Hammock Sleepers?

[eleaf]

Why do you say that?

A couple of reasons. The packed volume to insulation ratio (when packed in the bag) favors the quilt. I can pack my down quilt to about 8x8. In order to use a slepping pad that will give me the same thermal insulation is much bigger and takes up much more room in the pack. The area that a pad covers on the bottom of the hammock is much smaller than a quilt. I can roll over, lean against the side, etc with a quilt. Try that with a pad and you'll soon understand that coverage isn't very good. The sides of the hammock are freezing. With a quilt, the sides are covered much more.

I generally use a thin sleeping pad in the summer just to eliminate chill from the underdraft, but I wouldn't think of using one in the winter.

 

[HarpT]

I have a Clark NX-250 recently purchased. I have had a chance to use it in some below freezing temps and my thermarest trail pro pad works just fine inside it. The pad has a high R-value and I've used it on the ground in sub zero temps, I'm confident it will work just as well in the hammock. It is a heavy pad at over 2 lbs. Bulky too, as far as pads go these days. I also have a Superfly tarp recently acquired in a trade which I haven't yet used. Hammock, suspension, rain fly, line and stakes come in at about 5 lbs. Add 3 lbs. for my 0 degree down bag and I'm already close to 11 lbs. But, I can also sleep on the ground just as easily as in the hammock with this set up, which can be important depending on how much ground is being covered in alternating terrain.