Hammocking Hack: Becket Hitch

[Bikecop]

+1 on becket. you can adjust right up to the loop on the hammock. never slips. to adjust, yank the end, pull up to desired adjustment, retie in 1-2 seconds. becket rules!!

[Uphill]

Would a kevlar strap work with the becket hitch? I've read that amsteel on amsteel can slip.

[Wanderlost]

Would a kevlar strap work with the becket hitch? I've read that amsteel on amsteel can slip.

I've had no issues with either the 3.3 or 2.2 versions. The 2.2 can get to be a bit tight, but a quick yank still frees it easily.

[keever86]

I've never seen that. Did you just come up with it or find it somewhere? Is there a name? (It's got to have an acronym to be official, you know... WS, CL, CRL, MSH etc)

That's interesting. I'll have to try that out. Thanks for sharing it.

As far as solving a short hang situation, if you did apply continuous loops to your hammock ends, you could basically apply the same method to your CL's that you do to you're WS's as shown in your picture. Have you run across that problem frequently?

FWIW For an individual hang I don't use any hardware either. I've even eliminated the toggle from the equation by tying a trucker-type hitch instead of an MSH. (Video here if interested) It's worked well for me. I do use Dutch Double Whoopie Hooks and spreader bar when hanging in tandem with my wife, though.

I guess I just came up with it. I spent quite a while just looking around here before I had a hammock, and I decided very soon that I wanted to go hardware free. This seemed like the simplest way I could think of. But unfortunately I don't have a name or acronym for it.

I'll check out your video. I'm pretty new with all this still, so I'm sure I'll learn from it. Since I'm new, I haven't run across short hang spots too often, though there have been one or two times I've just about had my whoopies bottomed out.

[geneaut]

+1 on the becket hitch. I have mule tape larksheaded to my hammocks and tie the muletape to my tree straps using the becket.

[MrJames]

Would a kevlar strap work with the becket hitch? I've read that amsteel on amsteel can slip.[/QUOTE]

Here you go. Cannot get any simpler than this. No biners, toggles, whoopies, soft shackles, or metal doodads -- nothing but two webbing pieces for a complete, go-anywhere suspension. Adjustable for trees close or far apart. Peace of mind, too simple to screw up. What more is there?

Two 3.3 Kevlar straps, 15 feet each. Loop is on one end only. Use the plain webbing end and tie the Becket hitch to the hammock closed loop. Add a second overhand knot with the loop for extra insurance if you wish.

Complete suspension for just about anywhere (before they got dirty)

MrJames 2016 KEVLAR 3.3 complete suspension.jpg

Could you go lighter with Dynaglide or something else? Probably some grams. But unless you're a thru-hiker doing thousands of miles, would you notice?

[bowl-maker]

You know, I've always thought it would be nice to have a fixed loop at either end of the bury to assist in adjusting the whoopie sling. I wonder if we couldn't make our whoopies with two fixed loops at the hammock end, for attaching to when there's not enough room for the adjustable loop.

[geneaut]

Would a kevlar strap work with the becket hitch? I've read that amsteel on amsteel can slip.

Here you go. Cannot get any simpler than this. No biners, toggles, whoopies, soft shackles, or metal doodads -- nothing but two webbing pieces for a complete, go-anywhere suspension. Adjustable for trees close or far apart. Peace of mind, too simple to screw up. What more is there?

Two 3.3 Kevlar straps, 15 feet each. Loop is on one end only. Use the plain webbing end and tie the Becket hitch to the hammock closed loop. Add a second overhand knot with the loop for extra insurance if you wish.

Complete suspension for just about anywhere (before they got dirty)

MrJames 2016 KEVLAR 3.3 complete suspension.jpg

Could you go lighter with Dynaglide or something else? Probably some grams. But unless you're a thru-hiker doing thousands of miles, would you notice?[/QUOTE]

That is a great setup. I might bite the bullet and go full on kevlar.

[DuctTapeMessiah]

I'm a big fan of straps with Muletape. Just be aware that when you set the Becket hitch that you do so by pulling the continuous loop. If you try and set the hitch by pulling the standing end of the Muletape it will appear to be hitched but it will slip. The result will be slipping under pressure and the Amsteel will damage the Muletape.

AntiGravity Gear did send me replacement Muletape suspension at no charge even though the problem was user error.

Hope this helps some one.

[Johnny Gunz]

Thanks for the warning! I haven't had an issue...yet I'll watch for that one now!