whoopie slings love them or hate them.

[neo]

whoopie slings love them or hate them.last night was my 1st experience with.i dont see what is great about them.i will give them a few more ties before i throw them in the camp fire lolneo

[Hooch]

"You gotta be smarter than the horse to get it to do what you want it to." - My Pappaw

[neo]

"You gotta be smarter than the horse to get it to do what you want it to." - My Pappaw

the buckle and strap set up is way better,that s how all my hammocks are set up.i thought i would give the whoopie slings a try.so the whoopies are more limitedneo

[Woods Walker]

the buckle and strap set up is way better,that s how all my hammocks are set up.i thought i would give the whoopie slings a try.so the whoopies are more limitedneo

So can you tell me more about your buckle & strap setup... what buckles are you using & how do they attach to the hammock rope?

[Gary_R]

the buckle and strap set up is way better,that s how all my hammocks are set up.i thought i would give the whoopie slings a try.so the whoopies are more limitedneo

Same I have converted all mine over, and will continue to do so. I feel its easier, and its just a case of I trust a 1 inch strap more than a thin cord

[RootCause]

I'm giving the same answer I use when asked "whisky or beer?" Why limit yourself to just 1?

I have one hammock set up with whoopies (my personal), and my guest hammock with straps/rings. Best of both worlds!

[Tendertoe]

My .02 -

My view of the main limitation of whoopie slings (and the reason I switched back to webbing) are as others have mentioned - the distance between trees needs to be further apart than with webbing and buckles.

This can be overcome by attaching a continuous loop around the whipping of the hammmock and either using some type of hardware to attach the loop to the whoopie (Dutch biner or climbing-rated carabiner) or build the loop directly into the whoopie sling. If the distance is shorter than can be managed with the whoopie slings, one can use the continuous loop over the MSH and toggle.

The limitations of either of the two approaches above would be -
- if you add hardware you are adding weight and bulk (the two main reasons to use whoopies anyways IMHO).
- if you build the loops into the whoopie sling you now cannot remove the suspension if it gets wet.

A secondary limitation of whoopie slings is the somewhat complexity and multiple pieces to loose.


My view of the limitations of webbing and buckles are the bulk and weight addition over whoopie slings.

This is made up for IMHO by the fact that, as mentioned above, in order to get the same versatility as webbing and buckles you have to either add hardware to your whoopie slings (thereby nearly nullifying the weight differential) or loose the ability to remove your whoppie slings.

Others have cited getting sap on your webbing and that being a deterrent for using webbing and buckles. You can fully detach the webbing from your hammock and store separately if this happens.


In the end, HYOH.

My OH is with webbing and buckles

[HamMike]

I like them but have been seein an increase in buckle strap use. Folks that use buckle strap site more flexiblity in tree selection. It's easier to get a setup between two close trees with buckle strap than with whoopies. I'll prob be tryin some soon.

[neo]

I like them but have been seein an increase in buckle strap use. Folks that use buckle strap site more flexiblity in tree selection. It's easier to get a setup between two close trees with buckle strap than with whoopies. I'll prob be tryin some soon.

i have been using the buckle strap set up so long that is what i noticed also
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[pizza]

I use whoopies. I started out using webbing and buckles. Nothing wrong with webbing and buckles but whoopies are lighter and a bit less bulky for backpacking which is what I mostly do. If I just car camped I'd probably stick with webbing and buckles. Agreed on the tree spacing flexibility with webbing over whoopies too. Generally not an issue but it has happened where tree selection was an issue being too close together for whoopies. One thing I like better about whoopies over webbing is lack of stretch. I weigh about 200lbs and I have always experienced "some" noticeable stretch with webbing. I may have to try my webbing/buckles again for the heck of it since I haven't used it in a couple years.