Super Shelter knockoff/diy?

[JDShearer]

I've done a bit of searching about open cell foam bottom insulation and haven't come up with too much. Has anyone made their own version of a SS? I'm thinking of ways to use open cell egg crate foam (or something similar) as bottom insulation for my DIY hammock. Yes, I know it's bulky, but it's also a lot lighter than my current carpet padding solution. I haven't found too much on anyone else using open cell other than the actual Super Shelters.

[Ramblinrev]

I've done a bit of searching about open cell foam bottom insulation and haven't come up with too much. Has anyone made their own version of a SS? I'm thinking of ways to use open cell egg crate foam (or something similar) as bottom insulation for my DIY hammock. Yes, I know it's bulky, but it's also a lot lighter than my current carpet padding solution. I haven't found too much on anyone else using open cell other than the actual Super Shelters.

IMO there is good reason for not finding much on open cell foam. It don't work very well _except_ in the super Shelter. I think that's one reason some people are so hesitant about the SS. But it works well. Very well in fact. As far as making your own... I've tried a few times to knockoff the Super Shelter and have had absolutely no success. The undercover is a very non-intuitive design, I think it could be duplicated only by taking one apart, which I am totally unwilling to do with mine. YMMV

[Dutch]

2Q has been working in his secret underground labratory to develope a double bottom mod for the HH. It must be tough b/c we haven't seen him as of late. One day I expect to see him come out with rays of light coming from heaven shining on his heavily modded HH.

[BillyBob58]

IMO there is good reason for not finding much on open cell foam. It don't work very well _except_ in the super Shelter. I think that's one reason some people are so hesitant about the SS. But it works well. Very well in fact. As far as making your own... I've tried a few times to knockoff the Super Shelter and have had absolutely no success. The undercover is a very non-intuitive design, I think it could be duplicated only by taking one apart, which I am totally unwilling to do with mine. YMMV

Plus, the HH OCF is molded to a shape that helps it work better than it otherwise would. It might be tough to pull that off DIY.

[G.L.P.]

Plus, the HH OCF is molded to a shape that helps it work better than it otherwise would. It might be tough to pull that off DIY.

i agree BB58...i think thats why we don't see anyone with a DIY SS

i think his best bet is a DIY Speer SPE...or break down and make a quilt...

[2Trees]

Here's a custom HH SS I made that really pushes some sub-zero temps...

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=6555

[G.L.P.]

Here's a custom HH SS I made that really pushes some sub-zero temps...

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=6555

thats a nice setup...but i see a problem...what do you do if there is a foot of snow on the ground and everything is wet?

[MacEntyre]

I recommend using one of these!

Add a DIY Undercover and you have a Supershelter!



- MacEntyre

[JDShearer]

Just to clarify, I don't have an HH, and I'm not looking to spend much money. I'm just considering using OCF somehow suspended beneath the hammock as my bottom insulation and wondering if anyone's done it outside of the SS. I can buy the OCF for about the same price as CCF and figured the OCF might be a more comfortable option if I can get it to work. I'm leery of dropping some cash for IX because of the need for good fit to get to low temps (I'd like to get to single digits).

[MacEntyre]

...leery of ...IX because of the need for good fit to get to low temps.

OCF has the same issue with fit. It won't gather, so you have to shape it somehow.