This is driving me nuts...
I think I have a pretty good understanding of hang angle, sag and distances between trees. I prefer the sit height on my 11 foot HG hammock to be a little higher off the ground than 12-18 inches. I'm 6'2" and don't want to have stand up from a squat. I also don't like the UQ hitting the ground with my 210 lb carcass in the hammock. So I either move the tree straps up or adjust the suspension, or a little of both to get to 30 degrees and an SRL that's nice and flexible (not pulled straight between the trees) before I sit in it.
Running this through the Hang Calculator for 15 foot trees, which I was using this afternoon, the tree straps should be 82 inches off the ground which is consistent with what I do, I reach over my head a bit.
I've seen two videos, one is Shug's and another I think is on the DH site, where people lay in the hammock and they can reach up and bend the SRL into a right angle to demonstrate that it still has some flex to it. That's not been my experience. I can get it to bend a little but not as dramatically as these videos. Is this even meaningful from a practical standpoint (as in not worth worrying about) or am I doing something fundamentally wrong?
Hammock performs fine otherwise!
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