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Thanks Alkali!

I was out of town for a funeral and by the time I got home last night I was too tired to travel and get my last minute act together.

I did however book my bus from NYC to...

Well my plans changed and I'm on an accelerated timeline - which means it looks like I'll be starting the trail tomorrow! I think I have my stuff paired down fairly well although I'ld like to try and...

Any info on weight limits for the 1.2?

Great pictures thanks for sharing! I hike Harriman almost every Saturday so see the Hudson all the time, I'm surprised you can see it from there as well. May need to hit the Catskills one if these...

@ Phantom - Thanks! Yeah I'm planing on doing a shakedown or two once I get the rest of my gear figured out. I've also been doing longish (10 miles +/-) dayhikes every weekend with a fully loaded...

Looking for some advice!

As I've stated in other threads I'm new to camping and hammocking. I figure I could use an adventure so I am looking to thru-hike the Long Trail heading southbound in a...

I'm planning on doing the Long Trail end of August - begining of September with a hammock - I'll let you know how it goes! I'm going to start a thread for some advice as I'm new to all this and in...

I finished my down underquilt to match the top quilt I previously posted here:

https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php/137407-DIY-Down-Top-Quilt?p=1777868#post1777868

The underquilt...

I'm guessing 25-30 but that is just from an assumption of having planned for 2 inch baffles with a 2.5 chamber height. The chamber height looks closer to 2.75 inches so hopefully it will be in the...

Howdy folks,

I'm finishing up my underquilt shell using the calculator (Thanks CatSplat and Tacblades!) and wondering from those who have used it how accurate the temp rating is?

I've got 2"...

I used RipStopByTheRoll for the bulk of the materials - .9 Membrane15 Moroccan Blue for the outer shell and .66 Membrane10 Olive Yellow for the inner shell. For baffle material I wanted to use white...

Here is the spreadsheet I worked from and plans I drew up for measuring the fabric:

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The width of my fabric by the plan was wider than the fabric comes so i laid...

I finished a down top quilt last week so I figured I'ld share.

As I've stated in some other threads I'm brand new to camping, hammocking and haven't touched a sewing machine since high middle...

That looks great! I just finished my first quilt also using horizontal baffles, and using rosefeather down. Did you weigh your pillows out of curiosity? The one thing I did notice is the pillow...

Pics of what I did...so next I'll do a baffled quilt with the same dimensions, then the pack. I'm thinking of removing the wings, we will see...

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Thanks for all the great advice. I'm intrigued by the idea of a shorter quilt. I figured before I break into the real materials I went ahead and did a test run on a Costco Quilt (well a Kohls...

Thanks for the tip on the G4. So are you using just plain old blue closed foam? And cut down or the full 72"? Also curious if you use the 'wings' on the G4 or if they wind up being dead space. I'm...

Thanks for the replies! The temps were what I was wondering about, since they look to be about the same (CDT and Apex 2.5) I decided to go the CDT route and see how it goes. Well I'm actually getting...

I'm thinking of making a set of lighter quilts, using either Apex 2.5 or Costco quilts with a layer of ripstop sewn over the outside to help mitigate the sewn through construction.

Any thoughts...

Totally new to hammocking and backpacking, hoping to get some direction.

I am working on putting together my kit. I am 6'3" and am planning on making a G4 pack, and probably will use 6 sections of...

Howdy folks!

As the title says I'm brand new to hanging and camping - I've never hung in the woods and haven't camped since once or twice in high school 20+ years ago (if you want to call that...