Like you, I like the tarp attached to the hammock suspension - for me its better weather resistance when using the HH tarp. The bit of sagging is taken care of with some bungees on the tarp tie out. My biggest disadvantage of this is setting up in the rain. Anyway I used the prussik on the whoopies for several years, it works for me, its just harder to adjust the whoopie once the prussik is tight. I usually position the hammock first, then tighten the tarp up. It does sort of negate part of the whoopie advantage of being able to tweak the suspension tension whenever you want. I used the hammock anchors, and that solves the problem except for wear on the amsteel line. Lately, i've taken to using a prussik for the hammock suspension. I use 3.8 mm spyderline with 2.8 mm spyderline prussiks. So far, I haven't had any problem with them holding (not a chance of doing this with amsteel or dynaglide). So i just tie the 3.8 mm spyderline tight to the straps on each tree. Clip the hammock to the prussiks on the 3.8 mm line (use biners or soft shackles), and 2nd set fo prussiks for the tarp. The 3.8 mm line under the tarp is handy for hanging stuff to dry.
oh yeah, it weighs about an oz more than the whoopie set up. Like others, I'm just waiting on Dutch to make the new speed hook 2 or whatever it will be.
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