An Introduction to the Lesovik Draka Hammock

Lesovik Draka: lesovik.eu/shop/draka-treetop...
Where I bought it from: mavaja.fi/tuote/retkeilyriipp...
Hi folks!
Come along with me on my adventures! You are most welcome! Check out my other videos, maybe leave a like, and consider subscribing. I love getting comments from folks watching my videos so feel free to drop a comment below.
Welcome along to try out my newest hammock, the Polish-made Lesovik Draka. This is my favourite local spot to test gear before going out camping properly. It's a super place just "hang" out among giant granite boulders in the forest for a few hours and looks wonderful in the snow.
This is just a preliminary introduction to show the basic specs like cost, size, weight, what's included in the price, how it hangs, etc. I will give my verdict in upcoming videos about how it performs while actually camping overnight, the lay, comfort, how I slept, my likes and dislikes. Stay tuned! Maybe you have some experience with this hammock or other products from Lesovik? If so, please share!
The footage was filmed with a GoPro 11.
All the best, Kevin. :-)

[@lifesahobby]

Looks lovely

[@snowcelt]

It is! I've only slept overnight in it once so far. No negatives yet except I'd rather have a snakeskin than a double-ended stuff sack for it. By the way, your avatar is feckin freaky! 😱

[@lifesahobby]

@@snowcelt sorry I didn't have any glasses on to write you a proper message earlier . It looks roomy and comfortable, I wonder could you modify the stuff sack or make it more like you want it . The spot you chose to set it up was gorgeous.

[@singlegirl1993]

Hello. nice to meet you❤❤❤

[@snowcelt]

Hello! Welcome to my channel. Cảm ơn! ☺️

[@freeforester1717]

What length is your hammock? I use an 11 foot (3,3m) hammock, which gives room for a comfortable flat lay. The hammock was rather inexpensive, but I did not compromise on down underquilt and top quilt, and made my own rain/wind shield for the UQ and a half bug et which attaches to the structural ridgeline, and extends midway down the hammock’s length, so well past where my head and shoulders might be exposed from under the top quilt. 🖐🏻😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@snowcelt]

Hi. It's also 3.3m. I got mine as a bundle for 160 euros. My underquilt is a Bushmen -12C and I can stack a DD Hammocks uq outside that if necessary. I use an Enlightened Equipment Revelation quilt in warmer weather and a Thermarest Polar Ranger sleeping bag for winter. You can see my winter setup in my next video, out tomorrow. 👍 🇫🇮

[@lifesahobby]

i don't really understand the use of an under quilt . what is it for? what does it achieve? I always think of it like a basin for cold air to sit. But I think it just look at cold and damp different to most people. Are there any real studies done on underquilts to measure the temperature gain with or without one.

[@snowcelt]

If the air temperature drops below approx 15C you will lose heat by convection through the bottom of the hammock. You can mitigate this with a foam or air-filled mattress but getting it to stay put is often a problem. A double layered hammock in which the pad goes between these layers helps. Another alternative is the underquilt. If set up properly, it just gently touches the hammock underside when you are in it. You cinch the ends closed to keep one thin layer of air inside. You heat this layer with your body heat and the loft prevents this from being lost to the outside air. It's just like a sleeping bag but under you. It works well.

[@lifesahobby]

@@snowcelt I hear what you are saying.. i just don't think it is creating an effect of preventing convection . this idea of heating it with your body heat is relying on so much oxidisation inside the body. If you are oxidising food to warm a huge surface you will not get to sleep . not allowing convection near you or heating up an area larger than the skin surface is problematic. . I just noticed you said you don't sleep well.. To me that means the body is having to oxidise . I have changed a few things since i had a very cold experience two years ago. I went back to what i used to do in a hammock. I now wear a completely fresh set of clothing to bed all very loose clothes like oversized tights . , all fresh out of dry bag. I put them on before I go to sleep. Then put back on whatever quilted layers i have that are dry then get into a fleece sleeping bag liner and then the sleeping bag. After that a hat or gloves may be required and perhaps some oxidising will be required about 3 or 4am . Best oxidiser i know of is a boiled egg.. in terms of no heat applied... then also a warm soup would be a close second. Everyone is on their own journey but i thought i would share it with you as i think you deserve some cosy night out. Do you change your clothes before bed? I have a suspicion that you don't have a complete dry set for night time. Without this it just suffering. In feb 2020 I had the pleasure to stay in an ice box 1000m below a summit. I opted for a sleeping bag provided rather than my own. I got into my dry clothes for bed, got into the sleeping bag and 20 minutes later realised the bag was wet... I only had one set of clothes. There was huge heavy wool blanket, equally cold and equally damp, but i had that warm in about an hour, never slept a wink that night, but didnt die. Would love to know if you have a complete set of dry clothes at night.

[@snowcelt]

@@lifesahobby I do. Btw my latest hammock camps have all been warm. I thermal stacked 2 underquilts under me.

[@snowcelt]

@@lifesahobby Also, it's not just convection but insulation. It just works. I guess you just have to try it to believe it.

[@freeforester1717]

Anyone having used a well dialled-in down underquilt would immediately realise the superior insulating qualities it offers as compared with that of a foam or insulating pad. It’s just ‘chalk and cheese’. But yeah, whatever you prefer, nobody is going to object to what your own preference is.

[@ruangilmu8588]

good video friend, success always

[@snowcelt]

Thank you! ☺️