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What is your trio (no not the same old trio thread)

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No, not your chopper, small fixed blade and a pocket knife. What is your camping setup for sleeping if broken down into ground pad, sleeping bag, blanket or quilt and shelter?

Here are a few of mine.

Extreme Winter
Sierra Designs Omega CD
Wiggy's Overbag and Ultralight
Big Agnes Dual Core Insulated

Winter:
Big Agnes Dual Core Insulated Pad Wide Body Long
Wiggy's Overbag paired with Wiggy's Ultra-light (rated -20 degrees)
8'x10' Tarp or USGI poncho

Summer:
Big Agnes Air Core Pad Widebody Long
Wiggy's Desert Bag or Big Agnes Summit Park
Hennessey Hammock Deluxe Assymetrical

Lightweight Summer:
Wiggy's Desert
OR Deluxe Bivy Gore-Tex
Ridgerest or Big Agnes Air Core Pad Widebody Long

Summer Primitive
A Frame Lean-to
Evergreen bough bed
 
Here's mine:

Pad: Therm-a-rest Prolite 3
Bag: Kelty Light Year 25 or Marmot Pounder
Tent: Coleman Inyo Solo
 
Mine...
Pad: blue foam from walmart (I plan to get one of those really small Therm a rest)
Bag: REI synthetic 35
Tent: Sierra Designs Clip FlashlightCD 2
 
pad: mid size thermarest
sleeping bag (i think it's northface) cat's meow 20
tent: the same beat up red tarp I've used for the past 5 years....(although I've been thinking sil nylon lately)

Primitive
same setup but with a natural shelter either a lean-to (all natural) or a debris hut

I know the therma rest and sleeping bag are not really primitive, but my backs got a lotta miles on it...
 
Lets see here.

Coldest:
Rei Half Dome Tent
Coleman Peak one Bag
ThermaRest Short Pad

Middle:
REI Half Dome Rainfly
Fleece or Coleman Bag
Thermarest

Warm 1:
Kelty's Noah's Tarp
Hammock
Coleman Peak One Bag

Warm 2:
Kelty Tarp
Tyvek Ground Cloth
Coleman Peak One BAg
Thermarest

Warmer 1:
Kelty Tarp
Hammock
Fleece Sleeping bag

Warmer 2:
Kelty Tarp
Tyvek Ground cloth
Fleece Bag
Therma rest

Primitive:
Haven't done this yet, hope to try it out. Prolly be a lean-to or A-frame something with a leafy bed.
 
Can't say that I have a trio, but whenever I go camping or on a surf trip or anywhere that my wife wants to steal something warm, my Kirafu woobie is with me.
 
Winter
Pad: Ridgerest with Thermarest on top
Bag: Marmot Aiguille Dryloft Down
Tent: Moss Titan GT or Mountain Hardwear Winterlight

Warmer weather
Pad: Thermarest Trail Lite
Bag: Feathered Friends Swallow
Tent: Moss or Mtn Hardwear Thru-Hiker

Backpacking
Pad: Thermarest Ultra Light 3/4 and/or a Z-rest
Bag: Feathered Friends or Mtn Hardwear 1st Dimension
Tent: Thru-Hiker or Mtn Hardwear Stingray (tarp)
 
when Im camping on my own , I maybe take a blanket , and sleep on the ground , if its cold I light a fire and wrap up in the blanket

when I have a car but Im on my own , I take a swag , canvas ground sheet with a light mattress / pad and a blanket or two wrapped up in a bundle

when I take the missus , we take a tent , mattress , sleeping bags , pillows doonas car and trailer ..... have car will pack bulky :)

havent got a trio tho ....

learning to lay on concrete and be comfortable is a good skill , IMHO , even if it sounds weird , it means that sleeping on the ground is easy to do with no sleeping pad or even having to dig a hip hollow
 
Normal camping:
Pad: None. Wheere I camp there's so much groundclutter such as leaves and such, I just make a nice pile and lay down on it.
Bag: USGI MSS patrol bag and bivy sack
Shelter: Equinox 10'x12' tarp.

Cold weather (below freezing) camping:
Pad: None. Wheere I camp there's so much groundclutter such as leaves and such, I just make a nice pile and lay down on it.
Bag: I'll add the Intermidiate bag to the one above
Shelter: GI pup tent (surprising how warm they can be).
 
Cold weather, Scamper crank-up Pick camper

Tent camping. Cabelas Outback Lodge.
Cabelas heavy duty army cot with self inflation pad
Cabelas sleeping bag.


Ultra-lite. Heavy Plastic tarp lean to. Aim mattress Sleeping bag.
 
Winter:

Exped Downmat9 Deluxe 26X78
Wiggy's Superlight
Cabelas Hunter Bivy

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Kevin,

Pad: Thermarest Ultra-Lite
Sleeping Bag: Woods of Canada Northern Lite 1800
Tent: Eureka Tetragon 5

Usually use these year round other than the bag. Summer or warmer weather I use a GI Poncho Liner.




Steve
 
Depends on the season and duration. My longest trips are generally not backpacking, and take place in the summer. I have an old Coleman bag circa ~1970-75 that I "liberated" from my mother. In winter, its another Coleman, but a mummy type. I'm looking at replacing it soon though; the fill is terribly bunched. Either way, I also take a foam sleeping pad, and a stuff sack to fill up with clothes for a pillow.
 
Therm-a-rest RidgeRest mat

Buffalo sleeping bag

Coleman 3 season tunnel tent
 
I don't hike so my setup is fairly heavy compared to many posted here.

My sleeping pad is a foam self-inflating, but slightly wider and thicker than a thermarest and seriously comfortable. I often put one of the generic blue foam pads under it as well.

Sleeping bag is a Roman rated to -5, which I find ideal for most of the year. I also have a heavier bag for winter or Alpine trips.

Tent is a tunnel tent which I've had for about 15 years. Not sure what brand it is, but its held up really well, including in some torrential rains and howling gales.
 
Light:

Issue poncho
Snugpak bag
Bivy bag
Karrimat

Heavier:

Tarp basha
Ajungilak bag
Bivy bag
Karrimats

Variables:
Mozzy net
Hammock.
 
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