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    Hammock for kids!?

    Hey, OK my 7 year old is ready for her first overnighter. She also wants to hammock like dad. She is 54 inches tall, weighs about 70 pounds. Can I get by with 1.1 or should I go ahead and get her 1.9 for her hammock? I want her to be able to use it more than once of course. I really would like to get a few years use out of it. At 54 inches tall, and potentially 64 or 66 in the next three years at the rate she's growing, I am thinking of going about 9 feet long before whipping. Any other input would be appreciated. Thanks!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by john30563 View Post
    Hey, OK my 7 year old is ready for her first overnighter. She also wants to hammock like dad. She is 54 inches tall, weighs about 70 pounds. Can I get by with 1.1 or should I go ahead and get her 1.9 for her hammock? I want her to be able to use it more than once of course. I really would like to get a few years use out of it. At 54 inches tall, and potentially 64 or 66 in the next three years at the rate she's growing, I am thinking of going about 9 feet long before whipping. Any other input would be appreciated. Thanks!!
    get her an ebay jungle hammock,here is a pick of my youngest son in his last weekend neo

    http://cgi.ebay.com/TRAVEL-CAMPING-H...742.m153.l1262

    http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...age.php?i=2996

    http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...r&imageuser=11
    the matrix has you

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    Hi There
    My daughter was nine when I made her first hammock, I just made it about a foot longer then her at each end or two foot longer than her total height.

    She is now ten and quickly out grew that first one and so I bought her a full size adult one now which she will have for years and with the weight of it still not very heavy to carry.

    The first one I made out of some very cheap, but very bright material and she loved it. Good luck with it.
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    Oh yeah, that would be perfect............except for the color. I have a female on my hands here. She is very picky. And she is dead set on a "purple" hammock. And being the accommodating dad I am, I told her I thought that was perfectly doable. She would possibly even back out on the trip over the color. I have already had to buy a pink/purple sleeping bag!

    Might pick up one of those jungle hammocks for my 6 year old son though. That would be right up his alley!! Thanks!!

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    Interesting topic, I have been contemplating making one for my almost 4 year old daughter. At this stage, I think I need stronger fabric for her than for myself. She sometimes goes crazy and rolls around and does flips like you wouldn't believe possible in a hammock. And of course all the while wearing her shoes with the metal buckles that are sure to tear the hammock eventually.

    Weight-wise, I wouldn't be concerned about 1.1oz fabric. But for some reason I feel like 1.1 might not be tear resistant enough to stand up to the abuse of a little kid. Maybe at 7 they are wiser and that's no longer a concern (please, tell me it is so!).

    Anyway, great that you get to spend some time with your daughter in the woods. I hope you have a great trip and that many more will follow after the first one.

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    You could always get her a http://www.thetreepeecompany.com/.

    I wonder what it costs in USD?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lori View Post
    You could always get her a http://www.thetreepeecompany.com/.

    I wonder what it costs in USD?
    Good lord, what does it weigh???

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    I don't know if Hennessy still has them, but i bought my daughter a purple Ultralight backpacker with yellow trim and a bright blue fly. You'll have to call or email them and ask for their clearance list. If you do manage to grab one (and it is a full size model suitable for an adult) you may be surprised, as I was, to find that it weighed less than the more expensive (but more subdued) hyperlight.

    My daughter loves her hammock. She's just about seven.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FreeTheWeasel View Post
    I don't know if Hennessy still has them, but i bought my daughter a purple Ultralight backpacker with yellow trim and a bright blue fly. You'll have to call or email them and ask for their clearance list. If you do manage to grab one (and it is a full size model suitable for an adult) you may be surprised, as I was, to find that it weighed less than the more expensive (but more subdued) hyperlight.

    My daughter loves her hammock. She's just about seven.

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    Last year I made my oldest daughter a purple DIY hammock. She got to use it for the first time at MAHHA and really liked it. Purple must be a popular color!

    Oh, I think it was around 9' long, and made with 1.9 oz. ripstop nylon.


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    Purple is good, my very first diy hammock for myself was made from purple ripstop. have been using it for months.
    Here is a photo of it set up on my back porch after one of the first nights I spent in it.
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