First complaint about the BB?

[trigger hurt]

Well, I don't know if this qualifies as a complaint or a concern, but here it is.

I've slept in my hammock over a dozen times since I got it. Usually, weekend trips with a few over nighters thrown in along the way. Something that I've noticed that I haven't noticed terribly with others.

The stock suspension webbing stretches. A lot. Friday, at lake murray, I hung my hammock as normal. tested it out, adjusted it and was satisfied it was the perfect height. Not to hard to get into, not too hard to get out of.

When I woke up saturday morning, I was considerably closer to the ground. Well, I've got the straps as high on the tree as I can reach (I am short) and the ridge line is as taught as I am comfortable with. I left the hammock alone and didn't adjust the suspension and sunday, I woke up about 6 inches from the ground.

Either I'm far more tubby than I suspected, or the straps stretch too much for my liking. Or, I'm too short to get them any higher on the tree. Has anyone had an issue like this? Did swapping out to a different strap resolve the issue?

[shrek]

Well, I'm bigger than you, but I had no problem with strap stretch. I didn't cinch down my slippery hitch one time and it started to slide, but no stretch. Maybe it was just an anomalous episode.

[Cannibal]

Which webbing did you get? I think he changed out a while back from the camo stuff to the black. The black is thinner and lighter, but I don't know what it's made of. The camo stuff is polyester and shouldn't stretch. Doesn't with my tubby butt anyway.

[angrysparrow]

I'm with the others - haven't seen any stretch from the stock webbing.

I think you've given us a clue, though...

...and the ridge line is as taught as I am comfortable with.

What was the distance between the trees you were hanging from? How much sag (approximate angle) was on the webbing?

I suspect that maybe you were hanging from trees that were farther apart than is optimal, and because you didn't compensate by hanging higher on the tree the suspension just dropped down to a normal sag angle. I could be wrong, though.

[Ramblinrev]

Or, I'm too short to get them any higher on the tree. Has anyone had an issue like this? Did swapping out to a different strap resolve the issue?

If you need to hang higher the solution is simple. Use a trekking pole if you have them, or find a stick and lift the loose strap higher onto the tree. I can get my straps up about 11' if I have to. I would usually look for other trees before doing that but if I needed to I could. Of course when the hang is that high a fair amount of slack has to be introduced intot he hang in order to be able to enter and exit the hammock. But that only means you will experience less initial drop when you get in. The ridgeline can still be taut (not sound producing tight) and you should not wake up much below where you started.

I experienced the same problem with my HH until I learned to hang higher than I thought I needed to and hang looser than I thought I should. Now I am pretty much where I went to sleep when I wake up unless the straps slip in the night.

[trigger hurt]

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_2QAkBifgbJQ/Sj...6/IMG_0016.JPG

That's the angle and the trees in question.

@cannibal - I have the black webbing. The straps themselves do not slide down the tree. There's always the initial settling in after hanging it up, but after that, the hammock doesn't move. I've actually tested that idea by marking the tree at the top of the strap with a sharpie. When I wake up, the straps are pretty much in the same place each time.

[Kobear]

I just got my BB back in May but have had no problem with stretching. Are you putting that knot behind the ring buckle?

[Ramblinrev]

The picture is helpful. Looks reasonable to me. I would not expect a lot of initial drop upon entering if I am looking at the picture correctly. I don't own a BB so I can't comment on anything unique to that hammock, but in broad theory the hang looks good to me.

[trigger hurt]

I just got my BB back in May but have had no problem with stretching. Are you putting that knot behind the ring buckle?

There's two knots behind the buckles.

[angrysparrow]

Which fabric weight do you have? Double layer?

As RamblinRev stated, the hang looks fine. Unless you really are getting webbing stretch, stretch of the fabric is all that comes to mind.