Hopefully a report in late September
"Excellent. looking forward to a report."
BillyBob, if I forget to do this by the third week of September or so, PM me and I'll write something up. After I get back from a more relaxed backpack trip with wife and friends, I plan a somewhat more "push the limits" solo hike with the hammock for about 10 days in early September. After more than a week of use, I should have at least some tentative conclusions on this thing !
Brian Lewis
well you asked...twice....
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BillyBob58
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I'm still liking my nylon cleat, though I think the cinch buckle is a little quicker/smoother for getting things well tightened.
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I will, before hitting the sack for the night, put an extra hitch or knot from the cleat around the biner or webbing. Which, It seems to me, will at least significantly slow my speed to ground if the cleat breaks in half, once the few inches of slack is taken up. And maybe even totally prevent a fall. But I can't get anybody to give an opinion on this on the thread I started.
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my opinion is that the extra knots at the biner will be just fine. There's really no reason not to do this. It can't hurt, in the sense that it could keep your butt off the ground if the cleat gives way.
Whether it will keep you aloft if the cleat fails is a different question. Climbers use nylon rope and webbing because there is stretch if subjected to a drop, to reduce the shock of the drop. We shy away from stretch in our hammock suspension ropes. So if the loaded hammock end is suddenly dropped a few inches, the non-stretching rope delivers a shock to the knot holding the rope to hammock body, and to the hammock body itself. Do they hold up or not? They aren't designed for drops.
Hope you never have to find out!
Grizz