my DIY M50 Hammock - the "M 5-oh"
I made a hammock out of Momentum 50 fabric from thru hiker. This stuff looks and feels super fragile...but its light so I had to make a hammock out of it!!! I weigh 175 lbs dressed and I am 5'10". So I started out with 114" of fabric and hemmed the ends and the sides. It turned out to be 110" long once I gathered the ends.
I am calling the ol hammock "M-5-oh" ....haha like Hawaii 5-0 Because this thing feels oooohhhhh so nice when you lay in it. Like I can't even describe how awesome it is. It really does not stretch a ton...nothing more than most hammocks do. But it feels really really soft. Like the inside of your down quilt soft.
Here is the 5-oh hangin for the first time
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I could not wait to jump in it...so I actually slept in it the first night...hahah. After a full nights sleep, and I wiggled around in it a ton trying to get it to break and nothing. Just more amazing comfort.
Here is a pic of me laying in it
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I whipped the ends Knotty style. I used tech line from DIY gear supply to tie them together. I also used that to make the ridge line. The stuff weighs nothing and seems to be very strong. I used my amsteel whoopies for the suspension. It just does not get much easier than that. I did double stitch the ends...really I am not sure it would matter. But I did. You can kinda see the stitching in the pic. The thread is red. You can kinda get the idea of how small that knot is comparing it to my thumb.
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The 5-oh weighs hardly anything and I am pretty sure i could just put it in my front pocket if I wanted to. The garbage bag analogy holds true, except you can sleep in it :)
So I threw it on the scale, this is with ridge line and whoopies.
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I think my tree straps and toggles weigh another 3oz so total setup would be just over 8oz. That is freaking light!!!!
