Here's what I do:
1. Hang foot end around 6" higher than head end
2. Sleep partially on my side
3. (this one's the money for me) I use a modified version of the "w" whip found on
www.tothewoods.net on all my hammocks. This allows me to move the "ridge" (ie high point in the hammock) to where it gently hits me under my bad knee. It prevents any kind of hyperextension of my legs, and I sleep like a baby. To my knowledge, this is the method ole shugidy shug shug uses on his diy as well.
For number 3, it took many times of whipping to get it perfectly right. I know that most use a pillow to eleviate this issue, but I don't like more than just me and my quilt inside my little cloud.
When I purchaced my BIAS WWM, I also did this, and it is my daily sleeper. Even though Brian said that most leave them stock or end up selling, I couldn't fight the urge to make it my favorite hammock that it is today. It is definitely a hang your own hammock suggestion, but for those looking to save their knees, I do recommend this method. The only downside is it would take some great ingenuity to try this on an integrated net hammock without making it look totally wierd. I lose close to a foot of length using this but it makes up for it in comfort.
Thanks for starting this thread catavarie.
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