While waiting for my first metatarsal to recover enough for me to go for an amble in the woods, I'm currently spending *next years* bonus buying kit, as I'm a sad geardo.
I've got a couple of hammocks from the inestimable MagiKelly, and am looking forward to kipping in on. It can get a bit froz up here, and I know that even my Nanok -10 bag will compress under my mighty weight [I'm 6'3", in EFB size].
I've got a reflective windscreen cover to tuck under me, but I've read that an open cell/Thermarest mat might be better.
Now, some have these under the bag, and end up sleeping in the hammock with the mat over them; some, wedge them in the bag [wouldn't that be a bit tight?].
What's the best sort of mat to get?
While I'm convinced by a hammock, I can conceive that I might sleep somewhere *without* trees.
I've also got a Goretex Bivvy Bag [army surplus].
Would I use a mat *inside* that, but under the bag - or rest the bivvy bag on top of the mat, with my in my sleeping bag inside the bivvy bag - beneath the basha?
I've looked at the Thermarest Prolite 4 [I just have a sneaky feeling with my age and heft I would prefer a full length mat...] and am currently veering towards the Airic.
Any thoughts?
I've got a couple of hammocks from the inestimable MagiKelly, and am looking forward to kipping in on. It can get a bit froz up here, and I know that even my Nanok -10 bag will compress under my mighty weight [I'm 6'3", in EFB size].
I've got a reflective windscreen cover to tuck under me, but I've read that an open cell/Thermarest mat might be better.
Now, some have these under the bag, and end up sleeping in the hammock with the mat over them; some, wedge them in the bag [wouldn't that be a bit tight?].
What's the best sort of mat to get?
While I'm convinced by a hammock, I can conceive that I might sleep somewhere *without* trees.
I've also got a Goretex Bivvy Bag [army surplus].
Would I use a mat *inside* that, but under the bag - or rest the bivvy bag on top of the mat, with my in my sleeping bag inside the bivvy bag - beneath the basha?
I've looked at the Thermarest Prolite 4 [I just have a sneaky feeling with my age and heft I would prefer a full length mat...] and am currently veering towards the Airic.
Any thoughts?