K.I.S.S. over cover for WBBB and HH hammocks

**Perkolady** · 09-29-2009, 16:01

Very nice, Grizz!

Thanks for posting about it. This is a project I definitely have on the back burner. Your info and photos will help make things easier!

**Bumper** · 09-29-2009, 16:10

Nice Griz! Excuse my simpleness, but, do you use this with a tarp over the top also? I'm thinking the zipper would allow rain in. Or, do you only use this when it's not going to rain?

**GrizzlyAdams** · 09-29-2009, 16:51

Originally Posted by Bumper

Nice Griz! Excuse my simpleness, but, do you use this with a tarp over the top also? I'm thinking the zipper would allow rain in. Or, do you only use this when it's not going to rain?

It's not meant to keep out rain. In practice I'll have a tarp over it.

Grizz

**Frawg** · 09-29-2009, 17:54

Yet another great and timely idea, Grizz!

This is close to something I've migrated to with my bug net setup. I've used shock cord (weak elastic, actually) along the length, but I'm finding it's not entirely necessary. If I use a shock cord lacing (or something equivalent) at the head and foot end, it secures the bug net and provides enough tension to hold the long edges against the hammock body. Not far afield from what you did with your Mac-Cat beak.

An alternative that worked for me is to use those elastic bands with oversized garter clips, from BB&B, that are normally used to secure mattress covers or bottom sheets. At each end of the hammock, fasten the clips to the port and starboard sides of the bug net (or, potentially, top cover), passing under the hammock body. That also provides enough tension to hold the sides against the hammock.

I'm thinking a variation on one of the above would work for a top cover. Just the right time of year to check this out, which I'll have a chance to do next week.

Your work is much appreciated!

**GrizzlyAdams** · 09-29-2009, 20:06

Originally Posted by headchange4u

Using shock cord sounds similar to my DIY HH top cover I made a long time ago. It works very well

I saw that thread a week ago and then couldn't find it again when I got down to business to make the HH overcover.

I was trying to approximate your solution when I first made
the overcover cut to HH dimensions. Placement of the zipper
makes yours difficult to use, although looking at it again now
I see that really all that is needed to make yours work with a zippered
HH is a clever way to attach and disattach the overcover on the side.

Anyway, I was trying to get tension from the head (or tail) end to the tie-outs, but in doing that the overcover wouldn't hug the hammock. In yours the tension is coming in behind the tie-out ring, which brings the whole thing in closer to the body, which is what was needed.

But then if I'd found your post again maybe I would have just done it that way and not be force to resurrect Risks' corner weight idea. So it's all good.

Grizz

**Ken** · 11-03-2009, 12:29

Grizz, I made one of these simple "coin operated" over-covers and used it at the Linville hang last week. It really wasn't needed for warmth, but worked great to stop the night-time drafts! Thanks!

Ken

**GrizzlyAdams** · 11-03-2009, 18:45

Originally Posted by Ken

Grizz, I made one of these simple "coin operated" over-covers and used it at the Linville hang last week. It really wasn't needed for warmth, but worked great to stop the night-time drafts! Thanks!

Ken

great, glad that worked for you to cut the wind. Sooo simple to make, sooo easy to deploy. Thanks for the positive report.

Grizz

**Stone** · 11-03-2009, 19:21

Very nice! Will have to get a friend to make something like that for me.....

**bonsaihiker** · 11-03-2009, 20:44

Thanks for the post, Grizz. I'm trying to upgrade to a winter-worthy hang this year, and I've thought about an overcover. I'll keep your version in mind.