Under Quilts

Featured review by John Galt

A high quality, well engineered, lightweight, reasonably priced solution for keeping warm and cozy during cool nights in a hammock. Highly recommended for backpackers, cyclists, and rowers desiring a warm and comfortable multi-season hammock sleep experience.

I am new to hammock camping after vowing to no longer crawl around on the ground and suffer the slings and arrows of rocks, twigs, bumps, lumps, uneven terrain, sore backs, and floods intruding on my former ground sleeping experience. Hammock camping offers most people a totally new type of outdoor sleep experience that offers comfort and expanded options in selecting a non-traditional campsite location not requiring a perfectly flat, level, and dry location. OK, that is the good news. There is a potential downside to hammock camping that is however easily remedied.

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Featured review by Andy Gotto

Lightweight for its warmth, this is the cornerstone of my hammock insulation system.

The Hammock Gear Incubator 20 is my primary hammock insulation. I've had mine a year. It's been out over 40 nights, car camping, overnight backpacking, and several 2-5 night backpacking trips. It's seen temps from the 80s to the single digits, in all kinds of conditions here in the Midwest. Down quilts are lighter compared to synthetic quilts and more comfortable than closed cell and inflatable pads. If you are willing to spend the money for a down quilt and you don't plan on spending a ton of time sleeping around or below freezing, you won't go wrong with this quilt, nor with Hammock Gear.

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Reviewed by Andy Gotto

The Slacker Super Snuggler is an inexpensive, easy to use, robust, lightweight hammock underquilt that works well in above freezing temperatures. This hammock would be an excellent choice for new hangers due to its ease of use or for folks that are looking for a down alternative with similar performance. It doesn’t offer as much coverage as a full size, rectangular cut underquilt and offers a different style of coverage than a traditional three-quarter quilt. Overall I would recommend this quilt for 3-season use.

Specifications Weight: 23 oz Length: 80 inches Width: 44 inches at center, tapers to 10 inches at head and feet Packed Size: 10 x 13 x 5 inches Estimated Temperature Rating: 30 Degrees F (no temp rating given by manufacturer) Fill Material: 100% eraLoft polyester hollow microfiber w/ ThermaCapture lining Fill Weight: 20 oz Effectiveness I’ve always used either a down, full length underquilt or a closed cell foam pad (CCF) to keep warm in my hammock, so this was my first entry into the realm of synthetic quilts.

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Reviewed by Andy Gotto

The Slacker Snuggler is a great little underquilt. I think it’s a perfect fit for hanging in summer, late spring, and early fall. Retailing at $79.95, it is much more expensive than CCF pads and a bit heavier, but much more comfortable. The Snuggler is about half the cost of similarly rated down quilts, but easier to use and maintain. The Slacker Snuggler came without any instructions, and there are no instructions for use or care on the Therm-a-Rest website; an insert of some variety showing different methods of setup would be helpful. Best For: Backpackers, thru-hikers, and really anyone that wants to try something more comfortable than a pad.

The Snuggler is a lightweight summer underquilt (UQ) that will beat the night time chill. It is much more comfortable and breathable than a closed cell foam (CCF) or inflatable pad. Most down quilt manufacturers don’t make anything lighter than 40°F quilts, so the Snuggler fills a nice niche, and works particularly well when the weather heats up, but it's too chilly to hammock without something underneath: Ease of Use The Slacker Snuggler is attached with a simple system consisting of two shock cord loops on each end.

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Featured review by Dirtwheels

Proven comes to mind when considering products from Jacks R Better, and the Greylock 3 demonstrates that to a tee. The Jacks were there with innovative products from the beginning of the rise in popularity of hammocks for camping. The Greylock 3 has been around for quite a while and is designed to keep the hammock hanger's backside warm with large baffles full of lofty, compressible, and now water resistant down. If you hang a hammock in the wild or in your backyard in temps down to the 20s odds are you would benefit from this underquilt.

