Indoor Setup Question

[SleepingBeauty]

Hey Yall,

It's been a while, but I'm back again . After a split with my husband, I recently moved back in with my parents, and was sleeping on their couch. Until one night I was laying there, wishing I had somewhere other than the couch to sleep. Then, suddenly, I thought to myself, "Wait a minute here, dummy, you have a hammock!" So, after acquiring permission to put two big holes in my mother's walls, I was off to the hardware store. Picked me up a couple eye hooks.

I have an ENO DoubleNest with Whoopie Slings. Originally, I just hooked my carabiners to my Whoopies and then right on to the eye hooks, but I found that after a couple night's sleep they began to kind of catch and slip, and make this awful metal on metal scrapping/rubbing noise. That really bothered me. So I kept thinking I wish I could figure a way to just tie my Whoppies right onto the hooks safely and effectively. Then I remembered Shug's video on the Marlin Spike Hitch and it gave me an idea.

So I just ran my Atlas Straps through the eye hooks and used my carabiners as toggles. See below...

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I know the Marlin Spike Hitch is perfectly safe for camping trips and such, but is this going to be sustainable for daily use as I'm using my ENO as my permanent sleeping spot?

Or, should I try to find a way to keep my biners from rubbing directly on the hook somehow? Or maybe just get some regular strong hooks and just slip the loop of my Whoopies right over the hook?

Thanks

[DannyII]

What is the span between your eyebolts? I ask because if it isn't very long, I'm thinking you could just use the other end of your Atlas straps. Larkshead the final loop around the eyebolt and clip in the loops as usual.

I have eyebolts in my garage and I just made some 7/64 Amsteel continuous loops the right length and larksheaded them onto the eyebolts. I leave them hanging from the eyebolts and just clip into them.

[SleepingBeauty]

It's probably about 12' roughly. I didn't measure exactly, just made sure I had at least 10'. I might try that. It seemed to sleep ok last night, but my lay was a little off.

[DannyII]

Check the hammock calculator to see if you have the eyebolts at the correct height, and the suspension the correct length.

https://theultimatehang.com/hammock-hang-calculator/

[sqidmark]

I use 3/8" hooks in the house, but I'm only 150lbs or so. Just slip whatever I want on/off. Alternatively you could make some amsteel soft shackles. I like the celtic shackles, Tacblades has some good vids for those.

Improved Soft Shackle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0eZz36PRYI

Celtic Shackle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0SfPxJcACM

Another thing I like to do indoors, use a pair of heavier duty tiedowns from harbor freight. Not the big ugly ratcheting type. Hook one end through your eye bolt and the other to the hammock CL. No muss no fuss. This makes it super easy if you need to move the hammock out of the way during the day.

[DannyII]

I think these are the straps that Sqidmark was talking about: https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...harbor+freight. I saw that Walmart has something similar in in the hardware section for just under $5.

Connect them with the super easy to tie and untie Slippery Becket Hitch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7LZTHcNXs8

[sqidmark]

Actually I was thinking of motorcycle tie-downs, something like the link below. They have an S hook at each end with a cam lock buckle for adjustments. I couldn't find online the kind I bought at harbor freight.

I'm not vouching for this particular brand, it's what I was able to find quickly.
https://www.amazon.com/Erickson-3560...ckle+tie-downs

EDIT >
Ancra's are on the expensive side but they've held up a lot my motorcycles over the years. At least this shows exactly what I mean.
https://www.amazon.com/Ancra-40888-1.../dp/B000GU20OS

Here's some soft shackles:

[ryanawall]

I am on my second year hanging indoors nightly. I use my Atlas Straps "upside down" so to speak to eliminate the long empty run and simply clip in with a carabiner. It looks like it would work in your situation as well.

[SleepingBeauty]

I am on my second year hanging indoors nightly. I use my Atlas Straps "upside down" so to speak to eliminate the long empty run and simply clip in with a carabiner. It looks like it would work in your situation as well.

I didn't even think of that. Great idea.

@squidmark - Thanks. I'll have to try that out too.

[P-Dub]

Definitely check the hang calculator Danny linked in post # 4. It answers all!