Hi all. I've been reading HF forums for a few months now off and on and have learned a ton. Thanks to everyone for that.
Here's my question. I'm basically using this kind of hammock suspension:
http://www.jacksrbetter.com/Strap%20Set.htm
However, to eliminate the need to rethread the strap around the tree and through the tri-glide (once for each end of the hammock), I kinda set it up backwards relative to the JBR setup. On the tree side, I have the webbing go through a loop at the end of the webbing. On the hammock side, I clip a biner to the loop created by the tri-glide and adjust from there. That way, it's easy to adjust and because I have a biner on the hammock, no knots.
I've only slept in this setup one night and I did get some stretch from the polypro. It's possible that the strap/tri-glide slipped, I'm not sure, but I do expect the polypro to stretch at first, of course.
I haven't seen much mention of this kind of reversed setup but it seems like it would be much easier than what is described at the JBR link above. So I guess I'm wondering if there's some major disadvantage or risk. Or maybe everyone's just using whoopie slings. :-) Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Matt
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