Building on the success of the hammock that's sold the best, our Weight Weenie, we've launched the Weight Weenie Micro, a 6 ounce hammock that's 11 feet long, 52 inches wide and made of ripstop nylon. Weight capacity is 225 lbs.
It comes with continuous AmSteel channel loops and we're now adding a 9 foot non-adjustable Zing It ridge line with all our hammocks.
www.buttinasling.com/gear
Thanks for looking.
Forgot the photo...
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Wow 6oz ! I think I know my next hammock. Paired with a tulle bugnet/bugsock and you have a sub 9oz setup.
Very Nice!
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Thats awesome....where does one find this bug net.??Originally Posted by Tacky Hiker
Fronkey's got a great DIY video on here, or Papasmurf makes them.
Cheers
Not to knock a 6 oz hammock, but that figure surely does not include suspension to the trees or webbing at the trees.
The stated dimensions work out to be 5.3 square yards of material. 1.1 ripstop is a minimum of 1.1 oz / yd^2, can be higher owing to DWR coating if present. But 5.3 x 1.1 = at least 5.82 oz of material alone.
Not to knock a 6 oz. hammock ....
Grizz
(alias ProfessorHammock on youtube)
Griz: CORRECT! I did not mean to be misleading (or unclear)... This weight represents hammock, AmSteel channel loops, bag with paracord and a cordlock only.Not to knock a 6 oz hammock, but that figure surely does not include suspension to the trees or webbing at the trees.
The stated dimensions work out to be 5.3 square yards of material. 1.1 ripstop is a minimum of 1.1 oz / yd^2, can be higher owing to DWR coating if present. But 5.3 x 1.1 = at least 5.82 oz of material alone.
Not to knock a 6 oz. hammock ....
We have a breakdown of our recommended suspension weights at www.buttinasling.com/specs. We sell suspension separately since so many people have so many different preferences.
Our suspension system (2 straps, 1 inch x 72 inches, AmSteel whoopies, aluminum toggles) is 4.4 ounces (as deduced on our site by deducting out the weight of the red hammock, .72 pounds, from the weight of the whole package, .995 pounds) which comes to 4.4 oz. This brings the hammock and our suspension to 10.4 ounces (or 10.395 if you want to get technical). Of course, you can replace the continuous loops and larkshead in the whoopies to save a few grams, or you can skip the whoopies altogether and attach the toggles to the webbing and save weight there. Or leave the toggles and find a pair of sticks... But Griz is right and I appreciate his making the point that a clarification was in order.
Last edited by jbrianb; 03-14-2012 at 21:33.
no problem, I thought your statement was clear. The poster whose comment I quoted hadn't understood that though, so I thought I would just run the numbers.
A lightweight bridge hammock is very much on my mind these days....and in that obsession I am hyper-sensitive to total system weight. So this just jumped out at me.
good luck with your business!
Grizz
(alias ProfessorHammock on youtube)
I looked at a lot of design plans for a bridge hammock... some of them were yours. I plan to make one to enjoy (I've only read and heard great things about their comfort), but as you allude to, the knock is that they're heavy. A lightweight bridge could be a real game changer.
I understood the weights. I have a lot of hammock and use the same straps/toggles so I didnt add them in the weights.
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