yep nylon stretches so much that you may need to get out of the hammock several times through the night to re-tighten it in order not to scrub the earth.
yep nylon stretches so much that you may need to get out of the hammock several times through the night to re-tighten it in order not to scrub the earth.
I too will something make and joy in it's making
I am going to order some of that poly webbing...just to make sure I am using the right thing.
Alex Williams
Acts 10:13 "Arise Peter, Kill and Eat."
Job 14:15 "Call upon Me and I shall answer you."
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Hey...ya gota give a brother a break!!! I am so new to this stuff I was just thinking..."WEBBING...ohh Ohh OHH!!! I gota have some!!!"...so I bought it!! LOL...I was hoping for black...but red was all they had!!!
Alex Williams
Acts 10:13 "Arise Peter, Kill and Eat."
Job 14:15 "Call upon Me and I shall answer you."
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Been there, done that with the ENO SlapStraps. They call them that 'cause you slap yourself after you find something a lot better that doesn't stretch so bad. I switched to ring buckles and have never looked back. I do have a set of cinch buckles that were generously donated to me (Thanks again, Grizz) that I want to try out when I can.
"If you play a Nicleback song backwards, you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forward, you'll hear Nickleback." - Dave Grohl
My friend Tom gently hit the ground due to slippage on his ring buckle system. The first night in the Olympics, he could not stop it from slipping ( he had not had trouble at home and was surprised). I told him about the half hitch ( I think it was half hitch) addition I read about here. That worked and he was good that first night and the following nights. But during an afternoon nap, he somewhat slowly hit the ground. He had just made some kind of adjustment and apparently did something wrong with his "no slip knot", or something, I'm not sure exactly what. He had no more trouble after that incident.
FWIW, I have had zero slippage with my cinch buckle.
To me that's probably the best reason why I favor the cinch buckles. Someone else posted awhile back about having to rely on a knot at the rings and not just the rings themselves. The piece of mind of not having to tie a knot puts the cinch buckles in the lead IMO.
That being said, I've had no slippage when I used a knot at the rings.
Last edited by FanaticFringer; 09-24-2007 at 08:27.
"Every day above ground is a good day"
half hitch works great for me.but i use a high quality webbing rock climbers use.may be he should try a double half hitch neo
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