Do You Usually Bring Sleeping Clothes?

Base layers are my sleeping clothes and I usually don’t hike in them. I could if it is a really cold start. Usually I’m changing into hiking clothes and will wear a wind shirt or fleece rather than my LS merino set, so they typically don’t leave the tent in the AM except in the pack. I will wear them around camp if it’s cool in the evening, but more often than not they just go on before bedtime. Then they are relatively clean and I like to think they keep my sleep system cleaner.

I wear a base layer to sleep in–mainly in an attempt to keep my bag less filthy.  But if it is really cold, I will wear those until the sun comes up…I rarely hike in them, although I have done that twice, on the last day of a trip through snow flurries.

I carry a ZPacks wind shirt and EE wind pants for sleep clothes – these are pretty light and use them only for sleeping. I carry wet wipes to clean my face, upper body and lower legs and then change into sleep clothes just before sleep.

Alternatively I have seen people using a quilt liner and sleep in their hiking clothes….though I don’t think I will like that.

It is good to have separate sleep clothes so that you can dry/air out your hiking clothes for 30 to 45 minutes outside in the sun or if your hiking clothes get wet and are still wet when going to sleep.

As others have said, I sleep in base layers, or shorts and a tshirt if it’s hot. I always have all of the above so no additional clothes.

Varies.  On  trips I expect will be below freezing I typically have heavy base which is campwear / sleep / and used if the day is un-expectably cold.  No sleep clothing.

On <week long trips  when I am expecting temp above freezing I will typically sleep in my hiking pants and my AD hoody and let my hiking shirt, socks, and  compression shorts air out/dry. My sleep clothing are clean socks and underwear.  On longer trips I will have a pair of shorts and a tee-shirt which I wear when relaxing  / washing my hiking clothing / sleep in.

No, I don’t wear dedicated pajamas. Even at home, tbh.

I like having something clean to sleep in, if possible; if not, I make do.  For the negligible weight of a clean base layer that can pull double duty in a variety of ways, it’s usually kind of a no-brainer for me.

I do it year round.

Mainly to keep my sleeping bag/sleep system cleaner. At least I think it stays cleaner, and that goes a long way for me :)

Also, Norway is quite cold year round, so even on hot summer days temps can easily drop to just a few degrees above freezing in the middle of the night. So while sleep clothes are most useful in the winter, they also allow me to carry a slightly lighter bag in the summe – hence they don’t add too much weight and bulk overall.

I use merino long johns and shirt (t-shirt in summer) as my sleep wear. Usually the thinnest ones I have, but I might crank it up a notch on winter trips if the forecast don’t look too good.
For a hot minute I tried using a fleece liner instead (StS Reactor) after being subjected to bad Youtuber influence, but for someone who twist and turn a lot it was just too much of a hassle keeping the layers aligned. Both when getting in and out, but also during the night. Not only is the sleeping underwear more comfortable to sleep in, but you also retain more of your warmth if you have to get out of the sleeping bag during the night and it provides some peace of mind knowing I have backup underwear if needed, whereas the fleece liner is just a single purpose dead weight.

as with most others, I’ve always got a set of base layer bottoms and top stuffed in the dry bag with my sleeping bag.  Always nice to know that no matter what happens, and even if you end up soaked or cold or whatever, you’ve got something clean, dry and comfortable to change into to warm yourself up and get a decent sleep.

And obviously its always there to be pulled out during the day if there was some other kind of need/emergency as well.

My wife and I both bring lightweight merino wool layers to sleep in (both leggings and long sleeve shirt). Why? A couple of reasons:

1) sleeping in dirty stinky sticky synthetics (we hike in synthetics) is uncomfortable. Clammy!

2) we want to keep the inside of sleeping bags as clean as possible. Down bags are expensive, and not easy to wash. So, it is  easier to just keep it clean to begin with.

Lots of good advice here.

I have realized that my legs are prone to feeling hot when sleeping, so I switched from merino to synthetic Thermasilk bottoms that weigh quite a bit less. I’m only wearing them to keep my skin from sticking to my pad and to keep things slightly cleaner. I suppose there is a scenario where I would don them for daytime use but I have yet to find it.

I have been pleasantly surprised to find out how comfortable my AD hoody is for sleeping. It weighs less than my 150 weight merino top and it’s much more useful in the daytime.

