I haven't read many (any?) posts about people ripping out the zippers on hammocks with integrated nets, so I'm wondering if there are any people 'out there' who have had this happen. I've been using them for a while and have not yet had it happen, except for once early on where I had a bad 'sit and miss' — where I totally destroyed the net, in fact — but that was totally my fault and a fluke which will not be soon repeated, hopefully.
There is at least one 'grey area' I can think of, which is sitting in the hammock with the zipper situated not quite far enough toward the hammock ends, which can put a lot of stress on the zipper without actually tearing anything. I've had that happen a few times with (knock wood!) no failures thus far.
So aside from fluke accidents like mine, have you had a zipper failure caused by 'normal wear and tear' and what you consider reasonable usage?
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