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HA! I completely forgot about this post. I may as well be 110 years old when it comes to technology. As soon as I figure out how to post photos, I'll show off my "work". It's ugly and functional. ...

So, Oregon is having some of the nastiest forest fires Ive seen in 34 years of living here. The entire sky is literally red/ orange over my house - clearly this is the apocalypse we've all come to...

Thanks for all the responses guys - glad to hear I'm not missing anything major. The vast majority of my set up has come from tips and tricks on this very website - and members who post videos to...

Edit: A”hat” = oz. weird formatting thing, I guess?

IÂ’m trying to lighten up on my backpacking base weight. I usually avoid peak season backpacking, and prefer mid-late spring or late summer-mid fall trips. So lows around 25-50 degrees F in the PNW. ...

Very well... Yellow jackets then. Title corrected

Planning for a trip in a couple weeks and I'm hearing that the yellow jacket community is thriving. I've never had to deal with these pesky creatures while in a hammock. I'm not allergic - but I do...

FWIW, the Outdoor Vitals bug net sock was my first (and only) bug net, and I've never really had much of a problem with it. Are there better designs? Sure. But I got this when I was first getting...

I had the same problem with my suspension being unreasonably heavy (15' poly webbing, 6' whoopies). Personally, I NEED 15' or larger straps because the trees in my area are huge.

I went with...

I think you're right about bury length being inversely proportional to the dyneema diameter - I got that twisted up in my head. However, yes i've had a very long bury ridgeline slip under a load...

I'm curious about mini ucr's using 1.2mm dyneema. I tried using a mini ucr as a ridgeline in 1.7mm lash-it and found that, even when I made the bury ridiculously long (like 18"), I still had trouble...

The CG fortress was my first tarp. it leaked like crazy until I seam sealed it, even in a light rain. Other than that, they're a great value

I like lash it/ zing it/ 2.0mm dyneema/ whatever else we're calling it these days for bear bag line because it glides over branches easily. But for a ridgeline (split or CRL) and guy outs, I really...

Do you (or anyone) have a photo of how the line guides through this?

Neat trick. The more you know...

Same problem in PNW - except with pancaked tree roots that spider out in all directions, inches below the surface. Good point on the tangling. I hadn't considered that... perhaps I'll be back to the...

Web site says they grip down to 1.25mm... seems like this might be the option


Normally, I'd totally agree with you. However, This particular tarp also functions as a way to quickly get out of...

I'm sure this has been covered somewhere, but I couldn't find it.

I am switching my guylines to 1.3mm dyneema. I know, this isn't the best for guylines, but I have my reasons for stubbornly...

Seems like the go-to ridge line length is around 83-86% of your total hammock length. I’ve tried several UCR ridgelines with (what I thought was) ample extra slack, yet I seem to always feel like I’m...

Thanks for all the feedback!



Interesting. I am going to have to do a little more research on this. My first draft design had a diagonal ridgeline of 137", then I decided to go all the way to...

jcksparow,

That was kind of my first thought but wondered if the there were some hammock wizards out there that knew of a more specific purpose. Like you said, those are easy enough to add later...

I am planning a simple (ultra?)light weight Asym tarp made out of one continuous piece of silpoly XL. The plans in the following link call for a couple of extra mini grosgrain tie-outs along the...

Nope. You want the larger diameter buried inside the smaller diameter rope. I tried what you are talking about (smaller 7/64 buried in bigger 1/8) just because I had some 1/8 scraps laying around. ...

Anyone still interested? Rip Waverly, are you following this thread?

I've considered the exact question you're posing, and I think I'm gonna go with 8.5x5' for my next build, probably using Robic 1.2 XL. I have a kammock that is 8.5 feet and about 4 feet wide. I'm...

Just car camping, or backpacking?

A little late to the game. Did this already go down?

I approached it with the same attitude. If it doesn't work, so what. I'm out $6 and about an hour of my time. I used a whole bottle (7oz) of black dye. This was probably overkill, but I was already...

Not sure how much of the dye will “stick,” but for now I can easily see the difference between silver and black on my UCR. Even if it fades over a few years- I imagine I’ll still be able to tell the...

I just dyed a 200 ft section of silver amsteel with black (graphite) Rit DyeMore for synthetic materials. I might be wrong, but I am I think both amsteel and dyneema are made of the same material. In...

http://www.tothewoods.net/HomemadeGearPackCoverGearHammock.html

I pretty much copied this shot for shot. The only departure I made was I used two pieces of shock cord rather than one continuous...

I can’t post in the trade forum due to my lack of previous posts. If anyone is interested in swapping 100-200 feet of non-silver/grey amsteel, send me a pm. Ideally I would like to swap for blue,...

In for a spool of silver. Will post trade deal in appropriate sub forum when it arrives.

FWIW, I added 6 oz of 700fp down to a Costco UQ that was cut down to 50*60". That kept me warm at ~32 degrees. vertical seams ripped, no faux baffles. That said, next project will have faux baffles...

I used some pocket mesh from RSBR with grosgrain around the perimeter like Shug's. I would have used Noseeum mesh if I didn't have the pocket mesh. its a little sturdier than Noseeum mesh, so I...

Thanks for the image. What's that knot you have tied in the tree-strap end of the dark brown line on your UCR? It looks to me like some sort of adjustable grip hitch. Do you feel like it adds an...

I first cut 20" off of the 70"side so I had a 50x60" 3/4 length quilt. Then I ripped all of the vertical seams so I have channels that run parallel to the length of the hammock. I opened one end of...

Well after spending the better part of winter getting my hammock camping set-up put together, I thought I'd share my thoughts, what I would do differently, and a few things that surprised me. A...

Another vote for going slow, here. I found on my machine that if I started sewing too fast, the stitch length became very VERY short; I presume because the 1.1 silpoly was losing grip and sliding...

Just started the build today. Man, this was a bigger undertaking than I anticipated. As a person who is new to using a sewing machine, I can tell you I have a lot to learn. Sewing this 1.1 silpoly is...

Thanks for the responses! I agree that the cat-cuts do add a bit of aesthetics, but being that this is my first tarp project, I think I’ll go ahead and skip them. If I really hate it, I can always...

I am about to start my first DIY tarp. I am basically doing the DIY RSBTR HEX12 tarp using 1.1 silpoly. Their instructions say "If using Silpoly, cat-cuts are not strictly necessary and could be...

I just watched that video. I harvested a CDT using a different, much messier and more labor intensive method. His method looks pretty decent, but I would worry about pealing all that duct tape off...

Thanks for the welcoming words! I've already learned a ton just combing through some of the older posts. I've been using the "Advanced Search" function and have spotted results. If you guys and...

You might look into the ResMed AirMini. Its a tiny Auto-titrating CPAP. I'm no electrician, but I would think a smaller motor would draw less power and extend your battery. Also, bonus weight...

I did something very similar to what you're describing. I added ALL of the down from one blanket into the other. The finished project was much warmer than just laying the two blankets on top of one...

Hey,

I've been backpacking for a couple years now, and even before I started I had been curious about trying out a hammock instead of my tent (mostly for saving a little weight). I got a Kammock...