what's your sleeping setup.?

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All Year I use a MSR Hubba Hubba NX tent and Thermarest NeoAir Xtherm Max (Regular) mat and I swap a few bits for seasonal changes.

Spring/Summer/Autumn
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Thermarest Universal Sheet
Thermarest Auriga Down Blanket

Winter
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Mountain Hardwear Big Bang SL sleeping bag

Though the MH sleeping bag is far too warm for all but the coldest nights. Sometimes, if i'm feeling decadent and sleeping close to my car i'll take a fishing sleeping bag.
 
Polish army peleryna namiot (commonly misnamed 'Polish Lavvu')
BGS poncho used as tarp or groundsheet
Norwegian army teltduk used as tarp or bivvy bag
British army sleeping bag warm weather
British army sleeping bag liner arctic
Wool blanket (if needed)
Thermarest Ridgerest sleeping mat

For a pillow I just put my day clothes in a stuff sack and use that. If very cold, coat goes over upper part of bivvy bag and feet go in rucksack.

In the near future I intend to try to dispense with the tent by using 1x tentduk as a tarp/tent and another as a bivvy bag.
 
Hammock; Uk-Hammocks WoodsmanX ... for in-between Trees. UQ or Thermarest used as needed.

US MSS Bivy Bag & Thermarest Neoair... For when out in the Moors & Mountains.

Both coupled with a 3x3 DD Tarp for cover.

Carinthia Defence 4, Carinthia Tropen, or Wool Blanket/s depending on season and the Mood I'm in.
 
Incredibly varied!
I usually hang - either in my home made hammock or "Tripod Stretcher bed".
Under mat can be closed cell, self inflating or a folded blanket
Bedding can be a Snugpak sleeping bag or quilt, a Nanok sleeping bag or wool sleeping bag or a wool blanket.
Tarp is usually either a Bilmo or a home made 4x3 cambric model but is sometimes a Tatonka or Snugpak model.
Ground sheets (if needed) are made from IPKs
 
Cheap hammock, cheap tarp, relatively cheap sleeping bag modded into a peapod. Works fine for me :)
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I've got a DD 3x3 tarp, alpkit hunka bivi, DD Jura 2, a British army bash for a groundsheet and a And sometimes a wool blanket. Oh and a cheap reflective ground mat but I usually put loads of leaves under that aswell


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Last big trip out was with a fairly classical but heavy setup of British Army basha, gortex bivi bag, thick foam pad and a 'Microlite-1400' sleeping bag. Changing over to a DD 3x3 tarp so with the extra cover it provides may drop bivi bag from regular loadout.

Notes for the gram counters
BA tarp aka Basha - 900g
BA bivi bag - 880g
Foam pad thick - 415g
Sleeping bag - 1900g
 
Hi all, always interesting to hear what people are using, my sleeping/shelter setup is thus:

Snugpak 3m x 3m tarp (known as their all weather shelter)
UK Hammocks Woodsman hammock with tree huggers, whoopie slings and structural ridgeline. Absolutely love this hammock. No bug net but does me all year round with no bother
DD Underblanket - so much better than a pad!
Alpkit Mountain Ghost sleeping bag. With a comfort rating of -1 it's perfect for all year round (for me at least!!)

I also have a vango banshee 200 for tenting and a British army basha but the hammock gets used most of the time.
 
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