Molly Mac Gear: MAHHA IX UQ

**MacEntyre** · 05-03-2010, 20:22

Originally Posted by BillyBob58

MacEntyre, how did you do that?

I live in a small town... post office is not far away.

I sure wish I could get all the other IX UQs out of here that fast! Hang in there, everybody! I'm getting it done!

- MacEntyre

**chiefams** · 05-03-2010, 20:34

Thats the beauty of cottage industries..

we are willing to wait for a great product!

**ikemouser** · 05-03-2010, 20:45

What is the protector? A weathershield?

**MacEntyre** · 05-03-2010, 21:07

Originally Posted by ikemouser

What is the protector? A weathershield?

2Q & ZQ make the 2QZQ UQ Protector, which is a silnylon UC, or weathershield. Is that what you are referring to?

What I'm thinking of making is a breathable, lightweight, nylon slip cover for an IX UQ.

**MedicineMan** · 05-03-2010, 22:08

what i'm using at the moment is my hammocksock provided by Unsponsored...it protects from splatter, adds another layer, and is my bugnet until providence provides a 1/3 bugnet or I get off the can and get an injector...

**ikemouser** · 05-04-2010, 08:15

im using a 7oz sil weather shield.

**tgreening** · 05-17-2010, 11:23

Just wondering if I'm moving up that List yet. I got a new hammock and I'm itching to add the IX to it and see how she fits.

**OldnSlow** · 05-25-2010, 21:34

I have one of the IX MAHHA UQs. I am not sure if I should place this between the two layers of the switchback, or place it underneath, like a true UQ? Thanks for your input.

John

**MacEntyre** · 05-25-2010, 21:51

Originally Posted by TGreening

Just wondering if I'm moving up that List yet. I got a new hammock and I'm itching to add the IX to it and see how she fits.

Yours will ship tomorrow morning!

Originally Posted by OldnSlow

I have one of the IX MAHHA UQs. I am not sure if I should place this between the two layers of the switchback, or place it underneath, like a true UQ?

It won't work well in between the layers, because it will be compressed. Hang it tight around the edges and loose underneath. It should only touch the hammock around the edges, along the black binding of the UQ.

**Albert Skye** · 08-08-2010, 14:03

Originally Posted by MacEntyre

I did wonder just how big to make the pleats... then I found out that since the tubes like to lay down, the size of the pleat is not critical at all! InsulTubes are what they are... a 1/2" pleat makes a baffle of about the same height as a 3/8" or a 1/4" pleat.

It would increase labour but I think performance would improve by using more narrower pleats rather than fewer wider ones (e.g., three 1/8" pleats spread over the space between two of the 3/8" pleats).

Alternatively, the layers could be separated with a replaceable air bladder (plastic bag), a little down, found materials (dry leaves/grass), by direct inflation (assuming airtight material and construction), &c.

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