how high off the ground

[J.young]

Just wondering how high most of us keep our hammocks off the ground. I used to hang mine a bit lower to accommodate using it as a chair/seat but have started to hang a bit higher lately as that extra bit of height helps create the swing/rocking motion when I get in. I think that's currently one of my favorite hanging moments, that initial rock when you get in and just relax.

[Shug]

I hang at the sitting/breakfast from the hammock height.
Reach down and instigate swing with an arm push on ground.
Shug

[jedavisii]

First rule of hammocking I learned - never hang higher than you're willing to fall.

Second rule - hang your own hang.

I too enjoy a good sway.


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[oldgringo]

I've been known to rig a swing string...

[chapinb]

As low as I can go without the hammock or uq hitting anything.

[Amaas]

I haven't been at it long enough to say what I always do, but have been trying to keep it at sitting height

[Vickence]

...now I need a swing string! lol

[Snaps]

The tip of my pinky to the tip of my thumb when my fingers are spread is around 9". If I can touch my UQ with my thumb and the ground with my pinky, I try to raise my hammock just to give myself a bigger margin of error.

My sweet spot is between 18"-24" from the ground.

[dscotthep]

First rule of hammocking I learned - never hang higher than you're willing to fall.

This...

And once you've actually fallen from that "sitting height" you'll realize that even THAT is too far to fall!

[LuvmyBonnet]

First rule of hammocking I learned - never hang higher than you're willing to fall.

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I can't follow this rule because I'm not willing to fall at all.
I hang at sitting level because swing doesn't come in to the picture because I have been hanging in my RR.