Underquilt

[Fredcompanybushcraft]

Can anyone recommend a ridiculously cheap underquilt that'll work as well or better than a sleeping bag in my hammock?

I noticed how cold it was when I slept in my sleeping bag in my hammock in Dorset :vio:, and I now have a craving to buy an underquilt!

I've only got £30 though, and I'd like to buy a couple of ferro rods too (Although that's not essential)!

Any recommendations for that price or ones that would be worth saving up for?
Bearing in mind that it's spring now?

Thanks,
Fred

- Just had to do that!

 

[wanderinstar]

Err, I couldn't possibly comment.

 

[Shewie]

The closest you'll get for your money is the Snugpak/IDW/ one ..

http://www.lakelandbushcraft.co.uk/acatalog/Snugpak.html

Still £70 but worth every penny. I used one for a couple of years and only just got rid of it for a flashy down one from the states. They're bulky and not the lightest but they do keep you toasty in UK temps no problem.

 

[MrEd]

make one from a US poncho liner or an old sleeping bag, will be able to do it for less than £30 quid easy. Its what im doing at the moment, you need to be able to sew though with a machine, but the poncho one you could do by hand easy

 

[Badger74]

I used a £5 rectangle sleeping bag from Go Outdoors.

 

[Cogola]

Follow the link below to some pics of an underblanket I put together using a poncho liner. the sewing is easy when you rope someone else into doing it for you
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52383&highlight=poncho+liner

 

[Cobweb]

Like it's been said - Just tie an old sleeping bag at each end under the hammock, does the job - tidy like!

 

[Fredcompanybushcraft]

Thanks for the tips - I'm gonna have to go for making one...

The second night I slept in my hammock, I put my mummy sleeping bag round the hammock. It was toasty for most of the night but it only came just above my shoulders and I constantly had to adjust it.

 

[Shewie]

Have a search for Ogripod, you should get some good ideas from what Ogri tried.

 

[hertsboy]

make one from a US poncho liner or an old sleeping bag, will be able to do it for less than £30 quid easy. Its what im doing at the moment, you need to be able to sew though with a machine, but the poncho one you could do by hand easy

Absolutely agree! I made one from an old cheap sleeping bag, and it worked fine.

But I find that a cheap sleeping pad slipped in between the 2 layers of material (obviously, it only works with such a hammock) is just as warm as an underquilt and a lot lighter and easier to carry.

 

[Fredcompanybushcraft]

Do you really find it as warm as an underquilt?
In Devon, I had a thermarest under me, but the problem was that it was too narrow for my shoulders.
Same problem with my foam mat, and as it's actually my Dad's, I'm not cutting it up!
I like the sleeping bag cut up idea...

Fred

PS: Thanks Shewie - that really gave me some ideas...