How do you know what kind of ripstop weight you are buying

**wisconsinwalter** · 03-18-2011, 15:59

From a Joann's or the like?

**Fronkey** · 03-18-2011, 16:02

Someone from here called up and found out (After much effort) that the ripstop from Joann's is 1.9 ripstop. I have and many others hammocks made out of the stuff there and it works fine.

Fronkey

**wisconsinwalter** · 03-18-2011, 16:22

Originally Posted by Fronkey

Someone from here called up and found out (After much effort) that the ripstop from Joann's is 1.9 ripstop. I have and many others hammocks made out of the stuff there and it works fine.

Fronkey

Sweet! If I am 250 with maybe 10 lbs of bag, should it be layered?

**Fronkey** · 03-18-2011, 16:25

Yeah, you should be fine. There's a dude on here who weighs 285 and he says it's been holding up quite well. You may have a little stretch, but, you would fall through it.

Fronkey

**wisconsinwalter** · 03-18-2011, 16:26

Originally Posted by Fronkey

Yeah, you should be fine. There's a dude on here who weighs 285 and he says it's been holding up quite well. You may have a little stretch, but, you would fall through it.

Fronkey

Thanks Fronkey

**lmoseley7** · 03-18-2011, 16:39

I make all my hammocks double layered so that I can place my pad between the layers. If you want to save on $ or weight, 1.9 would probably hold you up. From what I hear, 2 layers also helps to keep mosquitos from biting through to your back, but I haven't tested that yet.