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    Quote Originally Posted by TominMN View Post
    Here's one:

    https://www.arrowhead-equipment.com/...HUGbugnet.html

    Dutch offers a hammock with a similar net but it is permanently attached to the hammock.
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    Thanks Tom! Have you tried this yourself, or is this just something that you have seen? This does make a lot more sense for where I camp, and you can't beat 5oz in the bug net category!
    I tried the AHE HUG bug net a couple of nights ago and it works great! I also have a Dutch Half Wit with built-in HUG and it also works well, but it's nice to have a separate net (AHE) for those times when you want to forgo the net altogether. I used it with a SLD Treerunner.
    Last edited by cmoulder; 09-21-2021 at 18:37.
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    I should add that the AHE HUG weighs 6.52oz (185g... in its stuff sack) on my digital scale.

    A bit more than advertised, but the mosquitoes were pretty thick and not one got through. I think they were on a feeding frenzy, fattening up before cold weather sets in. Maybe I'm a bit sadistic but I enjoy watching mosquitoes and moths and flies trying to chow down on me, without success.

    It's interesting that with HUG-type nets the bugs don't seem to get through even if there's a bit of a gap at the bottom... they're 'programmed' to attack from the top and side and don't 'think' to try approaching from the bottom.

    The only thing that's a bit annoying with HUG nets is that the ridgeline organizer must hang outside the net because the net is suspended under the hammock SRL. Not a deal breaker but something to consider... although I'm also thinking about some sort of mod for this.
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    It's interesting that with HUG-type nets the bugs don't seem to get through even if there's a bit of a gap at the bottom... they're 'programmed' to attack from the top and side and don't 'think' to try approaching from the bottom.

    That is an interesting thought that I had not considered! It's like the opposite theory of biting flies will not attach the tallest person in a group- hence a group of birders all standing with an arm up in the air to prevent them from getting bit. It did work for the person who had the longest arm!

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    Lol never heard of that one!

    When I had my headlight on after dusk, at first it looked like gnats swarming because they were flying in a big cluster, but nope! it was mosquitoes. Don't think I ever noticed that before.
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    For a while now I just connect my tarp to my whoopie sling suspension, it has worked great. My tarp has a webbing loop sewn in to which I attach a light carabiner, then I hook the biner to a prussik loop that is attached to my whoopie slings, then I just slide the prussik to adjust the position of the tarp and to tighten. I find it fast and easy and convenient, never had any problems.


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