as soon as I get bigger rings, I'm going to copy your setup.
as soon as I get bigger rings, I'm going to copy your setup.
My descender rings came from REI.If you like whoopies and dont want to deal with half hitches on double descenders just lark a single descender onto the hammock,purchase a pair of Dutch Buckles to put on the tree strap and hang your big whoopie loop on them and take up the slack.You'll simply lark the small eye of the whoopie onto the descender ring at the hammock and you're in business.Also check out Dutch's other bling called spiders.See link:http://dutchwaregear.com/spiders.html ( not sure but spiders may be a next generation Dutch Buckle)
More often than not the pics I see posted when people are describing success with descender rings seems to be with webbing or mule tape. In the testing I have done with cordage rings seem apt to slip. With that in mind would most people say webbing, or mule tape for a lighter option, is most compatible with descender rings? I'm not an engineer but I would think the rings pinching the flat surface of webbing or mule tape would result in more even pressure distribution across more surface area.
So I've ditched the descender rings altogether and switched to an amsteel loop larks headed onto each end of my WBBB and a larks headed whoopie sling on each tree strap.
Easy-peasy until I got mad trying to adjust things in the rain and yanked the cord a few times to get things loosened up. I got them fixed, though. And was reminded of the scene in Gary Paulson's book, Hatchet where Paul realizes that throwing a temper tantrum is not helpful in the wild (or in the back yard either).
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The only way to truly know if your setup is "safe," is to keep trying it until your butt hits the ground! Then you'll know. It doesn't matter what you use, there is never a 0% chance of failure.
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