TATO Gear Stand Experiences

**jellyfish** · 10-15-2017, 14:38

Originally Posted by brutalguyracing

Another weekend using the stand
Love it
I am still trying to work out the suspension system
Right now i use a continuous loop on one end and 24" dog bone doubled up on other
Question
Does anyone know how to swap out the biners, they are too small for my old *** fingers to work
Question # 2
Whats the smallest adjustable whoopie sling length , thinking of trying them for the suspension

I am also thinking of painting a line on tripod side with click button, to try and take the guesswork out of it, thoughts?

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I use mini tree straps with dutch bling. They live on the stand and I have removed the carabiners.

When setting up the legs I pull them all the way out and then push them back to the top hole. It is pretty easy to find that button that way. I find that the legs are more stable when they are at their longest.

**1-Hung-Low** · 10-15-2017, 16:57

My Tato Stand Suspension for my Chameleon:
Starting with the CL attached to hammock ~ Dutch Biner ~ 15" CL ~ Supplied Tato Stand Biner.

**brutalguyracing** · 10-19-2017, 21:38

Originally Posted by jellyfish

I use mini tree straps with dutch bling. They live on the stand and I have removed the carabiners.

When setting up the legs I pull them all the way out and then push them back to the top hole. It is pretty easy to find that button that way. I find that the legs are more stable when they are at their longest.

Any pics of this strap and bling?

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**jellyfish** · 10-19-2017, 22:14

Originally Posted by brutalguyracing

Any pics of this strap and bling?

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Post #89 a few pages back is a bad shot. Let me see if I have something better.

**brutalguyracing** · 10-19-2017, 22:47

What size hammock you using
Your strap length looks twice as long as mine

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**jellyfish** · 10-20-2017, 07:38

My hammock is 11’

**NarlocB** · 10-21-2017, 20:17

So far so good with mine.

Thanks everyone for helping in my decisions.

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**Drtrech** · 10-24-2017, 08:56

Regarding anodized vs painted: The kickstarter page, and (up until yesterday) the Dutchware page said the stand would be black anodized. I ordered mine expecting that it would be anodized, and was dissappointed to receive one with black paint instead.

I contacted Dutch about it, and as I suspected, he was not aware that TATO had changed their minds and were shipping painted stands instead of anodized. Dutch replied and updated his item description yesterday.

I am truly not happy about the change, but understand it was an oversight on Dutch's part rather than anything intentional. I like the stand too much to return it for a refund, but it would be interesting to know how much anodizing would add to the cost. If I'm already paying $325 for a premium product, I might as well pay a little more to have it done really right. As others have noted, the paint seems to not be very durable.

**OneClick** · 10-24-2017, 09:07

Originally Posted by Drtrech

Regarding anodized vs painted: The kickstarter page, and (up until yesterday) the Dutchware page said the stand would be black anodized. I ordered mine expecting that it would be anodized, and was dissappointed to receive one with black paint instead.

I contacted Dutch about it, and as I suspected, he was not aware that TATO had changed their minds and were shipping painted stands instead of anodized. Dutch replied and updated his item description yesterday.

I am truly not happy about the change, but understand it was an oversight on Dutch's part rather than anything intentional. I like the stand too much to return it for a refund, but it would be interesting to know how much anodizing would add to the cost. If I'm already paying $325 for a premium product, I might as well pay a little more to have it done really right. As others have noted, the paint seems to not be very durable.

Thanks for the update. I was on the fence about this $$$ purchase. I wasn't aware of this and now it's holding me back a bit no matter what some people will likely say to defend it (i.e. "it's a stand outside, who cares if it scratches a bit"). I'm sure it's already worth having a nice stand, but anodizing would certainly make me feel like I'm getting my full money's worth. I used to work for a manufacturer that sent parts to be anodized; the cost wasn't bad, but we did such large volume on a weekly basis I'm sure there was a decent discount worked out. Black and clear were the cheapest since they already had the tanks ready to go for most other manufacturers as well.

**Watertooner** · 10-24-2017, 09:18

That certainly explains why paint disappears from the stand so easily. I took someone's advice from an earlier post and now keep a black magic marker around to cover the blemishes as they occur. I enjoy the stand so much that "function over form" wins out in my mind. I just quit worrying about it and keep hanging anywhere I want.