First off I want to say thank you to the members of this community who have offered their knowledge and experience to the forum. I know lots of people have benefitted from this and I have as well. I have been doing research and trying to determine how I wanted to go about constructing my new toys for quite a while and this resource has been invaluable.
I have been hammock camping for a few years using an Eno DN with their envelope bug net and the Dry Fly. These have worked well for me but I have really wanted to make something here lately and this has filled that need. It has also allowed me to shave some additional weight off my pack. Enough about me, on to the goods and photos.
The hammock design is based on Xtrekkers model and is 10'6" x 58". Body material is Argon 1.6 and the triangles are 1.1 sil. Suspension attachment / gathering is very similar to Xtrekker's although I used continuous loops in Amsteel so I can utilize whoopie slings with the sweet Whoopie Hooks from Dutch. Ridgeline is a UCR in dynaglide. Other difference from the Xtrekker model is I went ahead and permanently attached the bug net because I use it year round. It is stowable under the triangle if needed. Final weight of the hammock is 15oz.
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Suspension and contrasting triangles.
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Contrasting color Bishop bag.
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Dream Hammock style ridgeline organizer.
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Zipper and bug net details.
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Tarp added with NoSeeUm snake skins. The tarp is a combination of the DIY Gear design and several others I have seen here. I ended up making it a little narrower to save some weight. The material is 1.1 sil in olive yellow from Rip Stop by the Roll. I originally saw this on Poca's winter tarp and loved the color. I made the pattern in CAD and will add it to the thread once I grab it off my computer at work. Also need to take it in and get a final weight for the tarp but I am guessing it will be ~20oz.
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Double ended stuff stack for tarp.
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Integrated storage for guy lines and stake. Got the Ti D rings and Ti stakes from Dutch as well. I am quite addicted to his stuff.
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Normal Mode
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Porch Mode
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A little Dutch bling for the tarp ridgeline.
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Guy lines are self tensioning UCR's. Can't remember the thread but most of the inspiration for these came from here as well.
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Ridgeline attachment.
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I wanted to use a fairly deep cat cut on the tarp so that called for a really small hem. I practiced quite a bit with a 3mm hemmer foot and once I got the hang of it I really like the results that it gave. Now that I have the hang of it, I use it all the time.
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Pole attachment for porch mode.
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