what's your sleeping setup.?

[addbad]

how do you sleep.? what do you take.?

I have loads of sleeping setups i change it all the time depends how i feel and what im doing.

I have;
dd hammock
dd tarp
poncho x2
bivibag
sleeper zero lite and a mini sleeping bag for summer.

i don't take these with me every time i will change them about but i can sleep many diffrant ways with these items.

The hammock is my fave and i take that out when i go solo camping all the time

the bivi bag is for when i go out with some mates who dont have hammocks.

so what do you have and whats your set up.? happy posting

 

[widu13]

I used to be indecisive but now I'm not too sure! I have:

US Modular sleep system (complete)
Brit Army doss bag
Arktis hooped bivi
Nova Saturn bivi
Brit Army Poncho
3x3 DD Tarp
Dutch Army bivi bag
Survival Aids bivi bag circa 1987
Argos one man tent
DD Scout hammock
DD Travel hammock

Oops, forgot:

Polish Army Lavvu
Snugpak Underblanket
Snugpak Cocoon
Karrimor Expedition foam mat circa 1986 (fits the Dutch bivi bag)
Generic 5 season foam mat
Karrimor Golite self inflating mat
Gelert self inflating mat x 3

 

[Shewie]

Warbonnet Superfly tarp
Warbonnet Blackbird hammock
Jacks-r-better Snugfit Underquilt
Unsponsored 3/4 underquilt
Gargoyle Ogee II tarp
Jacks-r-better Bear Mountain Bridge hammock
Alpkit Pipedream 600
Big Agnes Lost Ranger
Vango Ultralite 200
Nomads Land XXL hammock
Nomad Travel jungle hammock
SOTP Polycotton tarp
Aus Hootchie
DD 3x4.5m tarp
Thermarest Pro 3/4
Thermarest Trail
Exped Downmat 7 DLX
Alpkit Fat Aeric
Army goretex bivvy
Terra Nova Saturn bivvy

There's probably more that I've forgotten too

I tend to pick and choose depending on where I'm going and what time of year it is.

But yes I do have a kit hoarding problem

 

[Paullyfuzz]

That's some serious sleeping arrangments there Shewie, you must do a lot of zzzz ing !

 

[Chrisj]

VauDe Division Dome tent (for family camping).
Vaude Hogan 2 man backpacking tent.
DD Frontline hammock
SOTP 4.5 x 3 tarp
3.5 x 3 tarp from kayaks and paddles.
Vango Predator 400 synthetic sleeping bag (good four season)
OhVee 600 down sleeping bag (3 season)
Thermarest Guidelight mat (years old and still going strong.

 

[durulz]

DD 3x3 tarp
German army kip mat
Hikers mattress
Sleeping and bivi bag
Inflatable pillow

I have just started going over to a hammock. Which means I still use ALL the above (kip mat for back insulation, mattress for the same and for extra comfort) PLUS a hammock. Jolly comfy though.

 

[Trunks]

DD Frontline hammock
Hennessy Hammocks hex tarp
Unsponsored 3/4 down under blanket
Nanok -5 comfort down sleeping bag
British army arctic bag

That's it. Only thing that changes is the choice of sleeping bag.

 

[Ahjno]

I've got:

Tatonka Tarp 2 (3x3m)
TacGear basha in flecktarn (don't know the exact dimensions)
British army bivy bag
Some poncho's
DD Hammock
Thermarest 3/4
Exped Downmat 7 DLX (nizzzzze)
Self inflatable down pillow - somewhere ...

I'm saving up for an UL Cot, just because I want one ...

EDIT:
Forgot my Hilleberg Akto

 

[treefrog]

For Mountain wilderness
Rab Summit 300 s'bag
Rab Summit 600 s'bag
Rab survival zone bivi bag
Alpkit wee airic or Thermarest guidelite mat
Crux X2 tent

Canoe
US army modular sleep system
2x Auscam Hoochie (press studding two together to extend for admin area)
Exped downmat 7dlx
Mammut air pillow
Golite ShangriLa3
Helsport Varanger

Carcamping
army folding cot
Any of the above in the Lavvu.

I've not really got into Hammocks (no pun intended ), they give me lower back pain unless i can sleep completely flat.

