Camp Seat/Gear Hammock/Pack Cover DIY

[MAD777]

I made two of these chairs and at every rest stop, my fellow hikers are sniffing around my pack like dogs on a bag of Puppy Chow! Sure beats sitting on a foot square piece of foam on an uneven granite boulder!

My 2 year old grandson likes to swing in his until it flips him out; and he knows it's going to flip! It's great to be 2 years old

[SteelerNation]

Great job. This inspired me to make one myself. I made mine out of 1.1 digital ACU. I can use it for a camo pack cover for instances when I want to be more subdued. My pack is Int'l orange already. Thanks for the inspiration. Pics to soon follow.

I have been toying with the idea of also its capability to be used as an UQ shelf, connecting the whoopies to the hammocks toggles and cinching the gear hammock "tight" to the bottom of the hammock and stuffing the cavity with a sleeping bag or what not.

Glad to hear it! I look forward to the pictures.

The only challenge with the UQ shelf might be that if the tensions aren't right, you could probably squash the insulation so that it didn't work very well. Look forward to hearing the results, though.

I made two of these chairs and at every rest stop, my fellow hikers are sniffing around my pack like dogs on a bag of Puppy Chow! Sure beats sitting on a foot square piece of foam on an uneven granite boulder!

My 2 year old grandson likes to swing in his until it flips him out; and he knows it's going to flip! It's great to be 2 years old

Yeah, my Granddaughter loves to hang out in mine when we take a rest break on our hikes. Fortunately, she's grown beyond the flipping stage - getting too big to carry

SN

[macheek]

Ok, i have the gear hammock made, with the slings attached. do you also need to bring tree anchors to hang this? if i was just using this for a gear hammock, how do i connect this to a tree.?