Santa is bringing me a HH A-sym for Christmas....I have perused your site and genuinely excited about its pending arrival....I am thinking I should wait until at least late Spring before taking it on the AT due to cold. Seems like everything I have read boils down to the fact that hammocks are cold sleepers no matter what you do. This is my future game plan for winter sleeping in the hammock, so please share your thoughts on this with me.
I will get a Feathered Friends Great Auk and have it customized so I can put in a total of 1 inch non-compressible foam pad in the bottom sleeve. I will carry an extra panel of sil-nylon to extend the windy side of the hammocks tarp to the ground enhancing the windblocking effect. These ideas come from the KISKIL site and I like the idea of getting the hammock low to the ground and selecting ground that is mounded to further create a pocket of air space. I am also thinking of adding a mylar space blanket to the bottom of the hammock, possibly even laminating it to the bottom surface...that way I would have the reflective surface, the bottom hammock material, and one inche of solid foam then my clothes/and or vapor barrier/capilene....
What do you think Sgt.Rock?