The bottom insulation is actually separate from the hammock. Its basically a custom built square quilt, with cinch cords at both ends to pull it tight around the ends of the hammock, and shockcords to tie off to the ends to suspend the quilt below the hammock.

There are a number of commercial companies who make underquilts, and quite a few DIY folks on hammockforums.net who will custom-build underquilts for you. A few of the vendors who sell commercial underquilts are : Jacks R Better , Speer Hammocks , Warbonnet Outdoors (also the maker of my hammock) , Arrowhead Equipment, and Te-Wa Underquilts.

The last three are more custom-built to order DIY folks, and the first couple are more mass produced. All make great products. My quilt came from none of those - it was custom built by the daughter of a guy on hammockforums.net. My fiance made her own quilt, and will soon be making me a thicker winter quilt like hers. Mine is probably good to 30 degrees - hers should be good down to about 0 <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" />


For the winter tarps, there are a couple of options as well - Warbonnet Outdoors sells an awesome winter tarp that's essentially a hex-shaped tarp, with doors that button on. So, when the weather is nice you can leave the doors at home. Speer Hammocks sells an 11x10 winter tarp that ia very similar to mine (they innovated the design), but a foot shorter. Jacks R Better sells two winter tarps - one is similar to the Speer Winter Tarp with a slightly different tieout configuration, and the other is a more elaborate full hammock hut that provides a huge enclosure. Finally, the place where I bought my tarp, Outdoor Equipment Suppliers , will custom-build you just about any configuration you want from scratch. Mine was a custom order where I basically asked for a 12x10 version of the speer tarp, with a few extra tweaks to the tieout placement.


Phew, that was a lot of words - hope that helps really confuse you <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />