Well, its done, order placed last night and the message at end of check out said the current wait time for shipping was less than 2 weeks, thats really good news because waiting for a new blackbird xlc could be a very hard wait, gonna feel like forever i am sure.
I was really torn between the bb and a dream hammock, one of the big issues for me is comunication and we all know its really hard to wait a day or 2 for an answer sometimes and it can feel frustrating at times but the bottum line for me came down to personal choice and quality of the workmanship.
I take nothing away from Papa smurf and Mama smurf as thier hammocks are as top notch as it gets , but so is Brandons... i had a chance to check out both at the spring Mahha this year and both were very impressive but the blackbird just blew me away, - the footbox and shelf are an unbelievable feature, very smart.
I took a real hard look at the stitching to try and find any flaws or short cuts that Brandon may have taken and could not find one !
The craftmanship was superb!!, if my hammock turns out as nice as the ones i saw this spring and i am sure it will. then i will be a very happy man !
Even though my wife gave me a hard time at first about spending this kind of money on a hammock at the end when i was ordering she came in and looked and said that if i wanted to do the extra upgrade for the camo to just go ahead if it made me happy, i did not, i kinda like the green and i have enough stuff in camo,, therte is really no need to have everything in camo all the time. So i went with the dual layer 1.7 in olive green with the added top cover of course and now i wait.
Just a heads up on a different note, - being an active member of this forum could not only turn one into a gear snob but a gearaholic as well.
I would not have it any other way !!
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