Hey all! I am a relatively new hanger and trying to figure out my UQ. I am 6'6" tall and have a New River UQ from Arrowhead that is 84" long, 50" wide, and is rated down to 25 degrees F. Using it in the upper 30's I felt a continual cold spot under my behind, even after getting in and out and fiddling with things several times. I know the UQ is good and the cold spot had to be the result of user error.
In the morning, I had someone take a picture of the foot end of my UQ while I was in the hammock (attached to this post), and I can tell from the picture that the cold spot is coming from a gap on the foot end. I can't figure out a what to get rid of that gap. I have tried tightening the primary suspension and tightening the horizontal cinch channels, but haven't been able to get rid of that pesky cold spot.
Can anyone tell from the photo what I am doing wrong?
Do I just need to pull the primary suspension tighter? Do I need to worry about damaging the shock cord because of pulling it too tight? My hammock is 12' long and 72" wide. I am wondering if the hammock length could be causing the UQ suspension to pull too horizontally and not enough vertically? Or is the width of the hammock causing me to lay too diagonally for the UQ width, and that is somehow creating this gap? The UQ's primary suspension is made of one piece of shock cord on each end (one goes from one top corner to the other top corner, and the other goes from one bottom corner to the other bottom corner), so I can't really get it diagonal to match my lay. Could this be part of the problem?
Any thoughts or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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