I really like the new Warbonnet Wookie design which eliminates shock chord.
Something that seems so fiddly.
Just wondering if anyone has modified an under quilt to attach in a similar way as the W B Wookie.
I really like the new Warbonnet Wookie design which eliminates shock chord.
Something that seems so fiddly.
Just wondering if anyone has modified an under quilt to attach in a similar way as the W B Wookie.
One that comes to mind right away is the Sierra Madre Research Inferno UQ. Not the same, but similar.
I haven't read much on HammockForums, but on the German hammock forum quite a few people have built Wooki clones - both synthetic and down, and both from scratch as well as underquilt modifications. echinotrix posted his build here on HF as well.
Wonder if the Wookie is constructed on rectangular base fabric?
I helped my brother make a synthetic "wookie" type UQ. It turned out really nice. I will probably end up converting my synthetic quilt at some point
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Thanks Shug really appreciate the shots do you think if the gathered end were undone it would be square, Or tapered?
(Always look forward to you vids by the way so brilliant. I've learnt tons from you).
Jabraso that looks just fine, really good job. Thinking this will make a nice project. It does not get so cold here so hoping it won't turn out too heavy
I have not undone my Wooki, but I'm pretty sure that the base layer has the same shape as the hammock, i.e. rectangular. If the ends would be tapered, the sides would just fall away. And if it would have cat cuts, the sides would be pulled up higher. I'm considering re-whipping mine, though, and pull out the edges half an inch or so to tighten the sides. I have had my Wooki slide off my left shoulder a couple of times.
Thanks hutzebein - I see what you mean, that helps.
I made a sort of a wookie clone last spring for car camping. Basically, it is a 10.5' hammock of 1.1 ripstop with 1/8" shock cord loops at the ends, 1/16" shock cord down the sides (to keep the sides from flopping out but easily stretches out). Then I sewed a 7' x 5' rectangle of 3.6 Climashield on top, about centered where I lay ( I could have made it more shaped but I wanted to lay any direction). Then on top of that another layer of fabric (I used Argon 90). I tried to differentiate the layers, and it turned out puffy mostly on the top. Overall I can adjust the shockcord so the UQ just barely touches the bottom of my hammock, and the upward pressure from the shock cord is minimal and is distributed over a large area so it does not seem to compress the insulation at all, if any. I also sewed matching attachments on the UQ and hammock near my head and feet that keeps it in place and really does not need any adjustments. Overall it works very well and I would recommend anyone to give it a try. It does weigh 26 ounces in a nylon stuff sack and maybe cost me about $60. Good for me above 45 degrees and I do not worry about using an UQ protector with the synthetics.
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