Just curios to what weather shield's you guys use on your hammocks? I'm supposing it nothing special. My hammock is supposed to be here this week. I just wanted to see what works for you or what kind of concoctions you have came up with.
Just curios to what weather shield's you guys use on your hammocks? I'm supposing it nothing special. My hammock is supposed to be here this week. I just wanted to see what works for you or what kind of concoctions you have came up with.
I'm half way done (broke the needle) making one out of a Neat Sheet.
I use my poncho. I carry it anyway, so it is multi-use.
The JRB DriDucks poncho works well and it's a multi-use item. That's always good.
If you feel like a little DIY, follow KMACK's advice and make a WS from a Neat Sheet.
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett
My "4-in-1" is a fitted layer of 1.1 oz ripstop nylon. I've been snug-as-a-bug-in-a-rug down to freezing in the rain. I started with a travel hammock sans the hanging apparatus under my "real" hammock. Once upon a time I used the 2nd layer to hold a Therma-rest, then a CCF pad. Now the 2nd layer protects my beloved DIY quilt from potential rain splashes, and I can lace it up to create a cocoon around both under and over quilts and thus close off any wind gaps. COZY!
See my gallery for pix.
p.s.
I have a neat sheet "quilt / under cover" for summer time hanging. It worked great on a long hike last summer, but if temps are expected to be low, I want my goose down, and the ripstop WS is much lighter weight, and less bulky ...
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