A month ago today I was hiking on the SC Foothills Trail. I had stopped for the night about 100 feet above the trail on the side of a hill. I set up my WBRR and fixed something to eat. I decided to climb into my hammock early and do some reading before going to sleep. I had been in it about one minute when I heard a snap and hit the ground. I slid about four feet down the hillside. No damage to me but my bug net had caught something in the head-end corner and the netting was torn loose from the zipper. There was a small tear in the netting.
It turned out that the one inch webbing had torn about 30 inches from the end. WBRR strap.jpg I used a sheet bend to join the two pieces of webbing together and it held just fine for the next three nights. I had used this hammock less than twenty times and never noticed any damage to the strap. I'll be checking my straps carefully when I hang now.
I contacted Warbonnet Outdoors and they had me send my hammock to them. They replaced both straps and repaired the bug netting at no cost. I offered to pay several times but they turned me down saying that it was covered under the warranty. I purchased my WBRR at least four years ago. I never expected them to repair it for nothing. My hat is off to Brandon and his crew. They really back up their product.
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