This looks very cool, so I started adding all the bits to a Bunnings cart to buy them...it came to about $350!
That's still quite a bit cheaper than an actual Tensa4, and it looks like one of the...
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This looks very cool, so I started adding all the bits to a Bunnings cart to buy them...it came to about $350!
That's still quite a bit cheaper than an actual Tensa4, and it looks like one of the...
This is the best answer. Whoopie slings are easier and more reliable than UCRs, and the extra amount of cord required is close enough to zero in this use case to not be worth thinking about.
Sent...
Or the other sister, a Wookie-style UQ using light-weight non stretchy fabric to extend the UQ, and then gathering that and attaching it to the suspension with a few inches of thick elastic.
This...
Another vote for a marlin spike hitch.
It's a straight replacement for the becket. It's easy to tie, easy to untie, doesn't slip, and is secure. You can use a stick for your toggle, but I use...
Yep, I like guitar wire too. It's thin, but I find it a bit "grippy". I prefer the wire that fisherman use (tracer wire?). It's coated in some slick stuff. It tends to be a bit thicker, but the...
I've always used a Fronkey-style net, which I think is what you mean by "full enclosure + gathered end". I dislike zippers, and especially dislike the idea of a zipper on the edge of my hammock where...
It would be fine with different sized hammocks as long as you line up the head ends together. I've done it with a 10' and 11' hammock, and there's no reason it wouldn't work with a bigger difference.
I also have my whoopies permanently installed in my hammock.
Two extra things I do:
1. The fixed end of the whoopie goes through the hammock channel a few additional times to use up some of...
In a bed I flip and flop from my back to my side to my other side. Each position is only comfortable for an hour or so.
In a hammock I usually lie on my back, and stay like that all night....
A bury for a whoopie should be 3.5 fids. A fid is 21 times the diameter.
For 2 mm dynaglide we get:
3.5 * 21* 2 = 147 mm = 5.8 inches
For 7/64 Amsteel it's 8 inches.
Shorter probably...
That's what I use, and they go perfectly together. I keep a toggle permanently tied to the end of the strap for use as the marlin spike, and I have whoopies instead of continuous loops installed...
To add to the already excellent answers of others:
1. Prior to sitting in my hammock I often fold it in half, and sit on the doubled-up layers. This removes the harsh ridge cutting under your...
The prussiks on my CRL (zing-it on zing-it) never came completely loose, but they did slip slightly in strong wind. Not a major problem. If you take some care to get the knot really tight, with each...
Here you go:
https://loopalien.com/
That sounds like you're contemplating tightening the suspension to raise your hammock. That would indeed be bad for the hammock.
However if you raise the hammock by raising your tree straps on...
Nice. I've done a few trips in the Blue Mountains. Where were you?
Totally agree re whoopie slings. It's rare that I get the hang angle/height 100% right on first attempt. I nearly always do a bit...
I have a 20 deg asymmetrical Trail Winder. I occasionally side-sleep, and when I do I manage to fit within the insulated parts, but only just. I'm 6' tall, and slim.
I don't think there's any...
I also have a DIY in MTN 1.2, and it's my favourite, year-round. It's light, strong, firm (for its weight), and the slick feel of it seems a bit weird at first, but in practice is totally fine.
Two issues:
1. Pissing on the spot where I'll be making my breakfast in a few hours time doesn't appeal to me.
2. Pissing out of my hammock while half asleep in the middle of the night means...
I agree with the other replies - you need to raise the anchor points.
It's common to have the foot-end of your hammock about 12" higher than the head-end of your hammock, so raising one end is...
I started with linelocs. Then I switched to hookworms. And now I've gone back to linelocs.
The linelocs are just so easy. The hookworms are always a little fiddly in comparison.
Heh, legacy from living in Japan for a few years more than a decade ago. I was up in Tochigi-ken, near the mountains, and did a lot of snowboarding. Wasn't into hiking/camping at the time though,...
The trekking treez are indeed heavy. They are adjustable in increments of about 4 cm. They have foam grips - no cork.
I use a regular trekking pole in my left hand, and a TT in my (stronger)...
The SLD website says 22.5 oz (630 g) for the 20 deg.
https://simplylightdesigns.com/collections/wind-blockers-bug-nets/products/trail-winder-asym-uq
I have a 20 deg SLD Trail Winder and a 40...
