I am not sure if you are still producing videos, but I really do appreciate this one!
Thank you very much for the advice. 😊
Good tips Simon, thank you sharing them with us!
If, a poncho is suitable for you and Clint Eastwood. Then, it's gonna work for the rest of us! Cheers mate!
Cheers for the comment... it... made my day :P
thank you very much. So simple yet effective
Good info, living in Alaska on trick I like to use is take a pocket warmer and toss it in my sleep kit about 30 minutes before I go to bed,
Great logical tips
There is a gentleman named SHUG that also has great gammock videos🤩😍😎
Thank you for such valuable info. I am still in the research stage of camping in a hammock but will hopefully be able to be set up by early spring. Again Thank you.
Great idea. Tried it with Costco down throw instead of wool poncho/blanket. Lighter and easier to pack. One mod I plan on adding is Prusik knot on each end to stabilize blanket on the ridgeline.
Such a great video. Thank you so much. Just starting the Hammock journey. Loads of experience in the outdoors and being a ground dweller! Hanging is a different animal and probably why I've been a bit apprehensive about Hammock camping. With your shared information here I feel much more informed and some confidence if I follow your advice here. Great tip about stripping off outer layers of clothing. I've camped and argued with too many people about that. They feel keeping their layers on will help stay warm. I've always stripped down to my bottom layer and just kept my clothing inside my sleeping bag, keeping them warm for the morning. I originally learnt that when I was about 8-9 yrs old and went winter camping with my Uncle, who was a Canadian Infantry Veteran. His advice to strip to my unders and use my clothing to line the inner side of my sleeping bags metal (we didn't have fancy plastic zippered sleeping bags back in the 1970's) zipper.. protecting my skin from getting froze to that metal zipper from any possible moisture created from my body heat! Something I had never thought of at age 8-9!!
People are always amazed when they listen and strip down to their unders.. Thank you again for the wonderful video and great advice. Cheers 🇨🇦
Nice tips Simon. Just got my under quilt and refreshed some techniques that i'd forgotten. Def take outer layers off as you say and don't breath in your bag. Learnt that the hard way in French alps in the snow at -26. Back again this year and going to be warmer.Have a good New Year my friend after another strange year!
A very informative video. The "Poncho" as you've stated. Is also known a
a "serape" a very nice piece of kit. Cheers, Mate.
Thanks for the compliment, and the info :)
All good will try these out up here in scotland
What a great video, Simon! It took me three years to find it but as I'm getting ready for a hammock hang event in in Michigan your information could very well save my bacon on the mid-30's nights. I feel that I was pretty well prepared but I will add another piece of gear...an Alpaca serape. Not for the Clint Eastwood look but to ensure that my nights aren't sleepless. For under $91 I feel it's a good investment for winter camping. BTW I absolutely love your country and enjoyed my two tours (four years twice).
Best hammock video I’ve watched. I’ve had similar ideas but also put sheepskin instead of your therma mat
great info
Thanks for a really good video..
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. All the best for the new year!
Really great advice, Simon. Will subscribe.
I skipped though the video looking for how to protect from the rain / torrential downpour without a tarp. Didn’t see anything so would like advice. But without the risk of condensation or suffocation. I’ve not seen one video covering this issue.
Ask Bob.
Bob?
good hammock talk,
..bill
Good stuff.
Really good video mate.......
Cool Beans. :)
What about using a "King size" fleece blanket, as a underblanket?
Should do the trick
How cold have you gone down to with a sheet as the under quilt?
Thanks for the info. Happy New Year 2019😎
Hi another question in reference to the underside of a hammock. Preface to question 1. I have an old tent ground sheet which has been cut to the same size as my hammock and has draw ends so it can be hung independently under my hammock so to provide a double layer and wind/water proof elements. This is simply so in some instances I can use it on the ground without having to change or swap things in and out of my set-up. Question 1: is it best to use Mylar/space blanket fixed to the ground sheet or, lay a wool blanket in the space between the ground sheet and the hammock? Pre face to question 2. I know I won’t to use a self inflating sleep pad for at least on the ground but for hammock use would you suggest laying it in the space between the ground sheet and the hammock? Or suggest another place?
'Convection' is heat loss through air movement, while 'conduction' is heat loss through contact, to be pedantic. Convection in a hammock, conduction on the ground.
Isn't that what I said?
No sir. Ain't no thing, as they say. But, you seem to one who would strive for accuracy. Apologies for acting like a typical RUclips critic. Best
I was genuinely asking mate as I'm not in a position to watch the video at the moment to check. If I said something different, then I definitely mis-spoke...
I desperately try to avoid doing that (want the videos to be accurate) but sometimes a cockup slips through the edit :(
Of course. Please don't read in to my comments. I am not trying to be an armchair critic. Your videos are very informative and well- done. But, you definitely said conduction when speaking about setting the hammock height and airflow concerns. Again, it is a minor thing. 😃😃😃
@@hermit6208 i love a humble science guy😍🤩
The same poncho is now 79 quid...
Poncho is now £48 .00 at amazon. Dunc thanks just ordered from amazon
Yeah, frustratingly the Christmas sales seem to be ending rapidly on Amazon. Still a steal at £48 considering even a thin Merino blanket goes for £80+ (I own two, that's how I know that). Worth the price in my opinion given the ease of versatility :)
Still £45-48, depending on pattern and colour scheme.
price of poncho is now 48 quid
Great advice! Wish I could find that wool poncho for the same price you did as I mentioned in another comment. Quick question though, what sunglasses are those that you're wearing?
The glasses I'm wearing are just my prescription pair. They're self-polarizing. Sorry I can't claim they're something more fancy than that.
Thrift stores& antique malls have wool, or you could stitch old wool coats together.
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It is convection, not conduction. Don't putt sticks under a hammock. And only a good heavy and bulky under quilt will keep you warm in cold whether, some thin blanket isn't enough.
I carry a duty woolen blanket around, Never could quite get the blood off it. It's quite heavy, but it's seen a lot of action and I haven't found a proper replacement for it. Wool is great to carry and quite fire resistant if you're sitting close to a fire while wearing it. It also dries surprisingly fast
I think I might want to get a thinner wool blanket. I don't really think ponchos are necessary, always been wearing the blanket just fine.
Alternatively, making a poncho is real' easy and a hundred times cheaper. I just prefer not having the hole there.
Just as a side-note, it's my own blood and I'm *not* an army man. Even with the blood on it I couldn't make myself get rid of it because it's too useful a piece of equipment, it's been with me for so long. (did wash it many times, it just doesn't come off)
The price for the poncho is now £48
They wasted no time putting the prices back up after the Christmas holiday! Even at £48, it's still a good price considering how much pure top-quality alpaca wool blankets go for, and definitely compared to Merino blankets which cost £80+
Wait until the January sale... it'll come down again I reckon :)
Guess I wish I lived in the UK as I can't find anything like this for < $60 USD
I only leave my outer layers on because I'm lazy :D
Any fool can be uncomfortable ;)
It's now £75
Ecws designed for sleeping
hi can you use a bivvy bag in a hammock, regards barrie
You can, but you would need to consider the possibility of condensation building between your sleeping bag and the bivi bag just as you would with using a bivi bag on the ground.