How do folks use their Structural Ridge Line for hanging personal items?

[john99]

Hello,

I am curious to hear how folks use their structural ridge lines for hanging things.

How do you use it?
What kind of hardware is the simplest and lightest?
What kinds of pouches are the most useful?
Should I have a pouch installed when I order a hammock?

Thanks.

[z96cobra]

I keep telling myself I need a ridgeline organizer, but I've yet to make one. I do hang other things with the little, cheap aluminum, carabiners or Nite Ize S Biners. The S Biners are my favorite though.

[matjbrown]

I have an organizer from Arrowhead Equipment, got one of the micros and it holds everything I want. Mainly headlamp and phone. But I've put a candy bar, beanie, and some other stuff in it too.


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[SilvrSurfr]

Ridgeline organizers and peak bags just don't do anything for me, so I stopped using one. I also don't use any pouches or anything else - just added weight. About the only things I hang on my ridgeline are my headlamp, and my pack (if it's raining). Everything goes in the pack.

I don't have any glasses or anything that needs to readily available while I sleep, so the utility of such ridgeline storage evades me.

[johnspenn]

I just hang my headlamp from the ridgeline. By the time I typically get in my hammock, I'm ready to go to sleep, not read or watch a movie or anything, so all I need is my headlamp for midnight tree watering adventures.

I have been known to hang my socks for drying too, but at the foot end! Don't want those near my smeller if I can help it haha

[goobie]

All my hammocks have RL organizers, usually DIY out of extra bug netting and peak bags from 2QZQ. RL organizers have 3 smaller pockets one side, 2 larger on the other. Earplugs are ALWAYS in there along with glasses, phone, car keys, wallet, etc. Whatever is in my pockets when I change clothes before turning in for the night goes in it. Peak bags are there for extra warm clothes, gloves, hat, etc. in the colder seasons and whatever I end up stuffing in there when it's warmer. And no, I don't notice the extra weight whether I utilize their storage or not.

[TPole]

I have a Dream Hammock style RLO made from NS50 netting that weighs about 2 grams if I remember correctly. While setting up I load it with a water bottle in the center pocket, small medicine bottle on one side, and my trail journal / pen on the other. Once I turn in my headlamp and phone also get stored there. In cold weather I may hang a pair of extra socks on the RL just in case.

[nothermark]

A lot of it depends on the kind of trip and what you have to manage when you go to bed. Outside of a flashlight and maybe glasses anything else is optional.

I think you will find most people stash their pocket junk in their pack but keep some kind of entertainment along with the flashlight. Much else tends to distort the way the hammock hangs so one either adjusts for it or runs a separate line under the tarp to hang things like packs and boots.

[Milwaukee Dan]

I wear glasses so a ridge line organizer is very helpful to protect them while I sleep. It's also a great place to stash my phone, a book, or my Kindle. My head lamp I just hang off the ridge line. I'm thinking of adding a peak bag to stuff a hat or another layer in.

[Wanderlost]

I have a small ridgeline organizer for my phone when I'm done reading and my head lamp. The rest of my ridgeline looks like a Laundromat. I hang my day clothes from it while I'm sleeping so they can dry out and air out a bit. I have an 11 footer, so the RL is pretty high and out of the way. It doesn't look pretty, but I'm not exactly going for curb appeal.