Another, and possibly the prime, knock on webbing/buckles is bulk. There's no way around it...it's high volume stuff, and like fleece, only the user can make the call as to whether it's pros outweigh the cons. Whoopies, by comparison, are miniscule.
Another, and possibly the prime, knock on webbing/buckles is bulk. There's no way around it...it's high volume stuff, and like fleece, only the user can make the call as to whether it's pros outweigh the cons. Whoopies, by comparison, are miniscule.
Dave
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."~~~May Sarton
Aha. So I should have a loop only on one side of the webbing, and replace the hammock webbing with string, in order to use that.
I found the design for that buckle on a Swedish hammock site, and your filenames are in Swedish too, coincidence?
Really simple----------cut the webbing off the speer---------then larkspur the whoopie over the speer knot---------works great, super easy to adjust, and light weight!
FYI: If you want to know what type a certain bear is, sneak up behind it and kick it. Then,
run like crazy and climb up a tree. If the bear climbs the tree and eats you, it's a black
bear. If the bear just pushes the tree over and eats you, it's a grizzly bear : )
Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either, just leave me alone.
--unknown
If I hang the hammock directly in the whoopies, then how do I adjust the length?
A whoopie has two ends---one end is a fixed loop (locked brummel) and the other end is the adjustable loop. What you do is take the fixed loop and tie it around the speer knot as a larkspur (really easy, takes about 2 seconds) then the adjustable loop is attatched to your tree strap using a toggle and marlin spike hitch. There are other ways to go about it, but in my opinion this way is super simple and really easy to adjust! (if you have a copy of the book "the ultimate hang" he gives great illustrations how all this stuff works----its a great book---I highly recommend it!)
FYI: If you want to know what type a certain bear is, sneak up behind it and kick it. Then,
run like crazy and climb up a tree. If the bear climbs the tree and eats you, it's a black
bear. If the bear just pushes the tree over and eats you, it's a grizzly bear : )
Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either, just leave me alone.
--unknown
Oh, what you're describing is the method my wife uses for her BIAS weight weenie - very convenient indeed, I always think I should be doing that too!
It seems like I was confused about what a whoopie sling actually is, I don't own any and am not sure where to get them here...
But, I could probably just take ordinary strong cord and larkspur + make an adjustable loop at the hammock end, and at the other and use an adjustable loop either with the marlinspike hitch, or the above mentioned buckle I already have. It's pretty much the same thing.
Thanks for the explanation!
Guys...larkspur is a flower, larks head is a knot.
Dave
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."~~~May Sarton
I had never heard this before but if you google "larkspur knot", it looks like this name is used...
The weight isn't much, but as oldgringo pointed out, the bulk is much greater with straps. I get around this by using them as part of my cinch system for my pack, but up until recently when I had the brainstorm for that, they were a pain to pack.
I used the JRB Tri-Glides for over a year, right up 'till last month. They work well and are easy to set up under normal conditions. One caveat, though: I wouldn't want to try and set them up wearing gloves. Threading the Tri-Glide would be a pain if I couldn't feel what I was doing easily.
Other than that, I can't say enough good things about the system: it's robust, lightweight compared to a cinch buckle system, and intuitively simple to use.
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