Attach UQ to hammock??

[Junebugdawn]

Since I have a wide hammock (90"), should I use shock cord to attach the quilt to the hammock or should I make just make long grosgrain loops measured to fit the quilt snuggly when laying in the hammock? My UQ is 48" wide.

[Ratdog]

I am using a Jarbidge with a diy 90" wide hammock and would suggest shockcord.

I am also using triangle thingies to position the quilt.

Line locs on the shock cord work well.

[Junebugdawn]

I am wanting to attach the UQ directly to the hammock thus eliminating the need for triangle thingies. I have been using them with the suspension running over my ridgeline.

[BillyBob58]

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Error? Like climbing into your UQ in the dark, when you meant to climb into the hammock above it.

I have done it twice now in 7 years. In both cases using a PeaPod on a Claytor No net, and at night. I am amazed that I could be careless enough to have done this the 2nd time. Maybe I have learned now to be a little more careful.

Fortunately, there was zero damage to the PeaPod, and a little more to my ribs, which were slightly sore for a couple of days the 1st time. Less so the 2nd.

[FireInMyBones]

Since I have a wide hammock (90"), should I use shock cord to attach the quilt to the hammock or should I make just make long grosgrain loops measured to fit the quilt snuggly when laying in the hammock? My UQ is 48" wide.

My recommendation is to use short lengths of shock cord. The hammock will stretch and the UQ still can stretch along with the hammock and not be too stressed.

[Junebugdawn]

Thanks. That sounds good. I was thinking shock cord would give the most flexible fit.

[SteelToe]

Though its requirements are somewhat different than most underquilts, I am attaching it in a couple gap-prone places with tiny nylon button snaps (the sew-on kind) along the spine. My fabric is 1.0oz thin-stuff, so I added some reinforcement patches to spread even that measly load. The snaps pop at about 1lb of weight; secure enough stray movement wont release them, but nowhere near enough to damage anything. The quilt is supported along the sides by bungee in channels, like many others have done. I may change that to breakaway, too, after hearing tales of folks climbing into their underquilts after a hard day

TCB

[DemostiX]

SteelToe:

Do you mean something like this http://www.amazon.com/Dritz-R-Sew-On.../dp/B000A8BMDQ , which are available in much smaller size, and which 60 years ago all came from the UK....and were /are made of rust-proof steel?

Interesting to sew them along the center line of the hammock. You must have loaded the hammock with your body first to assure that the stretched hammock bottom lined up.

But, I like these very much. If more people knew of them, how crazy inexpensive they are, as well as their controlled break-away feature -- you just select the size, from 0000 to (at least) #10 --there might be a lot less string hanging from UQs.