My trips are always in the forests of AZ or earlyish season in the Sierras. I don’t go out I conditions much below freezing but I’m not afraid of rain or snow.

I carry 2 hoodies, 2 under, and socks.  I rinse one set daily and don the “clean” set nightly for sleeping.

Yes.  i use the same bag all year round so what i wear in it varies by season.  I guess it’s more camp/tent wear that I also sleep in.

Log one more for always.  Simple baselayer bottom and usually a very thin long-sleeve shirt, unless it’s really cold and I might switch to a slightly warmer baselayer top.  I also wear a pair of loose-fitting, never-to-be-hiked-in socks.

Most of the time I don’t need the extra warmth, but the PJs keep the bag clean and–big deal for me–keep my legs from sticking together from all the sweat gunk thereon.  My bag almost never needs cleaning except right around where my face touches it, and spot washing that area is a LOT easier than washing the whole down bag.

I use a silk bag liner to protect my quilt (and mat), so don’t have dedicated sleep wear. If I need extra warmth, I put on what dry base or midlayers I have. Dedicated sleep socks are wonderful, tho!

Cheers

I also wear a pair of loose-fitting, never-to-be-hiked-in socks.

Dedicated sleep socks are wonderful, tho!

Facts.  If it’s cool enough to allow sleeping in socks without overheating, a pair of clean socks are the best thing in the entire history of forever.

No. Sometimes I sleep in my hiking clothes, sometimes I don’t. I usually carry extra socks though. I will often wear a clear pair at night and then use that same pair for hiking the following day.

No. Maybe I should, for my quilts sake, usually pretty sweaty at the end of day.

No sleep clothes for 3 season hiking, just undees. But if cold I wear my dry hiking clothes, not always clean but with clean socks. I don’t like putting on cold clothes in the a.m., so sleeping in them makes for a more comfy rise and shine. But I do clean up before dinner – which for me is mission-critical -, usually with a lake swim, creek dip or sponge bath: always the feet and usually the whole body to lose the sweat & dust. Very refreshing and no stickiness in the bag. I also rinse out my socks daily, hiking shirt every 2-4 days, depending. I spend 20-30 nights/year out in the same bag, and do occasional spot cleaning of the end of bag where I drool ; ), a good surface wipe-down at the end of the season & machine wash maybe every other year.

Baselayers to sleep in are a huge quality of life improvement I find. I won’t change if it’s a winter trip and the ones I’m already wearing are dry enough, but for three season hikes a set of 10+ oz. merino or 5ish oz. silks are really nice to have, especially if you just went swimming …

I find hiking pants and shirt uncomfortable to sleep in, and much prefer knits. For years I brought a very light pair of knit silk long johns and LS shirt. They were very comfortable, kept the bag clean, and weighed only a few ounces. They doubled as a warm baselayer, though I rarely needed them.

But as I’ve gotten old, I’ve gotten colder when I sleep. Now I sleep in Capilene medium-weight long johns, and the merino LS shirt that I hike in when it’s cooler. On a recent summer trip I was still cold, so I slept in my hiking pants over the long johns. Not very comfortable, so I may move up to heavier-weight long johns. As usual, it’s a trade-off between comfort and weight.

I’d love to hear from others who need warm clothes to sleep in, but don’t want to sleep in two layers.

I also have sleep-only wool socks, and discovered that loose ones are more comfortable. For mid-night excursions, to keep them clean in dirty or wet shoes, I bring plastic bread bags.

If it’s cold I’ll wear more insulation, like a down vest that has 6 ounces of down.

Down has more warmth per weight than capilene or fleece

And it compresses better in my pack

Also insulation on my head – fleece watch cap, and if it’s cold a synthetic balaclava.  I’d make a down balaclava except it’s such a small surface area it doesn’t save that much weight.  Also, water from my breath tends to get absorbed so synthetic is better, still more warmth per weight than fleece or other

Yes: AD hoody, pants and socks.

I’ll wear the hoody while hiking occasionally, the hoody and/or pants around camp, and the full set in the bag.

Not wedded to AD but seems to be the lightest/warmest.

Yes.   Silk logn jJohnA  Down puffy. and Down pants mittens and Bootes.  Major Karen wears the same.   We comfortably push a 20 degree quilt to below Zero.   WE sleep in pile.  But then again we have been know to sleep in a Tarptent protial (1) togather in the summer