I'm finally getting around to making tarps for my kids. I see multiple references to catenary curve templates and generators here and elsewhere on the internet, but most of those seem to either be...
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I'm finally getting around to making tarps for my kids. I see multiple references to catenary curve templates and generators here and elsewhere on the internet, but most of those seem to either be...
Withdrawn. I ended up selling my UQ locally and will purchase the TQ I want.
I have an extra underquilt - a 20deg UGQ Zepplin UQ. I'm hoping to find a 10deg or maybe even 0deg TQ with sewn footbox for my wife. She's generally a very cold sleeper and would appreciate the...
I saw that Dutchware Gear is starting to offer underquilts that zip onto Chameleon hammocks. This reminded me of my experience with a Costco-style homemade underquilt permanently attached to a...
In freezing temperatures, it's important to keep the water filter warm to make sure the inside of it doesn't freeze and crack. In addition, electronics (batteries and cell phones in particular)...
Closing this for now. Will relist in January.
Still available, though if I don't get any takers in the next couple days, I'll pull this and relist in January after I'm back in town.
Quantumman,
Good question. I'd want to know more details about what kind of modifications someone was going to make to a professionally made quilt too! I have experimented with multiple different...
Still available.
Sorry, yes. You're absolutely right. I have a Dutch hook.
This is a 20deg Warbonnet Yeti underquilt
Fill Type: 850 FP down
Temperature: 20deg
Fabric: Dark Ocean Blue/15D Ripstop Nylon
No overfill
Standard lay (head left, feet right)
Weight: 11.25oz...
I have a couple tarps set up with a ridgeline with a Dutch hook and wasp. I use homemade soft shackles made out of zing-it and connected to the ridgeline with a prussic knot. The knots support the...
As SilvrSurfr mentioned, knots don't work well in Amsteel and Zing-it. If you're making your own ridgeline, you'll want to plan to splice loops in the ends, depending on what type of hardware you're...
That's really good to know. I have the materials and am planning to sew a couple of tarps this spring. It's tough having a family of 6 that all want to be fully outfitted for hammock camping!
This might seem like an odd question, but how comfortable is your insulation? I found that if I was either too cold or too hot in my hammock, everything else felt a lot worse. I had trouble getting...
Another +1 from me for Goosefeet Gear down socks. I bought them for my wife a while back and borrowed them for my most recent campout (temperatures dropped down into the 20s F). My feet stayed...
I think I've spent somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 or so nights camping in my hammock now. I don't think the hammock has ever been really uncomfortable, or at least not as bad as sleeping on the...
It seems like there are two major approaches to sewing tarp ridge seams are flat felled seams and french seams with grosgain folded over the top. It seems to me that the flat felled seam is easier...
I have one I can part with. Will send you a PM with details.
How do you go about cleaning tarps? On a recent campout, the trees my wife and I were set up under decided to drip sap on our tarps. Now both have sticky spots all over the top. Should I just try...
My dad and I are planning for a 2 week trip on the Pinhotti trail this December. I'm planning for my two oldest sons (12 and 13) to come along as well, so we'll have 3 generations hiking 160 miles...
You'll be much happier with an underquilt. In the 45F-65F range you can probably get by with a pad in the short term, but you'll likely want an underquilt as soon as you can get one. In that...
Update on this: KAM snaps were *not* the way to go for closing up the footbox! I'll post pictures of this later on to show what I ended up with. I never did get around to adding the grosgrain to...
I started carrying a small piece (roughly 3ft x 6ft) of plastic sheeting every time I camp. I don't remember the exact thickness, but it's probably the 3mil thick black plastic sheeting from Lowes. ...
There are ways to ground pitch. There are multiple videos on youtube with different approaches. Shug's is a good place to start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j54vMKGhiQ
If you normally take...
I have a 20deg Yeti and have used it several times. See some of my comments and questions here: https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php/161480-Yeti-UQ-with-Chameleon-hammock
It is...
Likely not. Apart from a stint in Orlando from 2002-2008, I've been in Huntsville since 86. It is definitely a completely different city now from what I remember growing up with. Happily, there is...
I managed to get out this past weekend and get another night hanging in the hammock. Overnight low was 16deg, and windchill was in the single digits. I had my 20deg yeti with an underquilt...
First, a caveat: This is intended as a warm-weather quilt. I have other 20deg quilts to use when it gets cold, so this will only be used on warm campouts (probably down to upper 40s) or will be...
I'm turning one of Costco (actually Amazon) down throw blankets into an underquilt and was trying to decide the best way to do the suspension. The simple approach is just to sew or tie shock cord to...
I'll second the neck gaiter along with the beanie on your head. The beanie can take care of the top of your head, and the gaiter can help warm your neck and face. I have a pair of thick smartwool...
It's been more than 20 years since I was a Boy Scout, but I don't recall custom merit badges being an option (they may have been and I just wasn't aware). My understanding of the BSA hammock camping...
I think this is the original BSA merit badge thread:
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php/31764-BSA-Hammock-Merit-Badge-Help-Needed
I think that group buy was back in 2011.
That's awesome! Great to run into a couple more Trail Life families on here. I'm our Troop Committee Chair right now and have 3 sons in the program. My oldest two are both Navigators (year 1 and...
My sons are part of a scouting organization called Trail Life USA. It has a lot of similarities with the Boy Scout program, though Trail Life uses the term "Trail Badges" instead of "Merit Badges." ...
I bet that for that kind of price, Tensa would be willing to consider a special-order carbon fiber version of their stand!
The 4th picture shows the label for the bottom quilt and indicates it is a 0deg incubator.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to revisit this since the spring, as it's been way too warm in Alabama to use a 20deg UQ! Either later on this month or next month, I'll likely pull this quilt...
Funds sent.
I'll take it.
PM incoming.
I'm another one that usually sleeps on my side or stomach at home. I end up staying pretty much on my back in the hammock, though my actual position is typically with my shoulders rotated about...
I'm trying to make a final decision on a topquilt. I've been using sleeping bags in my hammock for a while now, and Christmas is coming, so it's time for the next purchase!
I was almost...
Per PM conversation, I'll take the DWG Chameleon top cover with integrated side car for $40. Will send payment shortly.
Also, I posted pictures originally over in the trip reports section, but here is my stand in action on a campout a couple weeks ago. We had some pretty significant wind and rain blow through, but it...
No, it's definitely not a design requirement. Basically, that calculator gives the approximate ridgeline length that corresponds to a 90degree angle between the poles. That angle can be larger or...
Definitely more of a hill over there. And yes, the rainbow was glorious. The picture really doesn't do it justice. We had a full arc all the way to the ground in both directions. The secondary...
Had another Trail Life Scouts campout with my sons this past weekend near Lynchburg, TN. With a couple hundred people expected and assigned camping areas in a large field, stands were required for...
I now have 7 nights completed with my Chameleon+Yeti. I don't have anything to compare it to, since it's my first hammock/UQ setup. I have noticed that the UQ suspension is pulled much tighter than...
I have the tarpworms for my tarp tie-outs and have been using a pair of Tarp Flyz for the tarp ridgeline tie-outs. I love the tarpworms. I already picked up two extra sets for tarps for my kids. I...
My wife has become interested in hammock camping and backpacking. This past weekend, we hung hammocks next to each other off of some closely spaced trees. My 11' hex tarp really wasn't sufficient -...