I'm looking for an underblanket to use with my hammock, and was wondering if there much difference between the DD and Snugpak underblankets. The seem quite similar in shape, but the DD is about 400g and £50 less than the Snugpak. Do the learned hammockers here have any advice for me on which underblanket I'm better off getting (DD, Snugpak, something else)?
Firstly I haven't used an underblanket yet. A couple of DDs came up on here for sale, and having had a cold night on a lightweight Multimat in a UK Hammocks Woodsman where the pad shifted around, I looked into them. They have fittings tailored to the DD hammock sides to keep them in place. I'm not a modder, and I also thought they might be a bit thin.
Looked at the Snugpak, seemed a bit of a pain to get right with its attachments. Again, I don't know for sure, but they look like the better of the options if you're not using a DD hammock with its fittings, but the suspension looked more complicated. Again, my disclaimer, I haven't tried one. I had someone on here once try rattling my cage because I didn't actually own the item I was asking about. So, I'm google and YouTube educated only on underquilts. My hammocking is 3 to 7 nights a year, a cold one using a different idea is horrible if it's not working. There were times in the night where my mat had slid so far from under me, but I was too half asleep to get it put right. Logical really, it's a light, small, tapered mat that isn't designed to fit an asym envelope, it just can't. but I'm no way paying a shedload for a mega hammock system, so I'll try the OneTigris. And if that doesn't suit the asym, I'm going back to my Jungle Hammock.
I bought a OneTigris because it was cheap. It's heavier, but not really bulky, but I haven't tried it yet. In honesty, if my big Alpkit mat hadn't failed on me I'd still be using it, but a mat in an envelope beneath does change the natural hammock shape, especially so on the asym diagonal lay. My last night out was with a Fjallraven Distance down bag and the Multimat, I was trying to go really light. I didn't sleep well at all, kept the mat was slipping out from under me. I was out of bed at 7.00, ate an apple and some granola bars, made coffee and left. Ideally I'd have woken much later, done coffee etc, and had another night out.
I'll take some pics of the OneTigris as soon as I use it.