Greetings. I'm sharing a new underquilt design i recently prototyped. It's a game changer for me.

Instead of hanging the quilt with a shock cord loop, it suspends via elastic hammock "clews". This changes the quilt dynamics with the following benefits:

  • 100% snug up against you, everywhere, all the time. Absolutely no gaps or air pockets.
  • Takes the same shape your hammock does, so no squeeze.
  • Hangs the same way every time.
  • Lighter design.
  • Works with any hammock.
  • You can retrofit any existing underquilt with clews.


The full writeup with pictures and instructions can be found here:
http://leiavoia.net/pages/hammock/levquilt.html

This design was inspired by my Brazilian hammock and assisted by Derek Hansen's WWII navy hammock tutorial at The Ultimate Hang.
http://theultimatehang.com/2013/01/w...-clew-tutorial

If you try this design or any variant thereof, please post your experience with it.

Thanks.

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