Yesterday I received my Dutch Chameleon Wide in 1.7 NylonD that I ordered during Dutch's Black Friday sale, so today I headed out to my "hammock laboratory" to set it up. I thought I would post pics on my setup process and talk a little about the hammock.
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I chose a span exactly 15 feet wide (I measured), here is my initial set. I attached the foot end around 1.5 feet above my head and the head end around a foot over, I'm 6'1", 210 lbs. I center and guess on the right hight, when sitting in the hammock, I like my calves to be level with the ground. I don't give a crap about the angle of the straps, the height that the straps need to be on the tree and all that other formula BS.
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Next I look at the ridgeline. This looks just about right, it's not too tight nor too loose. Note that I swapped out the Dutch gray ridgeline for bright yellow one.
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Inside the hammock, the ridgeline tightened up nicely.
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However, you don't want the ridgeline to be too tight. you should be able to bend in between your fingers, like I can here. That's it, done. My first setup took, at most, five minutes.
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I wanted to try a wide hammock due to the fact that, although I get a comfortable lay with a standard width, it causes pressure on my feet that, after a day of hiking, can cause discomfort through the night. If you look at the pic above, my feet are barely touching the end of the hammock, no pressure whatsoever. I think this is gonna work!
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