Best way to lighten up a HH

[dhock83]

I have a stock explorer with a hex fly and was wondering what the single best thing I can do to lighten up my load.

[Cali]

Change the suspension to Whoopies.

[Owl]

Change the suspension to Whoopies.

+1 Agreed with this! You can also choose to go with thinner/lighter tree straps when you make this change.

Now me personally...I love the HH hex tarp. But, for some it's a heavy critter. So your next possible solution would be to go with a lighter and/or smaller tarp. Something done from silnylon or even cuben if you can afford them.

But cheapest/easiest first step would be to modify your suspension system.

[psilokan]

+1 Agreed with this! You can also choose to go with thinner/lighter tree straps when you make this change.

Now me personally...I love the HH hex tarp. But, for some it's a heavy critter. So your next possible solution would be to go with a lighter and/or smaller tarp. Something done from silnylon or even cuben if you can afford them.

But cheapest/easiest first step would be to modify your suspension system.

+1 on all this. Already upgraded to whoopie slings on mine and am thinking of ditching the hex tarp, though I love the design of it the pack size and weight are just too much for me. Plus I already have a Siltarp II that packs down to 1/3 of the size. I also gave up on the snakeskins, despite how neat they are I actually found they made it so the hammock took up double the space in my pack vs just stuffing it all into a stuff sack. Those were only silnylon so weight savings is negligable but the pack space is always a big issue for me.

[zukiguy]

Hmmm....sell it and get an explorer UL??

[Rosaleen]

Ditto to what others are saying. For your lightest option, use the smallest hammock rated to your size/weight/preferences, as well as the lightest fly. I lean towards a Hyperlight for myself with a 20 denier silnylon fly. Next choice has been the Asym Backpacker with the fly borrowed from the Hyperlight. Switching the suspension to Whoopies will shave a bit more weight, but void the warranty, so I'd wait at least a year to do that.

[nothermark]

has anybody weighed the rope? I'm curious about how much weight would really be saved moving to whoopies.

[uncle_ray_ray]

has anybody weighed the rope? I'm curious about how much weight would really be saved moving to whoopies.

You'll save around four oz. it adds up.

[lorddan01]

has anybody weighed the rope? I'm curious about how much weight would really be saved moving to whoopies.

The rope weighs about 84 grams each so 168G for both sides

[survive7713]

although cuben fiber is expensive it is impossible to destroy it by UV waves. each tread can hold almost a 100lbs.