Foam Pad and Blankets - Sleeping in Windy Winter Camp over 9000 feet 

Wilderness Innovation You could put a range of weights so the buyers can see the maximum possible weights.

thing with me is , i even have trouble sleeping inside my house in my own bed, but i love camping, problem is bad sleep ruins everything :/

Glad you enjoy it! Over the years I realized that much of making a camping experience a good one is being able to get a really good nights sleep. Nothing worse than waking in the morning after a fitful night and starting out tired. Thanks for watching.

Good to hear, do it up in the outdoors, have fun, be safe !!

Thank you !!

No doubt about it

It's been working well, it's an ongoing project, I've left my gear in place for going on a week now.

Thanks Woods

hard to beat Utah for the outdoors !! Thanks for the comments

Thanks VB, I really enjoy doing this. The nice thing is living so close to areas like this. I live at 6000 feet so it's just a little over 3000 feet drive to where I park and then a snowshoe in to camp. There is a big storm forecast in the next few days and provided I can get into the camp I'll be there during it. I've left all my gear there under the tree so it will be ready for me each night when I return.

Will do, I"m having fun and there is more to come from this location. Thanks !!

Roald, Yes the Fleece Stuff sack is made of tarp fabric so it will keep things dry. It is a drawstring closure and can be drawn up tight. Ants could get in there, I've never had a problem with that though. The bag has no insulation, you could put hand warmers in your boots and then put them in the Sack though. The Sack will roll up pretty small. I'm not sure if you are asking if the Stuff Sack itself is insulated.

You have answered the question, so I don't have to bring the footwear into the hammock or leave them out in the weather unprotected. Thank You,

Matt, I'm not certain, I think I got it at Stewarts in Roosevelt, Utah last year at the end of winter, it was almost free, they were clearing out. It's really been a good shovel, Lifeline brand.

Matt Weber, I purchased a shovel like the one in the video for ice fishing, from Amazon.

Yeah, I get asked about that all the time. I have weights for most everything, but what I have is not satisfactory for the Ultralighters, the reason is that most all our gear can be customized, so the whole thing depends on what size, what insulating material and thickness, also a big part what cover fabrics are chosen. People can choose these things and the combinations they choose makes it almost impossible to post anything but a reference weight. In a blanket for example the choice of cover fabrics alone can make not grams of difference but up to 8 oz difference in weight. We aren't too much geared to light weight but rather to durability. We do have Ultralite Ponchos and tarps, but the blankets not so much. If someone asks I can direct them towards the lightest combination, but I can't predict the weight until we actually make one. Thanks for the comment - Perry

In several of my recent (last 10) videos I've showed setting up my sleeping and pulling the Osni out of it's stuff sack. In that sack it's only compressed perhaps half way. One of the big factors in how much it will compress is your choice of fabrics for the cover. Most of our cover fabrics are 30 or 40 denier, Ultraliters are using fabrics that are 7 or 10 denier. We have always leaned to durability over weight, since our origins are in the survival arena. The stuff sack for the Onsi is about 18" x 8.5" it could compress further to about 9 x 8.5. In this series of videos I have a couple that I show the Osni in. I rarely use a backpack, as I prefer pack frames to which I attach my various gear bags. Anyway you'll see some things in the videos that will show you. Thanks!!

Thanks for asking Jacqueline, I've actually got a video in this series that deals with that issue. Most of the time the reason moisture accumulates is that it cannot escape. If I put a ground cloth under my Beast moisture will accumulate on the bottom of the Beast from my body, and frost will form on the underside of the ground cloth. Here's the trick, the colder it is the less you need to worry about condensation in the Beast. With the way we set it up, the Beast is part of your sleeping system, not just a pad to lay on. Since the Beast is totally breathable moisture is pushed through it into the snow. If snow is soggy and wet then you will be forced to use a ground cloth. I almost never use a ground cloth with the Beast year round. Here's the deal with the Beast being the foundation of the sleeping system, the blankets over you, a micro environment is created, if proper it is likely in the 70's inside there, the temperature inside being much warmer, and more humid than outside, any moisture inside is seeking to get out, so this moisture vapor travels to the outside, both under and over you. There is a kind of pressure inside that helps this along. Any place on the outside that I place a barrier, this moisture will stop at that point and accumulate, so if the snow underneath is not wet and soggy the moisture vapor will travel into the snow and be changed to ice crystals. If your foam pad is not sufficient insulation you can create soggy snow by melting it with your body heat. A 3" pad is recommended, in this video series I'm using a 2" pad. Most of the problems people have with getting wet underneath them is inadequate insulation in their pads. They try to reduce volume and weight. Whew, long answer, now you won't have to watch the video, haha.

@@wildernessinnovation Awesome explanation Perry, thanks a bunch! I don't know how I missed that video! :)

Haha, thanks !!

Thanks V, my whole thing in camping is sleeping about 8 hours straight, or a least being comfortable enough to do it. I have a friend who used to always be up early, he'd have breakfast ready when everyone else woke up, then I got him into the system, now he sleeps till 8 am....downside, breakfast is no longer ready when we wake up, haha.

It's my work and somebody's got to do it, so I get stuck with all this to do.

@@wildernessinnovation My heart bleeds for you. lol

@@jrs9144 Haha.....................