Ultimate Hang's review of the Ninox Flat Lay Hammock

[BillyBob58]

well, the issue (in my eyes) is that when your suspension/hang isn't ideal, the ridgeline will absorb a lot of the excess forces, rather than have the hammock do it

in this case, it'll apply those forces right to the end of the gathered end.....probably not ideal


also maybe a non-issue? let's see what happens with longer term hangers tho I guess. just seems like they're missing the mark on this one

That's right, time will tell. They say they have had a 1% RL failure rate on the first round of deliveries, due to some problems with inspection/manufacture/Ouality control. But, regarding this odd RL and also the weight of this single layer hammock, I have to remind myself that this hammock has a very high weight rating. Although I'm not sure what the real rating is as it is different, depending on where you read, I think they said "let's just call it 350" or "400 lbs" ( not sure which), and they have a video of them testing it to almost 1600 lbs. Which presumably is with this strange RL.

I can't imagine why they decided to do it this way, though I thought I read something about patent issues with HH, but others than HH offer a structural RL connected to the suspension, right? Plus, would that HH patent still hold 13+ years later? I have no idea. But, though price would potentially effectively be even higher if having to do these mods, it is easily bypassed using some of my own RL material. There is a little finger sized passage where the net can be pushed aside, and the preferred RL material can be passed through right to the webbing CLs. Or, the supplied webbing RL could simply be extended to the CLs with some light version of Amsteel, and we are right back to a traditional structural RL.

This conversation spurred me to give mine another try. I think it is growing on me, at least as far as comfort goes. Today, again, I had no calf ridge(with the foot end just slightly higher than the head) and no knee extension, and a fetal position was very comfortable. I felt really snug and toasty with the Inferno UQ under me, and the quilt was hanging at a nice diagonal position. There really was a nice pocket for my head, like some one else said. I measured it: 11'8" long inside the hammock's gathered end channels, and 6 ft wide at the center. That is a big hammock.

Inferno on Ninox foot end


Head end


Inside head end. The UQ is visible as a silhouette/shadow. Great coverage to well above my head:


Inside foot end, great UQ coverage, no apparent gaps, notice UQ on a bit of diagonal: