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Order status changed to SHIPPING. A mountain of down, on the way.

Thanks to everyone who chimed in, the email has been sent for a custom quilt quote. It's always good to support a fellow Ohioan and his company!

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I'm assuming the answer is pick up the phone, but the question is:

How can one order a quilt that isn't a "standard model" on the webpage?

I'd like to have a -10*F Incubator made,...

I've got a Lazy Slug Tube as well. While it is fast, I do not believe that it compresses as small as separate components, whether in separate stuff sacks or one big one. Somehow, the tying of all...

Tadpole by Wilderness Logics. Great size, sufficiently light, won't break my bank if Boy Scouts happen to it.

My set up is extremely close. I use reflective shock cord loops lark's headed to the grosgrain loops with LineLok3's lark's headed to the shock loops. I run reflect-it to the stakes, and have a...

Depends on the rope you are splicing. There's a formula, something like 50 times the radius of the rope, but I'm a rule of thumb kinda person. For Zing-It I use a 2" taper and bury twice that (so,...

I go for synthetics above the freezing point and down insulation below it. They end up packing about the same.

I have two of them, came in Cairn boxes. They are 3-panel and slippery, much like the ENO. The straps are sewn-loop and heavy, but they grip fine and the 'biners clip in as you would expect. The...

Yes, I like Dutch's tarp door hook description, these are the hooks that used to bully mitten hooks on the playground.

Will a std. Ti shepherd's hook stake fit through the door hook? If not, then...

Unless you happen to find a vendor with a quilt in stock, most of the cottage vendors will make your quilt only after the order is placed. That said, you can and should work with the vendor to get...

Thanks Trail Runner. That's good info.

So, why do you not need the middle side tie-out? Are you getting enough tension across the bottom of the tarp without them? Does your tarp have cat cuts? ...

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I have essentially used a HH Hex and a WL Tadpole as my tarps for years. The HH has nice line pockets at each tie-out, so I use them. I like shock cord on the corners as tarp tensioners. ...

Thank you for weighing (!) in Donna. I see you have updated the weight spec on the website already!

So, if I want a single zipper on one side and a dual/two-pull zipper on the other, is that a...

Welcome, SW Ohio represented here!

Thanks Deb. I also thought the Mod 4 to be the 'deluxe edition' mod; I was just concerned about adding the weight of 2 full length zippers with 3 zip pulls each. According to the website, mod 1,...

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I have an older HH Explorer Deluxe with bottom velcro entry. I don't want to have the velcro removed, as bottom entry helps keep the mozzies outside and not in with me. That said, I...

Hennessy has 2 options as well, the Typhoon and the Monsoon. https://hennessyhammock.com/collections/rainflies

ripstopbytheroll.com has kits for winter tarps, if you care to DIY.

I use a 3/4 length UQ good to 20*F, so I call it a 30*F quilt. I use a TQ of the same 3-season rating. I have designs on a 0* full length UQ but no immediate plans for a matching TQ.

We had a 4...

Royal Purple SilPoly, sil vous plait! My wife wants me to have a purple tarp to match her hammock.

Does the tarp have one or two side pull-outs? It looks one from the photo. Where the doors on as built, or were they added later?

This is my thinking as well. Whichever end you grab will have a loop and go around the tree securely.

I'm not going to make it out this month, after all. Between BSA summer camp, company picnics, and the usual evaporation of time, all my weekends are spoken for. I'll have to settle for a nap under...

The vendor says this is 3.5 lbs; my tarp is 10 oz. This seems rather heavy for a hammock tarp.

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The Boy Scout troop asked me to do a presentation on hanging, outdoors at a local park (I've already scouted for suitable trees). Several boys already hang, and the troop sets up hammock...

I have a HH Explorer Deluxe, purchased mostly because I wanted an all-in-one solution at the time. I upgraded the tiny asym tarp to a HH Hex almost immediately, and I've since replaced the rope with...

