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    Senior Member Wlb007's Avatar
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    is this derigible available or a plan availlable for diy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wlb007 View Post
    is this derigible available or a plan availlable for diy
    Yes, I'd like to know this as well. I think MMG (Molly Mac Gear) has one for sale, but I haven't found any plans for one yet.

    If you don't experiment, you don't learn!

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    I am using a HH explorer ultralite and a HG incubator and want to protect the underquilt from the weather what is the best solution. I was thinking of hanging my poncho under the UQ to keep wind driven rain or splash off of it but a sock would have more benefits. I dont have the sewing skills so an off the shelf sock would be the first choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldpappy View Post
    OK. Like I said - this still needs more real life testing.
    I made this for spring fishing trips where it is cold, windy, and rainy. I use a mummy bag with hood (and hat), wool blanket and CCF pads in my DIU gathered end hammock as well as a small rip-stop tarp. Thus I had a need for a simple sock to combat spray and wind.
    New meaning for Bucket head:
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    Simple soft tyvek and tape construction.
    1) Fold 8' X 55" tyvek sheet in half and cut the foot end - 32" to end leaving a drip tail.
    https://www.hammockforums.net/galler...5_original.jpg
    2) Bottom view - cut a 2' by 55" triangle to widen the sock shoulder area from 8'X55" to 8'X80"
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    3) Tack this all in place with 1" X 1/2" tyvek tape strips every couple feet. Then tape up the seams (inside and outside).
    4) I added the draw string at the opening to reduce drafts - a 2" channel tyvek fold taped up and a gorilla tape re-enforcement where the cord comes trough.
    https://www.hammockforums.net/galler...7_original.jpg
    This is very light sock - 7oz prior to the draw string addition.
    I planned to add a funnel hood to the head end - but I haven't seen a need for it so far.
    P.S. Sock is for a DIY gathered end hammock/pad/sleeping bag - Not for a Hennessey bottom entry unless you want to cut your way out:>)
    I've used this sock several nights - 45/50F windy and 28F calm night. Blocks the wind well. Didn't see any heat retention on the calm 28F night.
    I also used it with a Jarbridge Apex UQ and it fit nicely - sock did help to retain heat in the UQ.
    I need to improve on the draw string area - too much of a gap at the bottom (2") and my shoulders are only 1/2 covered. Overall - breaths well, no condensation, and a tad over 8 oz.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oldpappy View Post
    OK. Like I said - this still needs more real life testing.
    I made this for spring fishing trips where it is cold, windy, and rainy. I use a mummy bag with hood (and hat), wool blanket and CCF pads in my DIU gathered end hammock as well as a small rip-stop tarp. Thus I had a need for a simple sock to combat spray and wind.
    New meaning for Bucket head:
    https://www.hammockforums.net/galler...0_original.jpg
    https://www.hammockforums.net/galler...2_original.jpg
    Simple soft tyvek and tape construction.
    1) Fold 8' X 55" tyvek sheet in half and cut the foot end - 32" to end leaving a drip tail.
    https://www.hammockforums.net/galler...5_original.jpg
    2) Bottom view - cut a 2' by 55" triangle to widen the sock shoulder area from 8'X55" to 8'X80"
    https://www.hammockforums.net/galler...6_original.jpg
    3) Tack this all in place with 1" X 1/2" tyvek tape strips every couple feet. Then tape up the seams (inside and outside).
    4) I added the draw string at the opening to reduce drafts - a 2" channel tyvek fold taped up and a gorilla tape re-enforcement where the cord comes trough.
    https://www.hammockforums.net/galler...7_original.jpg
    This is very light sock - 7oz prior to the draw string addition.
    I planned to add a funnel hood to the head end - but I haven't seen a need for it so far.
    P.S. Sock is for a DIY gathered end hammock/pad/sleeping bag - Not for a Hennessey bottom entry unless you want to cut your way out:>)
    Thanks for the tutorial! I stumbled on this bass akwards after trying a night ground tarping.

    Long time hammocker but I was doing a single night overnighter bike-packing and because of the climbing and technical terrain involved I wanted to get as light as possible so I decided to ground sleep... BUT my old gortex bivy needed to be re-seam sealed after being in storage for years so I switched gears and got thinking about UL tarps... somehow because of my experiences with emergency bivies and condensation issues I realized if I brought a single white trash bag as a "foot bivy" for my 6'4" height I could use my golite poncho tarp or virtually any small tarp I chose instead of some huge long thing like my huge ENO Housefly. Eureka! The trip was a success! (Though I sleep way better in a hammock.) The key thing my njght of grkund tarping taught me was I don't always need my humungus ENO tarp to hammock! With a simple "rain sock" / "foot bivy" / "pea pod" / "rain skirt" i can get much more warmth and protection out of my smaller and much lighter tarps! The crazy part is because of my bug net in the summer and underquilt in the winter I need almost zero extra rigging because the sock ajoins these lines to form a drip proof barrier. If all my experiments go well with glorified trash bags and eventually higher breathing tyvek and silnylon I may eventually add a shirt sock to the head of my hammock as well. I suspect these will add warmth in the winter and can easily be pushed back when its not stormy in the summer to reduce condensation.

    Your tutorials here and follow up with what worked and didn't have confirmed I am moving in the right direction and no doubt saved me countless hours of experimenting! Thank you! I need to find more tall guy tricks. I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner!

    Cheers to trying new things! Like sleeping on the ground for a night to teach me new tricks so I can be a better hanmock'r! Now I can use all those "too short" hammock tarps I have been avoiding for years!
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    This old sock/pod is still in use. Over 100 nights and quite worn, but the Tyvek has held up well.
    The tutorial doesn't mention the V neck cut out (top 15%) I ended up doing.
    I did make a 2nd out of a grey car cover - it is a little bulkier than the soft tyvek but lighter because I used less tyvek tape - it also works well.
    I do get a lot of questions from my (tent camper) fishing buddies on why I use a sock/pod and small tarp vs just a large tarp. This combo blocks all wind, adds about 10F heat retention, and I just like a DIY experiment that meets my need so well.

    On a side note, I had a hammock seam start to come apart once while remote area camping, so for safety I used this as a Bivy on the ground. It worked as good as my Heavy/bulkie Goretex Bivy.
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