>>1207519>cumulus 150Just a heads up that quilt is rated at a 4C limit, meaning round that temp you'll probably need to sleep in extra clothes, and will struggle to push it much below 0C. The annoying thing about sleeping bags/quilts is you won't know whether you're a hot sleep or a cold sleeper till you've spent a number of nights in it. Personally I find a bag rated around -1C to be the most versatile. But it does depend on when/where you are planning to use it.
>Silnylon or cuben?If you haven't tarp camped before buy a cheapo silnylon one and try it out. That's what I'm doing at the moment, pic related. If you get on that think about a cuben one. Alternativley check you silpoly, it's a nice middle ground. Check out this page
https://www.yamamountaingear.com/resources/materials/ for a nice break down of the difference between materials.
>groundsheetSo if I am just mucking around on an overnighter I'll just use polycro, window insulation, you can get it real cheap. It's nice, but kind of annoying as it's hard to tell which side is the dirty/wet one. I tend to use a silnylon/cuben bathtub when hiking anything long.
>reflectixIf this is anything like mylar then it needs an air gap to work as insulation. Any contact will undo the insulation through conductivity. If you want some extra ground insulation then pick up a sheet of thin CCF. 1/8" evazote is a good one, I use it as a my main sleeping pad in warmer temps and to boost my self inflating mat when it's cold.
>clothesIt's worth searching for andrew skurka's 'core 13' it's a list of 13 items of clothing that will cover pretty much all situations, you can switch and swap depending on the situation. I've never got on with ponchos and prefer to have a rain jacket, I use a froggs toggs unless it's going to be really grim then I use gortex.
>rain skirtI hike almost exclusively in shorts so just cut down the froggs toggs trousers to round my knee length. So far it's worked well enough. A skirt seems annoying.
