There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
Out here in Minnesota, a lot of people have hammock setups and do not own a tent. Lots of trees here, but definitely not a kit that would work all over the US! I don't know what I would bring if I were to go camping with nighttime temps above 65/70.. I have a light-ish down bag that's EN lower limit F2, and comfort 15. I recently bought an EE Enigma 10 quilt here that I hope to be my warm weather (Nights above F45) bag. I don't do summer in Minnesota due to bugs. I grew up in Seattle -- very few biting bugs there -- so I have a lower tolerance than native Minnesotans.
I think people who live in climates with wildly variable weather (like LoneStranger and me) probably run into your problem with super specialized gear less often, since any trip of more than one night can involve a significant unforecasted weather change. And I agree, it's not necessarily about the weather (a hammock-only camper above the treeline, a PNW summer camper doing a Minnesota BWCA trip, etc). :-)