Just wrapped up my first backpacking trip with my DIY Aerial, bugnet, and tarp.
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Tarp is a the hex 12 kit from Ripstop by the Roll and (Membrane silpoly). It is 12x 10 and just over a pound with all the cordage. I got sucked in by an unbeatable price for 2nds quality (=1 inch along one edge of 8 yds was a little funny) price. It is really light but I wonder how it will hold up. It was my first tarp and I found the fabric was pretty nice to sew.
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Hammock is is pretty much straight out of Grizz's videos but I made the spreader bars 1 inch longer and I made the amsteel end triangles a bit longer per recommendations from JustBill in another thread. Fabric is Hexon 1.6 from Dutch. Learned my cheap sewing machine is lousy at buttonholes but made it work and after a couple of nights sleeping in it everything looks good. I have a couple gathered end and an REI air bridge but this is by far the most comfortable hammock I have. I use a z-lite pad for insulation.
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Bugnet took some cues from Grizz's Trickin out the Aerial video but I made it full length. sewing all the little magnet pockets and figuring out a way to secure it around the spreader bars (and cover the tips to protect the tarp) took longer than the hammock and tarp combined. It works pretty well but I might stick with a simpler version next time.
All in all, I am super happy with how it turned out. Besides Grizz and JustBill, I gleaned tons of great info from many here. Thanks to all.
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