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Great feedback, thanks. I will bring a card with me and take it when I leave as part of LNT and avoid getting framed for dumping. Illegal dumping is a problem here in Maine too and as a result of it...

I get into Detroit on the 4th and hope to keep Friday afternoon free of commitments so as to be able to head North early. Thursday I'll be in Novi and not sure about Friday still. I need to be in...

Thanks Karla. I was eying Huron on the map and read some on AuSable further up towards the headwaters.

I have to be in Michigan and Toronto for meetings in early June with a weekend in between. Instead of flying back East, I have been thinking about spending the weekend camping instead.

Most of my...

Thanks for the replies and no worries about the misread.

Those trekkers look decent, grippy. Simple aluminum bars supposedly have the best wet rock traction which is why I am considering making...

Thanks. I'll give the 5/8 a try and agree 1" might be too wide. If anyone has tried anything remotely similar to this or have advice on sewing this webbing please let me know.

I could use the sage diy experience in this project idea.

What webbing is:

-easy for a basic sewing machine controlled by a novice to get through. This suggests thin which is fine

-doesn't...

Toasty, decent quality and reasonable to setup and adjust. I read somewhere in HF, replacing the bungee with thinner is a significant weight savings. Since I can't readily locate the leftover...

I ordered two, one back in April with my account to see how I like it before getting a second. Given the backlog I ordered a second with my wife's prime account in May. Both supposedly shipped today

That is their regular blanket not UQ. I have one as well.

I ordered around the same time (April 12) and Amazon sent me an email asking to confirm I still want one given the prolonged delay. ...

I'm trying to picture this couch, what is the sheetbend in? Incidentally a couch would be preferred to a chair to be able to share for a break on a hike and probably more attainable with the physics...

I'm probably only off a couple inches from 83% at present. As soon as you do you deviate from that 83 number.

Not quite sure how the extra width thing will play out and adjustable ridgelines are...

Hey sqidmark

I'm down in Cumberland, not so bad with some but not quite enough wilderness right out the back door. I have some in-laws up past your way in Bangor.

Thanks. I wasn't thinking about the height so much. I don't think I would need to go quite that high (9') if the suspension is fairly tight as well producing a small angle (as low as 10 degrees) but...

I ordered one of Dutch's new 72" wide hexon hammocks and can't wait for it to get here.

Previously I have done adjustable structural ridgelines so I can dial in how much sag I want instead of the...

I've been waiting for these too, ordered one in drab olive plus some tree huggers and of course needed some more zing it :)

I have your fronkey bugnet and curious how that might fair with it when...

I see 67" wide Hex2.2 on ripstop's site but not 1.6. Anyone know if they make 67" wide Hex1.6? I have an 11' Dutch Argon1.6 and love it but have wanted wider. If Dutch is reading this, I too hope...

My son and I use no-sew PLUGs but I've been debating between making a snugpack jungle blanket or throw/converted sleeping back down uq. Anyone have both and know how they compare (temp, weight,...

I think tents can be slower and more fussy. Most tent designs I'm aware of the fly goes on last, after the tent and poles which is leaving the tent exposed to the elements (getting soaked). With...

This would be for a gathered end hammock and presently I run the closed loop end through the channel and larks head onto itself, carabiner or soft shackle between the tree straps and adjustable loop....

Cool.

I made some nacrabiners to swap out the carabiners in my whoopie suspension. They work great in that role but I'm a bit paranoid about misplacing one so really like the idea of integrating...

When thinking of a name, I focused on one of the draws of hammock camping - ability to hang hillside or uneven terrain that would be ruled out immediately as a tent site.

That is exactly what I do. I use a doubled over bishop bag, half of the bag inside the bunched and rolled up net and half outside. The inside channel allows me to easily put it on and remove from...

Lots of details in sticky topics of this forum on the different options. You may also want to go over to The Ultimate Hang for some high level summaries of options.
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The first prototype is a bit crude, I'll rework it and if I like it better will make an effort to diagram it. Hard to tell in the pic but it is basically one large continuous loop with a brummel...

Borrowing from that credit card commercial "what's in your wallet?" I'm wondering what people have on their ridgelines.

There's the obvious short list

* water bottle
* flashlight
* glasses...

P.S. A fun name would be "Bug out bag" patent and trademark pending :)

I meant to include another question in my first post on this thread. I think I already know the answer but will ask anyway....

Yeah the problem I was trying to solve is how long it takes to set up while bugs are descending and biting.

It is a rather large, floppy amount of netting to leave hanging on the end along...

Please forgive if this has been discussed before, I did do some cursory searches before posting.

I'm finding myself setting up and tearing down my hammock in the yard often as a place to lounge,...

It was while looking for a hammock (got an inexpensive Brazilian) for my son for under the loft of his cramped room that I learned there were such a thing as hammock tents. I've enjoyed the...

I just ordered an 11 foot argon from Dutch and looking for a good hex. I'm guessing although an 11 foot ridgeline can work it would be wiser to go 12. 10.5 hammock would have been nice for tarp...

This illustration might help explain a bit more clearly. The dashed line is the footprint of the asym hammock, the solid line is the PLUQ and suspension lines. 0 represents binder clip to connect...

As mentioned I was contemplating a second, adjustable (with cord locks) suspension line on each end to help keep the quilt from bunching up and to try to rotate the UQ slightly to be better oriented...

Thanks all, especially fellow Mainer pappy. What is HH BE btw?

As mentioned I decided, since I need two setups to not go with something like the JRB Nest since that would be close to $600 for...

Since I need this on two setups, one for me and whichever of my teenager kids joins me, I can't justify nearly $600 for a pair of Nests especially as we don't go camping often enough. Too many other...

I'm still relatively new at this, it will be only my second season of hammock camping. I can't see ever wanting to sleep on the ground again. My one issue is insulation and I've done some reading...