Video: Hang-n-Out Dirigible

**TheCoyote** · 08-20-2012, 10:22

Originally Posted by Sweeper

I am still hoping someone will sell these things!

Jim

This is a must have piece of gear for me.

**voivalin** · 08-20-2012, 10:30

Originally Posted by Sweeper

I am still hoping someone will sell these things!

Jim

I hope so too. And one reason is that the Kickstarter for the Alpine hammock is failing fast...

Please help!

**Tendertoe** · 08-20-2012, 10:36

Cool idea.

Interested to see any new developments that may come about on this design.

**mrmike65** · 08-20-2012, 19:05

Originally Posted by Sweeper

I am still hoping someone will sell these things!

Jim

It's too bad people can't offer sewing/construction services of gear like this in the PIF forum. There are some talented people on this site.

**MedicineMan** · 08-27-2012, 19:25

Dirigible report.
I'm up to around 20+ nights in the sock. Post returning from Alaska I can say I've had it in some variable conditions but the coldest so far is right at freezing or a touch below in Denali NP. In southeast Alaska in the Mendall Glacier area the HNO Dirigible went through constant 24/7 rain and I'm glad to report (crazy sounding I know) that I finally experienced minor condensation. The condensation happened while sleeping on a 38-42F night in pouring rain. I had the SEEP fully deployed (meaning tight up against the tarp portion and the tarp fully closed down against the hammock for rain and warmth. The condensation I found was 6 drops of water beaded up nicely on my topquilt (so this report can also be a testimony to the extreme water resistance of the momentum 50 the top quilt is made of). For the longest time (mostly in the hot humid Smokys) I thought Dirigible was defying the laws of physics!
Since the topquilt and underquilt I was using on this trip was rated 25-30F I can't say how much warmth I was getting from the sock-just that I never got cold but did get too warm even for my comfort levels, and had to shed all but skin inside.
I started using the Dirigible in the hellish heat of summer so can now add fall temps in the overall scheme of things. The whole story awaits January and February

In the mean time the Graf Hindenburg-the successor to the HNO Dirigible is well underway and maybe can start putting it through the test process in late September or maybe even early October.
Speaking of that top quilt I used in Alaska, had a bottom quilt to match. Will get those exposed on a vid soon I hope.
Dont' know if I mentioned this on the forum but on one monsoon morning I did use the Dutch Hook to separate the hammock/TQ/and UQ from the sock and then stuffed them separated just like you'd do with a tarp. The Dutch Hook makes this easy peasy. I just made sure the hammock sock hoods were attached beyond the Dutch Hook attachment point on the whoopies so I stayed under the sock while stuffing the downy goods.

**TheCoyote** · 08-27-2012, 20:59

Great info. Keep up the great work brother. Looking forward to a new vid and more test info.
Jeremy

**Montalaskan** · 08-27-2012, 21:31

Hanging in Alaska - does it get any better?

Still hoping this becomes a marketable product because it is so cool!

**Kerflop** · 08-28-2012, 08:05

Keeping an eye on this thread... Very interested in where this is going. As someone trying to get my pack weight to a minimum, without giving up to much comfort, this setup would be awesome. Hope you guys take this to full production, as my DIY skills suck.

Thanks

**MedicineMan** · 08-30-2012, 22:09

I've mentioned this before but the biggie for me was and is setup time AND getting rid of all the tarp lines that for me always end up in a jumble. I think back to how many times I've pulled the tarp out of the stuff sack to find that jumble and the time it took to unjumble it. Secondary for me was warmth. The third benefit couple to set up time, because the sock holds in the TQ and the UQ remains attached to the hammock its a one bag solution.
When I compare my Dirigible to the lightest I can go --which is the same hammock, the same quilts but using a zpacks asym cuben tarp--the Dirigible looses based on weight but to me the ease and warmth outweigh the grams added using the sock. Later in the season when the winds begin to howl and the tarps begin to shake the Dirigible and Graf will shine even more.