warming my hennessey

[dylan]

has anyone tried the hennessey super shelter aftermarket doo-dads?
i have an asym and i love it, i just want to make it warmer. i saw that hennessey is now making an underpad and so forth. i was also thinking of using a big agnes horse thief(sans pad) with a jacksrbetter 'nest' or homemade under quilt. any advice?

[rgarling]

all of the things you mentioned will work, you just need to figure out how much you want to spend and how cold you want to go. I think a 15*F bag or quilt and about a 3" pad under will work pretty well for cool season hiking on the AT. I use down because it compresses so well.

[dylan]

cool, thanks.

[peter_pan]

The pad will work if you stay on it. Besides comfort and warmth figure the bulk and weight of a 3 in pad. underquilts are a better answer.

[rgarling]

Just to clarify the 3" pad comment. This would be a feather pad in an undershell, and not a 3" closed cell foam pad inside the hammock. For the HH, the quilt is more convenient than rigging an undershell.