I bought the non-bug-net hammock and UQ when they were on Woot a couple of months ago. The hammock is on the short-ish side for me (right around 9' if memory serves) but it works for my 11 YO. The...

I made a silpoly stow bag for my quilts. It goes in the bottom of my pack, then the quilts, cinch it down and roll the top flap. Clothes bag goes on top of that, followed by hammock/suspension and...

Thermarest Z-fold sit pad. Just slide it into the footbox and drift off.

Anecdotal only, but I recall being told that the gov't goes with the lowest bidder, and that almost all std. issue down was 600-fill - cheap stuff by comparison with the best from a cottage vendor....

So far, my problem hasn't been leaving my straps on the tree. It's been the stuff that falls out of the stuff sack while I'm putting the straps away! I have historically over-prepared and brought...

It looks like the Yukon has openings on the ends, so why not just run your ridge line through those openings and forget about a second line? You could remove the hooks from the net if you wanted to...

Dutch argon pillow +1. Soft and light, compresses into the hammock stuff sack, stays cool, it has a loop so it stays connected to my ridge line and never falls out!

If by "looking to build" you mean DIY, I'd suggest giving Kyle a call/chat at ripstopbytheroll. Great guy to work with and he really knows his fabrics.

I like my Dutch 1.6 Hexon hammock best,...

I use a 3 season Jarbidge River UQ from Arrowhead Equipment on my HH Exp Dlx regularly. Apex is the synthetic fill used. It's faster and easier to set up than the SuperShelter, and slips right...

Mesh MtnGoatGirl sleeves with tie-out pockets, stuffed into a dbl ended stuff sack (doesn't need to be double, this one just happens to be), in the outside mesh pocket in my ULA Circuit, right side...

Using a sleeping bag as top and bottom insulation in August in Ohio sounds pretty reasonable to me.

FWIW, you could pick up a Costco down throw quilt for ~$20, add on some shock cord, and have a...

After I've hung my under quilt and placed my top quilt in the hammock, I fold the top of the TQ down toward the footbox, kind of like turning down the sheets on a bed. When I get in the hammock, I...

I'm 6'1", a bit heavier than the OP's tall son, and my 11' Dutch net-less is the stuff dreams are made of. Flat lay in either direction, no squeeze, no calf ridge. If you develop a ridge, just...

Yeah, we saw a couple had WAY overpacked, so we gave them a quick gear shakedown in the parking lot before we left. We should have done it for all the boys a week or so before, so there was time to...

I doubt that you will want a top cover in Ga, but a bug net would seem an imperative.

Make her a plant hanger, hang up a tarp for her garden club, find some way to fill a need she has with gear you have/want. Amsteel is just WAY too useful to not find a need it can fill quickly...

BigSky!

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I've had a chat with the Scoutmaster, and offered to do an actual presentation on hammocks, suspensions, and tarps. He is on board with that idea, and is...

I have a Tadpole, but I have not used the add-on door kit. Reading on wildernesslogics.com, the door kit(s) do one end each, so you need two to close up both ends. I paid $95 for my tarp; the...

Not specific to your region, but I carry two sets of straps. I have a "working" pair that are ~7' and a spare set that are ~12'. I add two whoopie slings and a dogbone and I'm set for any hang...

I'd have to say that if you're interested in doing more hiking, then keep hiking until you find a spot with two trees! I'll carry a little extra weight to make sure my suspension will reach trees...

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Howdy! I helped take a group of Boy Scouts to RRG this past weekend, hence the report.

This was my first trip with this troop, and while I had done an intro to backpacking talk and was told that...

https://toredrivergorge.com/top-10-day-hikes/auxier-ridge-area/auxier-ridge-loop-5-0-miles/
https://toredrivergorge.com/top-10-day-hikes/grays-arch-area/long-greys-arch-loop-4-miles/

3 to 5 miles...

Any overfill? What year did you purchase?