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    My DIY Pad Extender and 1st Hang

    I just discovered the fun of hammocks and finally got my Hennessy Expedition Asym strung up in the garage. I've been doing a bunch of reading in the forums about how cold it gets from underneath so i decided to make a DIY pad extender. I plan on getting an UQ but this will have to do until I get some more money.

    I hung my Hennessy Expedition Asym in the garage to test everything out





    I found some ripstop nylon at JoAnn's and I had a bunch of old blue pads of varying thicknesses. I never use them since I got my thermarest so I decided to cut them up and make this thing.

    After wrangling with the sewing machine, trying to thread the **** thing I gave up until my wife came home. She set everything up for me but I did all the sewing myself.


    I put a full sized sheet of 1/4 inch pad in it then layed a 3/4 length 1/2" Ridgerest pad from the shoulders to just below my butt. I cut up a 3/8" blue pad for the "Wings" and sewed it. I needed to leave both ends open just to get the pads in, since it's pretty tight but it works great. I can also take out the Ridgerest and slide in my Thermarest Classic inflatable mattress too for the really cold nights.



    I was a little worried that the ripstop would be too slippery and it'd slide around once in the hammock but when I tried it out I was surprised to find out that it stayed right under me once I found the sweet spot.



    It was 43 degrees in the garage so I thought I'd test it out. I draped a down throw quilt just to test it out and tucked in around my legs to see if it would work. ****, this thing is cozy. Within minutes I felt the warmth on my back and I drifted off to sleep for a quick nap.



    This might actually work. Thanks to all the folks at Hammock Forums for giving me all these great ideas. I haven't slept in it overnight yet but I excited about trying it out.

    Maybe my days of sleeping on the ground under a tarp are over. Check out my audio podcast of some of my trips

    www.anthonysaudiojournal.com

    Last edited by anthonysaudiojournal; 04-30-2010 at 12:28.

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    Nice job!!!!!

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    That's a huge hammock
    Ambulo tua ambulo.

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    That'll do ya' real good!
    Nice job.
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    Whooooo Buddy)))) All Secure in Sector Seven

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    Awesome. All this DIY stuff is addictive!


    "Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities."
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