Originally Posted By billstephenson
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I would love to have a down underquilt, but not in the budget right now.


What about cutting up and sewing one half of a cheaper synthetic sleeping bag for an underquilt?


My normal "underquilt" is an integral dynamics silponcho - it is essentially a 5x8 foot tarp, cut like a poncho, with stretchy shockcord on the bottom. this means I can attach it to the hammock and it will stretch ok. in warm weather I wad up a few space blankets "garrington insulator" style. In colder weather I have bought a few layers of wal-mart poly batting insulation and cut it "hammock bottom" shaped. it's small, light and works rather well (I also have a blue pad in the hammock). It gets me down rather cold.

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