So during a sale earlier this year I picked up one of Warbonnet's RR hammocks, with a Spindrift Sock and full length Lynx UQ. I've always wanted to try a bridge hammock and finally splurged for it. All I can say is wow! I'm feeling much like I felt when I first started using gathered end hammocks coming from tents. I still don't think I'll give up my GE hammocks for backpacking, but I'm really liking how the RR eliminates any and all calf ridge, heel pressure, etc. I haven't figured out how to sleep on my side very well in the RR yet, but sleeping on my back is phenomenal!
I'm still figuring out how to set it all up efficiently and get all the right tweaks for the most comfortable lay and I made some mistakes setting up the UQ this last trip out and had a scare with one of the rubber bands breaking. Luckily I had some shock cord on hand and rigged something up to get through the night or it would have been a chilly sleepless one. It was totally my fault clipping the UQ to the hammock in the wrong spots but lesson learned. The UQ snugs up more than expected once my weight is added to the hammock so I now understand the need for a little stretch in the connection points.
Coming from using GE hammocks for the last several years I miss having a ridgeline a little as I typically hang my headlamp there as sort of a lamp at night, but the saddlebags are fantastic replacement for everything else I might hang on the RL. Other than that, I think I like the RR enough that it probably just replaced my plethora of GE hammocks for about everything except backpacking trips.
Now I feel like I need a couple more quilts with different temperature ratings, and I have quite a few quilts for GE hammocks so the wife won't be happy about that one, hahaha.
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Originally Posted by BillyBob58
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