Beyond simply not losing it...
Yar- messed with this a bit. You're pretty well correct... the tension tends to simply concentrate the gather again at the low point. Though you can play with it a bit if you're careful how you lay down.
Though Jared's cat cut hammocks may handle that slipping better... and there is another trick or two that I know he may employ to take advantage of this a bit so might be a legitimate improvement.
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This was inspired by the 'mini spreader' some folks played with years back. https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...hannel-Hammock
Going more extreme is more fun. Though you need to secure the spread in some way or it will also simply bottom out on your bigger loop.
What this more accurately does though is allow a shorter hammock to feel larger. If you picture the hammock like a canoe- and cut off the front foot or so- that's basically what you get.
Like a square stern canoe for a motor mount. That said- one goal of mine was to reduce weight and pitch size... turns out the fabric is lighter than the amsteel/bar/etc. And the ridgeline length doesn't get any shorter as what is happening is while you are cutting off the tip of the canoe... you are leaving the gunwhales intact so to speak. So nose to nose the hammock is still the same size at the end of the day.
There are some other uses to this trick- but at the end of the day I suspect that enough customers have requested to have the loops attached this way that Jared added the option.
Often a new option or 'improvement' is the result of a customer error/complaint. I've seen folks tug the continuous loop out of a gathered end thinking that was part of taking one down... not a fun thing to fix in the field.
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