Do you sleep in your base layers?

[Law]

Do you sleep in your base layers/thermals when out in cold weather? I heard it was better to sleep without thermals so you're able to warm up in the morning.

[OakAshandThorn]

I like to stretch the capabilities of my sleeping bag, so I'll not only wear my base layer, but also my Czech surplus military cold weather trouser liners, a sweater, thick socks, and perhaps my ushanka if it gets frigid. These are my "dry" clothes to sleep in. Sleeping in your hiking clothes is not ideal because of the built up moisture which will cool you down. Keeping a set of dry clothes is one way to get around this.

[Bernie]

I think the most important thing is to be DRY when you go to bed. If your base layers have perspiration on them, they'll wick the heat from you unless they're designed to wick the moisture away of course. I often find I'm warmer naked in my sleeping bag than wearing something I've been in during the day. Fresh, bone dry clothes or pyjamas would be warmer though.

[beermaker]

When camping in the wilds of Kielder forest in the winter, I kept a set of merino wool thermals especially for bed time and they kept me toasty warm all night. Just the thing after a spending a day shaking the ice off my sails!

[jus_young]

Yep, base layers stay on at this time of year but the rest will go. That way I have layers to add in the morning and keep warm as well as have something on if I need to answer the call of nature. Being that I am supervising young folks quite often it also becomes a necessity.

[Rasputin]

I strip to me trollies

[FishyFolk]

In winter I strip and get a dry set og baselayer on before I get in the bag. I also put on a thick pair of felted wool socks and a balaklava on my head.

[laika]

Definitely dry base layers + socks and hat this time of year, both for warmth and convenience.......

[Valantine]

Usually naked (I sleep hot) but as the temperature gets lower the layers go on.

[jbrown14]

Dry base layer; thick, loose-fitting cotton socks; and wool cap is what I like to wear.

In regard to the socks, it's either those, or a larger pair of woolen hand-knit socks my grandmother made (though I don't like to wear them out as I'll never have another pair like them.)

[saxonaxe]

I change into thin cheap thermals kept just for sleeping in, plus Dutch Army issue fleece sleeping socks and a wooly hat if it's really cold.

[FishyFolk]

Usually naked (I sleep hot) but as the temperature gets lower the layers go on.

I usually have to get out some time in the night to let nature have it's share. And doing that as I was created in minus 10 degrees does not quite agree with me, he he

[garethw]

I've been carp fishing and therefore camping out at night for over 30 years and always sleep fully clothed....
I have a good bag and pile/goretex blanket and have never been cold....or sweated for that matter.

These days my clothes are under armour or similar base layer, pile/pertex top, Craghopper winter trousers with British army gortex overtrousers...plus thinsulate beanie.

I have just got a Snugpak Sleeka which I put on when I get up.

cheers
Gareth

[TreefrogGB]

I usually have to get out some time in the night to let nature have it's share. And doing that as I was created in minus 10 degrees does not quite agree with me, he he

Camping in sub-zero conditions I keep a Nalgene bottle for the purpose of pee-ing in, if i wake up in the night. (kneeling up in the sleeping bag and being very careful with my aim )
The bottle is wrapped in hazard warning and zinc oxide tape so i can tell the difference between it, and my water bottle in the dark. It wouldn't do to mix the two up .........

[FishyFolk]

Camping in sub-zero conditions I keep a Nalgene bottle for the purpose of pee-ing in, if i wake up in the night. (kneeling up in the sleeping bag and being very careful with my aim )
The bottle is wrapped in hazard warning and zinc oxide tape so i can tell the difference between it, and my water bottle in the dark. It wouldn't do to mix the two up .........

I could never get used to sharing my hammock with a bottle of piss...anyway, it is often number 2 that drives me out. I have Chrons and having had my small intestine excised 4 times have left me with chronic diarrhea...well, normally can keep everything in until the morning. But once I start to move, I have to go!

[TreefrogGB]

There are some things once read, cannot be unread.....

[laika]

There are some things once read, cannot be unread.....

Would it help if I paraphrased Derrida's philosophical treatise 'De la grammatologie'? He points to the relative nature of meaning and suggests that the meaning of a text resides in the act of reading. If he's correct, if you read it again you should be able to relinquish your previous reading and create a whole new memory...... go on, give it a go!

[FishyFolk]

There are some things once read, cannot be unread.....

Just be happy I never made a youtube video on it :-)

[Chubbs]

I usually sleep in my boxers, a T shirt and socks. Have been known to kip in my hammock with my Softie gear on, Dutch surplus thermal socks and a hat if if gets too cold.

[Stevie B]

Usually I will strip to my base layers unless my camp tasks and ahem...wine have got the better of me that is!

[Ehecatl]

Just be happy I never made a youtube video on it :-)

I'm happy twice. Once reading your post and once due to the fact that you never made a youtube video :happy-clapping:

[Rasputin]

Just be happy I never made a youtube video on it :-)

:jumping-joy:

[Midge_Fodder]

Base layers if it's really cold, less in warmer temperatures but that's between me and my sleeping bag ..... ATB Shug.

[Tigger004]

Yep base layers, but as already said they must be perfectly dry and just for sleeping in

[Pootle]

Yeah I carry a spare set of base layers in a drybag for sleeping. I can't say as I like sleeping in them, but carrying, for example, a 2 season bag with the optional baselayers is more flexible and less bulky than a 3 season bag.