I figured it was time to actually introduce myself, since I've been lurking around for a bit. I found this picture of me in my first hammock back in the early 90's. I slept in it sometimes during the summer, with no bugnet or tarp over me! Once I even had a raccoon walk under me in the middle of the night!
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I purchased a Byer while in college while I was living in a crowded apartment with a small back porch, I used it through the summer as a way of escaping the heat and having a nice place to read. But it was a pain to keep untangled, and I promptly lost it in a box while moving, only to discover it last year and started using it again. But it's also small, and still a pain to keep untangled, so I convinced my fiancé to buy an eno back in March, and as we started to do a lot more hiking, it came on more trips with us as a way to "hang" in the middle of our hikes.
I also realized that I had a perfect set of trees to hang outside my new apartment and during a very stressful quarter of grad school, decided that I needed to absorb some daylight while working, and made the pleasant discovery that my wi-fi reaches to my hang spot!
All this being said, I decided over the summer to make my own hammock, suspension and bugnet. I just placed an order for some Amsteel to try out some continuous loops, whoopies and an adjustable structured ridgeline, and I'm about to order some material to upgrade my straps!
And as a bonus, here's a hammock I made for my cats!
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Originally Posted by sidneyhornblower
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