Just curious, I hear how descender rings help keep rain from running down to the hammock, but what do people do for the adjustable webbing suspension?
Just curious, I hear how descender rings help keep rain from running down to the hammock, but what do people do for the adjustable webbing suspension?
Not much help with the Answer Yukon but as a new WBBB with adjustable webbing suspension owner +1 on wanting to know some possible answers ...Originally Posted by Yukon
Owner of the same hammock here.
From what I understand people just setup a drip line at each end. Make sure that line is under the tarp so it's actually doing what you want
I tie the excess webbing in a slip knot right above the cinch buckles so that it creates a drip line. Haven't had a problem yet!
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0*C - 32*F, 10*C - 50*F, 20*C - 68*F, 30*C - 86*F
100g - 3.52oz, 500g - 17.63oz, 1kg - 2.2lbs, 16oz - 1lbs
10cm - 3.9", 1m - 3.28ft, 1km - 0.62mi
This is what I figured would work. With the new rings he provides be says that you don't have to tie a half-hitch anymore, but I figured it would help to still do it because of this reason.
I haven't had any issues just the way it is. Then again, I wasn't in a monsoon all night rain either. I would think the webbing loop there between the webbing and the hammock chord would drip, no?
This would be a quick easy fix if you run in to an issue - tie on 1-1.5" or so pieces of plastic coat hanger against the webbing right before the stitching on the loop by the hammock (on the bottom side of the webbing) for each side. Wrap several wraps of string to hold it and make sure you tie it off well so it doesn't unravel. A small piece of plastic coat hanger won't weigh hardly anything and you won't have to worry about an extra knot.
Or just put a twist in the line so the water drip off the bottom of the twist
I am still 18 but with 52 years of experience !
I wondered this too when I knew I was gonna have some "weather" a couple weeks ago. I had some CHEAP cotton "cord" (think neon green ghetto 550) from walmart in my pack, I took a 5-6" length, tied it off tightly to the support webbing inside the edge of the tarp, and watched the wicking commence! By the morning the "cord" was saturated and had been dripping, the downstream edge of the support strap was only damp an inch or so past the wick, and the gathered end was completely dry. Weight = nothing, a couple lengths are already in the hammock stuffsak just in case!
Now that I'm thinking about it, I may just tie a Uniknot (think noose) in each length and let em "live" attached to the webbing right at the buckle, then if I need em I can slide em up and tighten. Boom.
-Bill
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