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    Thanks for all the good advice! I’m looking forward to setting it up after I get it this week in my day off, weather is supposed to be in the 70’s.
    The reason I don’t do knots is because 1. I suck at them and 2. My hands are getting the early beginnings of what I think might be arthritis and I’m finding it harder to undo knots or have really fine motor stuff, especially when cold. And forget about sewing or making homemade stuff, that’s a recipe for disaster, I’ve never been an artsy crafts type.

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    Keep in mind that there is a learning curve to hammocks. Be patient and enjoy the hammock quest.
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    Experience is the best teacher. Bring your new hammock with you wherever you go and practice setting it up on a variety of terrain and trees. Then stretch out, even for 5 minutes, to see how distance between trees, ground slope etc can impact the hang. This will also give you the opportunity to practice with your knots or hardware and build muscle memory for when you go camping. But make it fun: it’s a hammock not the window washing rigging on a high rise building! Don’t over think it.

    You’ll eventually want an UQ. Took me 2 trips to realize that and I don’t regret spending the money. You can take your time with everything else. Watch the aforementioned videos. You might also learn how to play the mandolin and build a backyard smoker!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Off Trail View Post
    Thanks for all the good advice! I’m looking forward to setting it up after I get it this week in my day off, weather is supposed to be in the 70’s.
    The reason I don’t do knots is because 1. I suck at them and 2. My hands are getting the early beginnings of what I think might be arthritis and I’m finding it harder to undo knots or have really fine motor stuff, especially when cold. And forget about sewing or making homemade stuff, that’s a recipe for disaster, I’ve never been an artsy crafts type.
    No knots? You need Dutch Bling:

    https://dutchwaregear.com/product-ca...mock-hardware/

    https://dutchwaregear.com/product-ca...tarp-hardware/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobonli View Post

    You’ll eventually want an UQ. Took me 2 trips to realize that and I don’t regret spending the money. You can take your time with everything else. Watch the aforementioned videos. You might also learn how to play the mandolin and build a backyard smoker!!
    Is there any reason why I couldn’t (on a temporary basis just to try it out) attach my regular quilt on the underside of the hammock and use a sleeping bag inside the hammoack?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Off Trail View Post
    Is there any reason why I couldn’t (on a temporary basis just to try it out) attach my regular quilt on the underside of the hammock and use a sleeping bag inside the hammoack?
    Yes, you can. It may be challenging to rig it so there are no gaps/drafts, though. Discusses the issues: http://www.leiavoia.net/pages/hammock/levquilt.html


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    One thing I've learned about the hammocking world .... there's almost nothing that can't be done, but that includes ways to mess up. I've found myself doing some of the dumbest things that still make me shake my head.

    And I've seen some of the simplest and most amazing solutions work out (i.e. tensa stands) that have just blown my mind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Off Trail View Post
    Is there any reason why I couldn’t (on a temporary basis just to try it out) attach my regular quilt on the underside of the hammock and use a sleeping bag inside the hammoack?
    For sure use your bag~~~
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    Thanks for that; and here I would have just thrown the dang thing in there and got in it who knew there was more than one way to get into a sleeping bag?!
    Why don’t hammock makers have attachment points for top quilts? My quilt has straps that attach to the sleeping pad (as I believe they all do) so why not make use of them? Would having loops of fabric inside the hammock be scratchy or some other annoying property? Like the Princess and the Pea, do you notice every projection and attachment digging in to you while you sleep?

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    My opinion against attachment points for topquilts (take it for what it's worth, which isn't much):

    A hammock is almost the ultimate personalized customizable camping option. I will lay in my hammock completely differently than the next person. Some of us are left lay sleepers, some right lay sleepers (heck, my son is a right down the middle banana sleeper), and almost everyone lays at some personal, different angle. Often, that angle differs slightly with each hang, as I surely don't get the exact same hang angle and height every time out. My topquilt lays with me on the same angle that I find that I like on each camping trip.

    There's definitely a large fiddle factor at first. However, once you get the hang of it (see what I did there), you'll want it no other way, and be able to get the perfect lay each time with little to no fuss. However, finding how to reach that sweet spot every time is the fun part of the journey for many on here. I love hammocking because I never really get to know it all, and there's always something new to try out, learn, and improve upon. Then again, my nature is to fiddle with things and figure them out all the time.

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