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Summer sleep clothing

PostPosted: Tue 21 Mar, 2023 7:25 pm
by gbagua
I'd like to hear your different combos (top, bottom, socks/no socks),

My sleeping bag is already 500g so it would be silly to buy something that is going to add another 200/300g in which case is better buying a warmer bag that will cover that weight plus less packing volume.

Please list the weight;

1. Top long sleeve baselayer (non-thermal)
2. Tights/yoga pants (non-thermal)
3. Socks/no socks

Cheers.

Re: Summer sleep clothing

PostPosted: Tue 21 Mar, 2023 9:22 pm
by crollsurf
UPDATE: What I said below isn't quite true. I do carry a pair of light track suit/wind pants (Fila 260g from Target) that I wear around camp but rarely if ever walk in. So I wear them to bed with the shirt I hike in.

TL:DR
I just sleep in the clothes I'm wearing (also a 10C quilt for summer), not because I wont to, but sleeping mats are typically not that nice to sleep on, without some layer between you and the mat. Taking off you're undies can't hurt either. Socks I like to take off, but generally have close at hand, when it gets cooler in the morning to stay warm.
I use a Buff as a beanie if needed, but normally use it as a covering over my pillow.

So no weights needed, its just the gear I'm already wearing.

Re: Summer sleep clothing

PostPosted: Mon 27 Mar, 2023 9:17 pm
by rider
I sweat ( or should I say perspire) too much to continue to wear my hiking clothes - not exactly UL, but I fear the leaving stench on me would weigh as much as the extra clothes! So I wash at the end of the day and put on clean dry clothes, and hang my hiking clothes.

The change into long limb clothes also covers the cooler evening weather and mosquitoes.
So from pants - thermal 156g, to 234 g pants - usually they are removed before bed
top - T shirt or long sleeve
and clean shorts with liner ( inbuilt jocks, I mean!)

Re: Summer sleep clothing

PostPosted: Sat 20 May, 2023 6:00 pm
by rcaffin
You haven't specified the night-time temperatures.
I remember one time on a Colo sandbank when I just lay down on my mat in my walking clothes and went to sleep - still sweating.
The reason I was still wearing my walking clothes was - - - mosquitoes.

Cheers
Roger

Re: Summer sleep clothing

PostPosted: Tue 23 May, 2023 10:06 am
by slparker
I use a silk liner in summer - protects my quilt from my sweaty, dirty body and prevents that hideous sticky feeling from being on a sleeping mat - no need for seperate sleeping baselayers. In cooler weather I take dry baselayer trousers or tights and sleep in my Nitro alpha hoody