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    Senior Member Mescudi's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheXringHunt View Post
    That size would fit real nice. I am 5'8" and the 8ft is real comfy.

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    Thanks for answering...guess I'm gonna give the 8' the old college try

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    So I finally finished up and got to test hang my hammock yesterday! This thing is awesome! I followed the directions almost exactly and it came out great.

    Things I did differently: I added a few feet of 'window' under the zipper with some left over noseeum. This greatly improves visibility out of the hammock. I also just flat felled the bugnet to the hammock, no grosgrain here for me.

    I'm 5-10 on a good day and the 8' hammock has some room to spare. I will be sleeping in it this weekend on a 2 nighter. Bought my fiancé a Hennessy backpacker so I plan on one night in each for comparison. If she likes either I plan on returning the HH and making her a DIY one. I think I will make her a single layer version, anyone have experience or advice on this? Thanks to everyone for all the help! Here's a pic of the test hang:



    And here's a link to a few more pics:

    http://mokoloko.imgur.com/hammock

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    Last edited by MokoLoko; 05-21-2013 at 07:51. Reason: Dead link, thanks Macca!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MokoLoko View Post
    And here's a link to a few more pics:

    http://mokoloko.imgur.com/hammock

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    Dead link, fixed it in my quote

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    Any chance of a closeup of the extra noseeum?

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    Macca,
    I can get you a close up tonight. Traced where it is on my phone





    Moko

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    Quote Originally Posted by MokoLoko View Post
    So I finally finished up and got to test hang my hammock yesterday! This thing is awesome! I followed the directions almost exactly and it came out great.

    Things I did differently: I added a few feet of 'window' under the zipper with some left over noseeum. This greatly improves visibility out of the hammock. I also just flat felled the bugnet to the hammock, no grosgrain here for me.

    I'm 5-10 on a good day and the 8' hammock has some room to spare. I will be sleeping in it this weekend on a 2 nighter. Bought my fiancé a Hennessy backpacker so I plan on one night in each for comparison. If she likes either I plan on returning the HH and making her a DIY one. I think I will make her a single layer version, anyone have experience or advice on this? Thanks to everyone for all the help! Here's a pic of the test hang:

    And here's a link to a few more pics:

    http://mokoloko.imgur.com/hammock

    Moko
    Cool. I am real excited to see and hear of the sucess that DIY builders have had so far. I have been out of the loop for a while and kind of on the back burner. Been involved with my other hobby (Archery) trying to as much training to shoot in the Utah Summer Games this year. Anyway have fun with the Symibird hammock (as it has been nicknamed) I sure love mine and happy hanging all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MokoLoko View Post
    Macca,
    I can get you a close up tonight. Traced where it is on my phone





    Moko
    Looks great. Any better pics of the window? I'd like to see how you did that...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnSawyer View Post
    Looks great. Any better pics of the window? I'd like to see how you did that...

    John
    John looks like it was sewn into the strip between bugnet and zipper. I believe on the new XLC model this is all bugnet.
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    Jazilla got it right, sorry I didn't get pics last night. I should be able to tonight. Basically I replaced half of the 8" ripstop piece between the zipper and the hammock body. I flat felled all seams where bugnet is sewn to nylon. Expect pics in a few hours.

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    Just replaced the nylon highlighted in red with noseeum:



    Moko
    Last edited by MokoLoko; 05-22-2013 at 14:56. Reason: Darn autocorrect

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