Picked up some of RipStopByTheRoll's new 1.8oz Airwave hybrid ripstop nylon (
https://ripstopbytheroll.com/product...-ripstop-nylon) on Monday to make a new hammock. The material does have an almost cotton feel to it but it's not as smooth as something like a cotton t-shirt or cotton sheets. It definitely does not have that "slick" feel to it that my other nylon hammocks have. I don't think there will be the issue of sliding down if your feet aren't higher than your head.
It really easy to deal with sewing-wise. The material is coarse enough for the feed dogs to move it with ease. The material holds a crease pretty well which made starting the rolled-hems really easy as well.
It also feels like it has less stretch when I get in it (which I like) than my 1.1 nylon, 1.6 Hyper D, or 1.8 nylon hammocks.
The only "issue" I had with it is that it took a lot more effort to move around and get situated than the "slick" ones. I was wearing jeans and a grid pattern fleece top and that fleece top wanted nothing to do with sliding around in there (hence why I don't think my feet would need to be higher than my head in this hammock).
I think it will be a great summer hammock when I'm wearing gym shorts and thin shirts.
The hammock weighs in at 12.3oz at 135" x 60". I don't think the site specifies the weight limit yet but they told me that it should be around 400lbs.
(Nothing fancy here. Just a plain, gathered end hammock but thought I'd throw in a picture of it anyway)
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