I think Jeff Myers has already come up with this idea.
It seems reasonable to me. It costs only a small amount of extra amsteel on the tail end, and allows you to use your whoopie as a UCR if you...
I live in central Sydney, don't own a car, and catch trains to go camping in the bush. Yesterday I took a 60-minute train-ride south, and then a 30-minute walk, and ended up here, my hammock perched...
Ignore the pessimists, I say it's a great idea and totally workable. You've done the homework on strap heights and suspension angles, so go for it.
I've done a few extra long hangs (at least 30...
Yes.
For whoopies, a full-strength bury should be 3.5 fids (a fid is 21 times the rope diameter). For 7/64 amsteel, that means a bury of 20.4 cm. A shorter bury will still "work" but will slip at...
As a rough guide for BIG trees, would limiting the amsteel-to-tree contact to only the front half of the tree be ok? The front third?
I hang mine from the head-end suspension of my hammock. I use a cord with an adjustable length. Usually it's long enough that the pack rests on the ground, upright, and near my head within reach...
I think the basic concept is that huggers are just to go around the tree, and then you use some other suspension component to go the rest of the way to the hammock. Straps go around the tree, and...
Yes, exactly. Sometimes my bugnet ends up resting on my face, and I'd get bitten through it save for permethrin.
This is an interesting idea. Any idea of the forces involved, and the optimal angle for staking out each hammock?
My limited experience with nama claws on a CRL is that when I figure-8 the CRL, I push the nama claws to the end as I go, and they slide along freely.
Then when it's time to toss out the CRL, you...
A marlin-spike hitch will work fine with 2-inch webbing on Dutch's toggles.
Yes, you could use a carabiner. If you want to go hardware-free you could use some type of amsteel button-knot or...
Yes, foot end higher up the tree.
Universal for gathered-end hammocks, although some find level more comfortable. HYOH.
No, not a triangle piece of fabric.
Here's a pic of a Trail Lair. The insulation is in the black part. It's a rectangular piece of fabric, just like a regular hammock, but with insulation (shown...
This raises a related question - why haven't all underquilts switched to the Wooki/Trail Lair design?
For those unfamiliar with this design, they are essentially a second hammock, with insulation...
As a slackliner, I'm used to cranking some webbing horizontal between a couple of trees, and then jumping up and down on it. I've never damaged a tree (as far as I know), but I choose healthy-looking...
That's a great video; he explains and shows everything simply and clearly.
It's a slightly complicated system, but if you're serious about collecting lots of water it looks very effective.
Yep, that's how I'd do it too.
I like the CRL for a reason that I've never seen anybody else mention. It allows me to set my ridgeline and get it taut and positioned correctly before I take my tarp out of it's stuff sack. That's...
I made some very short dogbones out of some scrap 1.8 mm dyneema I had lying around. The spliced loop at the pole-end is made just big enough to slip over the end of the flexible poles I use, while...
The cottage-vendor hammocks will be longer, made of better (stronger/lighter) material, and will be one-piece, where the cheapy hammocks might be three pieces sewn together with two potentially...
Has anybody used a tensa for a tandem hang with a spreader bar?
My partner and I together weigh about 320, so we'd be under the weight limit. But would we fit within the tensa poles? Perhaps a...
I've struggled with this issue.
I'm thinking of making a double-ended stuff sack out of silnylon, with an internal pocket that runs the whole length, accessible from both ends. I'll store the...
Has anybody done this? Any traps to avoid?
I have a full length Hammock Gear Incubator, some very light fabric (Argon 67), and a sewing machine. I also have a Simply Light Design Trail Winder that...
I'm curious why this is so. If I have a whipped end with a single row of stitches and a 1 cm channel, wouldn't that be a more economical use of fabric than a channel-end?
Or you saying that the...
No, it doesn't make it more difficult. A ridgeline is always a good idea to ensure a consistent hang angle, regardless of the hammock's length.
The usual ridgeline length is 83% of the hammock...
I've done something similar, but with an extra set of tree straps (to avoid damage to the trees). I had mine run parallel from the suspension attachment point to the other tree. It worked well, but...