I seem to keep flip flopping on how I attach my suspension. I got a set of whoopie slings with hooks from Dutch, as well as continuous loops. Attached the loops to the hammock and the loop end of the whoopie to the tree straps. I think this is what Dutch suggests. The hook is close to the hammock and can act as a water dripper (if it ever rains in SoCal drought-land). Problem I have is when the tree straps are high it's hard to adjust the whoopie.
Messing with a new hammock stand I needed a short suspension, and thought it might help to switch this around, so I took the fixed loop end of the whoopie and ran it twice through the channel and larks headed it on. The adjuster is now nice and low and the hook attaches to the continuous loop on the stand - or the continuous loop on a tree strap. I think this is probably the lightest. I don't need a toggle or biner on the other end, and the whoopie is always with the hammock. Not as easy, however, to install bugnet or ridgeline after the fact.
I'm also intrigued by the method xtrekker used here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nU2...ature=youtu.be, although I currently have a whoopie ridgeline - still trying to dial that in.
Maybe it's like coke and pepsi, ford and chevy, etc and etc? If anyone has a case for THE BEST way to attach a whoopie to a gathered end hammock, let me know. I have a new Dutch Argon hammock still in it's USPS envelope calling me to hang tomorrow.
thanks in advance,
Slbear
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