Hung

[sargevining]

Poverty Prevention has kept me from getting out to the woods to set up the HHDJ, but the other day I remembered that I had a backyard hammock frame stashed under the house (no basements here in TX), so I set it up in the backyard. Spent Sunday afternoon like this:



Worked OK, but was way too low to the ground and had some mount/dismount issues.

Last night I tried sleeping in 40 degree weather. I chucked in an extra Magellan mummy sleeping pad in with the HH Reflectix and another off-brand rectangular pad inside the hammock with me. Used a Eureka 30 degree mummy bag with a Swiss Army surplus fleece bag liner as a TQ and a Magellan inflatable pillow. Ran the HH tarp close to the bug net as a top cover and clipped it off to the hammock guys to keep it there. Everything worked fine except I had about a 2" wide uninsulated strip running right across the top of my shoulders. There was some condensation on the tarp when I got out. It might not be a fair test, though, as the extra pads brought the hammock into contact with the cross bar on the hammock frame, so I was technically not hanging.

I've got a big piece of reflectix I picked up along the side of the road a few days ago. I think I'm gonna cut me a piece off to use as shoulder wings and see how that works.

[DivaB]

You were hanging, and you got out, even if it was your own back yard, you got out and just did it. Things are expensive and I just go with what Shug told me when I first started out on this venture, "just get out and do it". I've never looked back. My son and I make do with what we have, and acquire things as we go along. A crap load of DIY and learning how to sew, (just because I'm a female doesn't mean I know how to sew). But I've learned a lot right here on the forums and I'm no longer afraid of a "thread injector".

You may be able to MOD your stand a bit to work better for you. Let your imagination flow and see what else you can come up with.

By the way, good job!!

[sargevining]

You were hanging, and you got out, even if it was your own back yard, you got out and just did it. Things are expensive and I just go with what Shug told me when I first started out on this venture, "just get out and do it". I've never looked back. My son and I make do with what we have, and acquire things as we go along. A crap load of DIY and learning how to sew, (just because I'm a female doesn't mean I know how to sew). But I've learned a lot right here on the forums and I'm no longer afraid of a "thread injector".

You may be able to MOD your stand a bit to work better for you. Let your imagination flow and see what else you can come up with.

By the way, good job!!

Yah; I've been thinking of getting some smaller diameter pipe to fit in the ones that are there now to get it about two feet higher.

I live out in the country and there's a prtetty large isolated area at the end of the road that affords opportunities for some stealth camping for us locals. I'm thinking about heading out there Friday evening for a stay.

[SanAntoneTY]

what a great Texas sunday it was a little rainy here in Sa this weekend made for no backyard fun, but glad to see my fellow Tx hangers up off the ground