Hello all,
I just received my new Warbonnet XLC, Superfly tarp, winter top cover and UQ protector. I ordered it with whoopie slings to hang from. Got it all setup and have a few questions that I see partial answers or answers that I don't think are what i am looking for. So here goes I realize by this point in time of this forum that I am sure I am not having any issue that hasn't to some extent been talked about or discussed in some fashion. So please forgive me if you feel these have been answered elsewhere in the forums. I have spent a considerable amount of time searching reading and watching videos. I am sure that I may be making things more difficult than need be and should just go lollygag a bit and ponder the actual inquiry behind the Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything. Remember I am coming from a quick buy of an eno doublenest 3 nights out and whooo buddy I love this hammock life. So here goes. Thanks again for helping a noob out.
1. Since the XLC has a ridgeline how tight are you guys and gals pulling your tree straps? I get it the ridgeline should not be like a mandolin string but also not like a limp noodle. Is this really just a spend time laying in it and fixing it for myself? I also wonder does the 30 degree rule still maintain for a hammock with a ridgeline?
2. If I want to switch the direction of lay ex head left feet right to the other way around am I flipping the whole XLC hammock over then re zipping my bug net or top cover also flipped over or am I just flipping the top covering of choice so that I maintain my footbox? I haven't yet decided which way I want to lay.
3. What weight does amsteel 7/64th whoopie actually hold weight wise it seems like I can find no less than 6 different numbers. Totally confused on that part.
4. Those that have an XLC and or a superfly what has your life span been on them? With traveling on fires all summer I am planning to be out now less than 100 nights but could be out like this season as many as my new record of 152 nights in the field. Should I be thinking about buying another one now or soon with that in mind because I won't have a backup other than right now my ENO. What sage advice do you have for this conundrum?
5. So I have decided I like the tarp ridgeline to be all the way across and under my tarp. But depending on weather terrain etc once you decide the height to hang the tarp I am often seeing to be attaching to the tree lower than my tree straps for the hammock so has this posed any issue since as i sway in the wind or from movement and the two lines rub is this anything to really worry about? I feel like it isn't but I don't want to be the guy that gets dumped from a broken rubbed through line in the middle of the night as I hold sleep as precious time after working 16 hour days for 2 weeks straight. Am I just overthinking this issue?
I am headed out after posting this to rest my setup try a couple more things and then get to some serious lollygagging while I wait for the avalanche of advice and answers from you all. I will be prepared with my phone and my hangtime hook to read all the responses.
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