I picked up the Greylock 3 in April, ordered it with with 1 oz over stuff and in about an hour I received notification that the product shipped!! I don't know about you, but I don't think you're going to get any product shipped faster after ordering let alone a down quilt with extra down added as an option. I had the products I ordered in two days since I live in S.C. and the Jacks are in Va. The quilt is shipped in a vented storage bag like comforters are found in retail shops with a nice label with the quilt details and check boxes showing exactly what version is within and a handwritten note regarding the amount of overstuff.

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Reviewed by G00se

Bigger in size with a finer down than its ECO version, Hammock Gear’s Premium Incubator 20 is one of the best full-price gear purchases I have ever made. Once again the cottage industry proves its superiority to shelved items at REI.

I suffer from a hiking condition known as CBS (Cheap B@st@rd Syndrome). If you look over my gear reviews you will see loads of sentences like, “I bought this on clearance,” or “It was on sale.” And I often steer clear of name-brand stuff, unless I pick it up used or deeply discounted. HG’s Premium Incubator 20 is NOT one of those CBS purchases. I did my research and coughed up the dough to pay full price for this quality underquilt, and I have not regretted the purchase after four years and many nights out on the trail.  I specifically purchased the Premium version of the Incubator 20, due to my 6’2" frame.

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Reviewed by Cadenza

The 66 inch "7/8 length" 20-degree under quilt is a weight and space savings option for the not-too-tall hammock camper. At 5'8" I find that I get almost full length coverage.

http://www.undergroundquilts.com/uq/default.html Suffice to say, I'm a big fan of Underground Quilts Outdoor Equipment! Over the past 4 or 5 years I've bought five tarps, three under quilts, and one top quilt from them. That's enough to have a good grasp of the company and the people behind it, their product lines, their quality of products, and their customer service. They have earned, and deserve my support, though I have no connection to them other than as a satisfied customer. While there are other cottage industry manufacturers who make under quilts in full length, long, and 3/4 length, to my knowledge UGQ is the only company offering a 7/8 length.

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Featured review by Reagan Lynch

Excellent underquilt that I found right at its temperature rating. Perfect balance for warmth and weight/pack size.

This is an excellent underquilt that I found right at its temperature rating. Its the perfect balance of warmth and weight/pack size. I use a small foam sit pad stuffed inside the foot box of the top quilt (or sleeping bag) to keep my feet warm since this is a partial underquilt. It covers from the shoulders down to mid thigh. A small down pack pillow and the sit pad keep the rest of me warm underneath. As with all down, keeping it dry is important and is the only drawback when using it. Although full length underquilts provide more coverage, they can be bulky in the pack and of course weigh a bit more than a 3/4 underquilt like the Phoenix.

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Reviewed by MHW

Made-to-order synthetic hammock underquilt, full-length. The single most expensive piece of camping equipment I own, and worth it.

Warmth: It's a full length quilt, rated (when I bought it) to 20 degrees; the website currently says 25. I have slept in it comfortably at 15-20 degrees, and windy, but with a hot water bottle, and a poncho wrapped around the outside of the quilt. Given that I don't sleep warm, I think the rating is more than fair. Fit & Comfort: The quilt is available in several lengths. Mine is medium and plenty long for 5'8." It is plenty wide to go well up the sides of the hammock. Moisture: This is its best point, because the shell is water repellent, and the stuffing is synthetic.

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Reviewed by Ross Tapp

A full length 800 FP HyperDri goose down hammock under quilt rated for 0 F.

Available in a large variety of colour combinations and fabric types, I choose the A90 (.9 oz/sq yrd.) olive outside with the same A90 fabric in black on the inside. After testing it out a few nights this winter it is more than capable of taking you down to the 0 degree point. I remained toasty and warm well past freezing on a couple nights. Over stuff of the down is available for those venturing out in sub 0 temps. Very good craftsmanship, dual differential cut to prevent compression of the down and 3" box baffle design allowing for 4" of loft.

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