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Thats why I always hate those kinds of analogies - they assume a type of superiority, not just a difference of purpose. To me personally, a Lexus is a piece of crap, overpriced and sold to people...

I explicitly said "we have strayed off topic", admitting that I contributed to it, and trying to steer it back in the direction of the original purpose of the thread.

Ok, even if the only claims they made were relevant to fabric stretch and mosquito bites, how is it not hypocrisy?

If Clark can make claims based solely on intuition about the fabric weight used...

So I, as a user, have no business discussing Clark's hammocks because I don't own them, yet Clark, as a manufacturer with a financial stake in it, is absolutely justified to imply that competitors'...

You can have information on something without having first-hand experience.

If someone asks me whether a typical Gregory pack from REI is a good ultralight backpack, I can, without hesitation,...

This is just plain ridiculous IMHO - for one, people can own a hammock and then get rid of it, for two, people can extrapolate from previous experience with similar setups, and for three, some people...

This is the real crux of it - regardless of whether 1.1 is theoretically more likely to wear out or fail, how many times has it happened? How many failures have been the result of the fabric's...

Your point is well taken, but marketing can be done with a spin, or it can be done in a way that it states absolutes. The same statements, worded somewhat differently, on Clark's website, would be...

There are way too many variables at work to make definitive claims about the superiority of one fabric over another. Weave, layers, calendaring, etc will all make a difference.

Unless they have...