i finally made the change to ring buckle system

**slowhike** · 09-23-2007, 15:48

yep nylon stretches so much that you may need to get out of the hammock several times through the night to re-tighten it in order not to scrub the earth.

**alex30808** · 09-23-2007, 15:52

I am going to order some of that poly webbing...just to make sure I am using the right thing.

**FanaticFringer** · 09-23-2007, 15:53

Originally Posted by alex30808

I am going to order some of that poly webbing...just to make sure I am using the right thing.

Plus it will look alot better than that red webbing.

**alex30808** · 09-23-2007, 15:55

Hey...ya gota give a brother a break!!! I am so new to this stuff I was just thinking..."WEBBING...ohh Ohh OHH!!! I gota have some!!!"...so I bought it!! LOL...I was hoping for black...but red was all they had!!!

**neo** · 09-23-2007, 18:10

Originally Posted by slowhike

yep nylon stretches so much that you may need to get out of the hammock several times through the night to re-tighten it in order not to scrub the earth.

i use 1 inch webbing that climbers use a little heavier but less stretching

neo

**Hooch** · 09-24-2007, 06:56

Originally Posted by slowhike

ynylon stretches so much that you may need to get out of the hammock several times through the night to re-tighten it in order not to scrub the earth.

Been there, done that with the ENO SlapStraps. They call them that 'cause you slap yourself after you find something a lot better that doesn't stretch so bad. I switched to ring buckles and have never looked back. I do have a set of cinch buckles that were generously donated to me (Thanks again, Grizz) that I want to try out when I can.

**BillyBob58** · 09-24-2007, 08:10

Originally Posted by Hooch

Been there, done that with the ENO SlapStraps. They call them that 'cause you slap yourself after you find something a lot better that doesn't stretch so bad. I switched to ring buckles and have never looked back. I do have a set of cinch buckles that were generously donated to me (Thanks again, Grizz) that I want to try out when I can.

My friend Tom gently hit the ground due to slippage on his ring buckle system. The first night in the Olympics, he could not stop it from slipping ( he had not had trouble at home and was surprised). I told him about the half hitch ( I think it was half hitch) addition I read about here. That worked and he was good that first night and the following nights. But during an afternoon nap, he somewhat slowly hit the ground. He had just made some kind of adjustment and apparently did something wrong with his "no slip knot", or something, I'm not sure exactly what. He had no more trouble after that incident.

FWIW, I have had zero slippage with my cinch buckle.

**FanaticFringer** · 09-24-2007, 08:22

Originally Posted by BillyBob58

My friend Tom gently hit the ground due to slippage on his ring buckle system. The first night in the Olympics, he could not stop it from slipping ( he had not had trouble at home and was surprised). I told him about the half hitch ( I think it was half hitch) addition I read about here. That worked and he was good that first night and the following nights. But during an afternoon nap, he somewhat slowly hit the ground. He had just made some kind of adjustment and apparently did something wrong with his "no slip knot", or something, I'm not sure exactly what. He had no more trouble after that incident.

FWIW, I have had zero slippage with my cinch buckle.

To me that's probably the best reason why I favor the cinch buckles. Someone else posted awhile back about having to rely on a knot at the rings and not just the rings themselves. The piece of mind of not having to tie a knot puts the cinch buckles in the lead IMO.
That being said, I've had no slippage when I used a knot at the rings.

**neo** · 09-24-2007, 09:59

half hitch works great for me.but i use a high quality webbing rock climbers use.may be he should try a double half hitch

neo

**whitefoot_hp** · 09-24-2007, 11:55

Originally Posted by Hooch

Been there, done that with the ENO SlapStraps. They call them that 'cause you slap yourself after you find something a lot better that doesn't stretch so bad. I switched to ring buckles and have never looked back. I do have a set of cinch buckles that were generously donated to me (Thanks again, Grizz) that I want to try out when I can.

my friend and i slept in eno's hung with slap straps for most of the summer and we never noticed a considerable amount of slippage.