Get an under quilt. These are available from certain bushcraft suppliers / course providers. Try Bison, woodlore, etc. Or just google bushcraft in the UK (assuming you are based here). Also try Hennessey hammocks or DD hammocks as I think these do them. Also hikelite.com might supply too. They are specially designed to go under the hammock. Snug as a bug in a hammock!
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 Jacksrbetter in the US make a wide selection of underquilts for hammocks.
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Thank you for that. The Snugpac under quilt sounds like the way to go for me, they are well known and they are a UK company. Jacks are better sounds very nice indeed but a lot of money, especially once the parcel has found its way through Customs. I am wondering if Buffalo would work well in the UK for an under quilt? My reasoning being that it has quite a bit of give in its weave and so the worry of loosing insulation by 1) compressing down/primaloft 2) cold spots due to loose fitting, might not be such a concern.
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I've heard people just use a mat inside the hammock like with camping.
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 > Please could you give some thoughts and ideas about how to keep the underneath warm? Thermarest? I've seen hammocks that are made from a folded sheet, with the intention of slipping the thermarest between the two folded halves.
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For warmth I bung a thermarest under me - just one of the 3/4 length jobbies. The hammock I have has a pocket under you where you can bung insulation - it's one of those DDhammock things and works really well. I have also tied a cheap windscreen shade - the sort you use to stop the steering wheel getting too hot when it's hot - on the bottom underneath the hammock. I use elastic so that it stays where it should even when I roll over in my sleep. They are light and cost very little - you can get them in places like wikinsons. For me one of the reasons for going with a hammock is to reduce both my pack size and weight. By the time you are talking under blankets as well as tarp and thermarest you could well be getting close to the bulk and weight of a tent again. People seem a little wary of hammocks - won't they do your back in everyone asks, but I generally find them more comfy than being on the ground.
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You'll need a decent under quilt if you intend to use the hammock in colder temperatures. 
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For me a thermarest and windscreen doobrey works well with a 5 degree sleeping bag but I am someone who sleeps warm.
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For me a thermarest and windscreen doobrey works well with a 5 degree sleeping bag but I am someone who sleeps warm. So you can sleep in winter say at -10C, dangling in the air inside a 5C bag on a thermarest? I thought i slept warm, but i would freeze in that set-up.
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Mike. Don't the use the set up described above, or you will freeze! How was that for some useful free advice! Personally I did not notice Steve mention -10 once. As for me, I am happy in a vango (no idea of the model anymore) 5 degree bag at zero, but do not sleep too well at lower temps, and would not use it much below zero. (Hmmm, as for the first of my paragraphs, it seems my sarcasm gland is playing up again!)
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I can sleep at zero in a 5 degree bag too Ray. On the ground though. I had mentioned in the post above about needing extra insulation under a quilt in cold temps. As Steves post followed mine, i assumed he was saying he uses that set-up in cold weather. Sarcasm? What's that?
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Mike just to be clear I am talking about the set up I use from spring to autumn. As for sarcasm I am too innocent to understand the word.
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