>>1827453Yeah I regularly take mine out in the “winter,” ie temps in the mid to upper 20’s. I’m in the south so it’s rarely cooler than that.
The only issue is a matter of expense. You’ll need a top quilt or sleeping bag (just as you’d need a top quilt or sleeping bag in a tent) as well as a cold weather underquilt (just as you’d need a decent ground pad in a tent).
The price difference between a nice martress and a cold weather down quilt is $0 to $200, with the hammock setup being that much more, depending on what you get. My cold weather quilt was $200, but it’s a 3/4 length (I sleep on my side, curled up, so I don’t need full length). But I don’t think that’s typical; most prefer a full length underquilt.
Wind generally isn’t an issue for me. I hang lower, so my tarp is lower, and I use self tensioning guy lines (pic). I use a down buff like a balaclava, same as I do in a tent (I’m not always in a hammock, just when I’m local and not in another state).
One weird thing is that an underquilt will provide more warmth to your entire body, at least for me it does. I have a 40° top quilt and a 20° underquilt, and that combination has worked fine into the upper 20’s combined with a sleeping bag liner (which I really use so my quilts don’t get funky).
Shug has a video on using hammocks in cold weather. He takes his snowshoeing in Wisconsin. No thank you.
