Hanger Down!!! I repeat, we have a hanger down...

[Five Tango]

Maybe I'm missing something deep and profound here But,why deal with a MSH when you can use a Spider,Dutch Buckle,Cinch Bug type hardware that stays on the strap,doesn't require fiddle factor,and never gets lost?

[TxAggie]

Maybe I'm missing something deep and profound here But,why deal with a MSH when you can use a Spider,Dutch Buckle,Cinch Bug type hardware that stays on the strap,doesn't require fiddle factor,and never gets lost?

Some people aren't crazy about the pinch points metal hardware like that can have. Also, if you're using a continuous loop with something like a Cinch Bug, there's the concern with repetitive stress at the same points on the CL causing premature failing.

Others just simply like the MSH.

[Five Tango]

Some people aren't crazy about the pinch points metal hardware like that can have. Also, if you're using a continuous loop with something like a Cinch Bug, there's the concern with repetitive stress at the same points on the CL causing premature failing.

Others just simply like the MSH.

I see your point which is why I have a descender ring larked onto my CL at the hammock.Then I lark another CL to the descender ring and use it on a Spider or Dutch Buckle(not crazy bout Cinch Bug but somebody likes them).So in effect I have a "free floating CL" which I can move around on the ring as desired and spread the wear(if there is any) from the hardware.The descender ring also acts as a water break before the shoelaces tied on as drip line close to the gathered end of hammock.

[Datahiker]

This is good to know. I use those as toggles and have had some peeling after I cut them. I'll have to be more careful or switch to something sturdier. I love how light they are, though.

[threadlessclimber]

My biggest fear is to feel the pain of a falling hammock. Glad to hear no serious injury. Play safe

[bubbavinny]

And never to hang higher than you're willing to fall nor over anything you're not willing for your spine to fall on.

I had a reminder of this the other day. I was in my cement-floored porch reading to my kids in our hammock, and my 3 year old whoopies failed. Well, just one of them. We only fell around 5in because I was never willing to hang the hammock higher off the floor than that. No bonked heads, just my sore rump.