With the poncho liner underquilt this wasn't an issue and I doubt it would be for another system. It would be like sleeping on the ground in warm weather - just open up your top insulation more. But this is also why I belive a good system should include a pad of some sort so you have a little flexability - for instance you may want to stay in a shelter because there is a real frog strangler out there, you don't want to set up in a drencher, and there isn't enough room in a shelter for setting up the hammock in it.Originally Posted by schrochem
And the pad also serves as a support for my gearskin, is insulation down to about 50 or so, a good place to lounge when laying under the hammock tarp and cooking in the rain, etc. Oware sells 40"x60" evazote pads that you can cut to your desired size, I have found a 28" wide mummy shape (18" at the foot) works very well with a clothing bag at the head where there isn't any pad. The pads only weigh 7 ounces before trimming, and I figure if I tripple layer them (making it about 3/4" thick) that will only weigh 11.5 ounces or so. http://www.owareusa.com
With my poncho lineruderquilt I found it was very hard to get a good hammock-to-quilt seal because of the rectangular shape - too much space at the head and foot. I also found that I was not always centered well on the middle of the quilt, an elbow or something would be off the center of the quilt and get cold. Of course your quilt is about twice the width of mine so the center isn't an issue, but how do you get a good weld of the hammock bottom to the quilt with a rectangular shape? I can see how CanoeBlue's would work, but it doesn't have the other feature (slit entrance/vest flaxability) of yours.