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Winter pad setup… will it work in 0F?
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Nov 17, 2014 at 5:01 pm #2149981
I was overnight Saturday in 18F weather with a Thermarest Solite and an Exped Synmat 9. They were quite sufficient as I expected they would be. The Solite is a little bulky but ties easily to any pack.
Call me crazy but I don't get why anyone would flirt with being cold all night long to save a few ounces or bucks. That notion is absolutely foreign to me.
If you miscalculate, you're going to have a miserable night…at best.
Nov 22, 2014 at 9:36 pm #2151331Ok, I have several pads that I can make a combo out of …not sure which combinations are overkill or not.
New to winter camping, but have plenty of 3 season gear to make some combos happen.
Lets say….one trip with a low of 0f, and another with a low of 20, both sleeping on snow, with a bivy.
Foam Pads
1/8" Lawson foam pad
Ridgerest solite (full regular length and also a 3/4 length)Inflatable pads
Exped synmat UL 7
Thermarest XthermSo…any suggestions for combos that are appropriate or just mix whatever I want here? Also, I've seen it go both ways….with foam pad on bottom of the inflatable, or on top? Both inside the bivy, or one out or ?
Nov 23, 2014 at 9:03 am #2151414The Solite with either inflatable would do fine.
I use a full length Solite with an Exped Downmathe UL 7 normally, but
do remember a trip where I used a Solite
with a synmat ul7 and I was fine at -10f.Nov 23, 2014 at 5:47 pm #2151495Stephen, was your Solite on top of or beneath the air mattress?
Nov 23, 2014 at 5:49 pm #2151496Nov 23, 2014 at 6:56 pm #2151519Bob,
The Solite was on the bottom, I find it more
comfortable that way.John,
I have not used the Xtherm, but used an original
Neoair for a long while and always ended up coming off it at some stage,
Since using the synmat and downmat it's no issue. -
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