Originally Posted by
fuzz2050
Quilts don't really require a pad any more than sleeping bags do. In most sleeping bags, the insulation beneath you in compressed so much it doesn't provide much warmth, so a pad does a lot to keep you warm in cold weather.
I just spent a very unpleasant night with a leaking pad on snow, melting an outline of my body through the tent floor. Even though I had a sleeping bag appropriate to the temperature, the ground just sucked the heat out of me.
My back doesn't get cold very easily so no, doesn't bother me.
Originally Posted by
fietsbob
you lose Body heat to the ground then, dont you.. (?)
You have a POOSSLQ (or POSSSLQ) sharing the bag with you?
Idk what POOSSLQ or POSSSLQ mean?
I don't get too cold on my back side. His body heat keeps me warm too
