I hope the design works well for you. I am glad to share. Sorry for the extra trip to Hobby Lobby! I have used snaps for some parts of my setup such as my top cap on the TED bugnet, but you are right, I would not want to try to match them all up in the dark at 3 am! Those little magnetic buggers find each other really well. My daughter likes to get in it and have me seal her up like a banana in its skin! I'm a little too wide to pull that off. The magnet spacing is really a judgment call, so I didn't get really specific with those details.
One tweak I did was replace the shock cord in the channels of the lower layer with some gutted 550 paracord. I then put small side release buckles like you see on paracord survival bracelets on each end of that cordage. It makes the adjustment much easier and I can work around my ridgeline easily. When I have it tight, the collar of the lower layer rides above my ridgeline attachment point, if I need some slack for insulation, I unclip the buckle, slide it down past my ridgeline and clip it back together over the hammock body. I also have a loop of shock cord that runs through the collar on the foot end, and up to my descender rings on my suspension. This keeps the movable end from just sliding down too freely and leaving a big gap between the layers. I hope that makes sense. I will try to post some pics when life gives me a moment!
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