 

[dave53]

dd tarp 3x3/4.5x3/or dpm army basha
dd hammock
4+sleeping bag
karrimor thermorest
u/quilt
small tarp to stand on
army gortex bivi bag
army poncho
thats it folks regards dave

 

[Melonfish]

banshee 200
DD tarp
3 season bag
fleece liner
army bivvi
Vango sleep mat (recently swapped from my 3/4 to a full)
fleece blanket

that me

 

[resnikov]

Tempest 200
DD 3x3 Tarp
DD Frontline Hammock
British Army Goretex bivi bag
Thermarest full
3-4 Season Sleeping Bag
Vango Viper 1000 Sleeping Bag
British Army Arctic Sleeping Bag

Thats my setup, I take whats needed.

 

[SimonM]

Helsport Porsanger Lavu
Helsport LavuLight
Various tarps - DD / issue / Tatonka / Andywinkk
Bivvy bags - issue & Snugpak Stratosphere
Hammocks - Hennessey & MK groupbuy / Snugpak underblanket & quilt / Unsponsored 3/4 underblanket
Various sleeping bags - 2 Snugpak / issue / 3 season down
Sleep mats - Issue / Karrimat / Thermarest
Various tents - Vaude Hogan / 2 or 3 domes

Simon

 

[Highbinder]

Hey Shewie, how cold have you gone with your alpkits 600 bag?

I have:
DD frontline hammock
Work in progress paracord hammock (just wait till you see the photos LOL)
DD 3x3 tarp
58 pattern poncho (doubles as tarp/groundsheet)
WIP hammock sock
Alpkits skyehigh 600 bag
Unsponsored underquilt
Goretex Terra Nova bivvy bag.
Thermalite comfort sleeping pad

The bivvy bag is the only bit of kit I've regretted, used it once and hated it, bivvying (or is that bivviing hehheh) is not for me. I should probably sell the damned thing. Don't get much use from the thermalite pad but it's good to know I have it for my hammock if it gets real cold, or if I have to tent-camp.

 

[resnikov]

Work in progress paracord hammock (just wait till you see the photos LOL)

Is that your own design or something you found on the web? Would like to try to make something like that myself. When you putting the pics up?

 

[al21]

I've a bunch of tents going back over thirty years, but my favourite of them would be my Vango Odyssey 400. Also:
5X5 mtr Bradshaws builders tarp for group shelter when canoeing.
Fishing brolly
3 season synthetic sleeping bag (Vango Quattro, I think.)
Thermarest Ultralight mat
Brit Army goretex bivy bag
3X3 DD tarp
Nomad Land XXL hammock
Snugpak underblanket

I forgot:

Silk sleeping bag liner
Two Brit army surplus wool blankets

Al

 

[Oarsnpaddle]

Downmat 9 DLX
Alpkit Pipedream 600 (soon)
Silk liner
Blanket made from trouser/jacket wool fabric, 140x160cm.
Night cap, old school, blue striped (yes, it matters)
Night shirt, old school, off white (yes, that too)

"rain, wind and midge covers:"

Akto tent
DD tarp 3x3
Lavvu, Frisport Norefjell Ekstrem with groundsheet, midge doors and midge top.

 

[Shewie]

Hey Shewie, how cold have you gone with your alpkits 600 bag?

I only bought it at the end of last year and I think the coldest it got down to up your way when I was up was around -8.

That was with the Snugpak UB too though, I need something more than a mat for winter hammock camping.

I forgot my tents on my list but I'm not even gonna go there

 

[Highbinder]

Is that your own design or something you found on the web? Would like to try to make something like that myself. When you putting the pics up?

It's based off a design I found on youtube but instead of using the paracord full I've split it down to the inner braids and have been using a tighter weave. Splitting what I had gave me 100 lengths, each 8-10m long (so larksheaded onto the main line thats 200 lengths at 4m long) which should allow me to make quite a long (atleast 3m) and wide (atleast 65") hammock. In the video the chap just suspends based off the two outer ropes, sort of like a bridge hammock without the spacers, but I'll be gathering the ends like a normal hammock and locking it in with some spare dyneema. And then stringing it up with some spare 1" webbing and a couple of marlen hitch spikes. Should be good if it works out. I'm not a heavy fellow but I'm curious to see if the cord distributes weight as evenly as fabric (especially on the gathered ends eep!)

 

[rik_uk3]

Parachute or tarp for shelter/cooking area; one of far too many tents I have accumulated for sleeping in. 2 or 4 season bag to sleep in, cot bed to sleep on.