Hang Angle

[Tinmar]

is the 30 degree angle before or after you get in the hammock? Forgive me for asking because I bet the answer is in here some where but I could'n find it

[Phillipsart]

For me, I first set up, than adjust my woopieslings to apx 30 degrees, I than do a test lay which settles my hammock and adjust the hammock till I'm happy with the lay.

I initially set to 30 degrees when first setup, the final adjustments are done using the ridgeline as a guide on my Warbonnet hammock as shown in the video on warbonnets website

[Pipsissewa]

Loaded. When I first set up my ultra-lite set up, the suspension is almost parallel to the ground. Only after I push down on it, sit in it or throw my pack in it, does the real angle become apparent. Thirty degrees is the suggested best compromise between comfort and not stressing the trees and your suspension more than necessary.

[MAD777]

Pips idea of throwing your pack in the hammock while measuring is a good one.

If you have a structural ridgeline, you really don't measure the angle; you adjust the suspension just tight enough to remove the slack from the ridgeline without putting it in tension.

[DivaB]

I go by my ridgeline and then hope for the best Seems to work for me so far. I'm not real annal about it. My ridgeline hasn't popped yet. I wouldn't really listen to me, I'm not a good influence I also use my trusty thumb and forefinger and the angle always seems to be pretty good.

[GT]

Yeah, I set up at 30* then put the ridge line on and don't pay any attention to how it looks with the ridge line pulled tight. The ridge line slackens when I get in so I pull it tight via a prusik knot from inside the hammock. My hammock seems to stay at about 30* at the suspension ends. Slightly diagonal and I can lay nice and flat. Seems like the 30* does away with almost all the shoulder squeeze and sore neck too.

[Tinmar]

I added a ridge line to the DN. Of course, the HH comes that way.