Name that Hammock Contest

[jbrianb]

CONTEST: The BIAS Campus Lounger suffers from an identity problem. It's a 9 oz. (that's nearly as light as the Weight Weenie), 11 feet long (same as the rest of our hammocks) and comes with the same design and ridgeline. It's light (especially compared to other products on the market) and it is made for overnight camping. We use the CL ourselves and it's a great camping hammock. We named it due to the availability of collegiate colors, but we want to rename it to reflect its light weight and purpose. We want your help. The Buttheads at BIAS will judge submissions. Winner wins a double layer hammock in your choice of available colors. Submit names here or on Facebook. View the link for info/specs. Entries will be accepted through Friday, Feb. 15. Post them in this thread if you would or on our Facebook thread. We need at least 25 submissions by Friday to have a good selection to choose from, so tell your friends. Thanks!

The hammock and specs can be seen here:
http://www.buttinasling.com/dolalo.html

[mbcruzin]

Bias Camper lite.

[flatline]

cameleon 11x9 doub.

[breyman]

Fun opportunity - thanks for tossing this out to the group!

For the less reverent possibility - "The Baboon" - aka, a very colorful butt in a sling :).

Also, The Butterfly (colorful and airy).

[mbcruzin]

Bias Camper UL

[DuctTape]

"Thong".


:)

[highlife]

Since you've got the Camper (car, bike, etc), and the WW/WWM (UL backpacking), why not call this middle-of-the-road hammock...

The BIAS Hiker

[FLRider]

The Anti-Freshmen Fifteen

or

Campus Champion Camper Lite

[woodtwigg]

BIAS Light & Bright :-)

[gospidey]

BIAS UL Dreamer.

[Caveman]

Camp Weenie

Or

Hot Dog!

[OldRagFreeze]

Gluteus Minimus.

[packeagle]

Weight sausage macro
Pic Two
CampusPacker

[HURTHEART]

How about "FINALS NEST" OR "FINALS PANIC".

[Big_Stretch]

Call it the "How's it Hangin'"

[timothy98]

Bias camplite hammock
Bias spectra hammock
Bias weightless hammock

[swankfly]

Magna HANG Laude

TailHanger

Athletic Supporter

Ivy League Hanger

PHD - Portable Hanging Device

Summer School

HangOut

climate cHANGe

social cHANGe

Hanging Participle

cHANGeable

cHANGer

HANGover

[Hototo]

I'm thinking this needs a name that lets people know it can go wherever they do, like a Companion...

BIAS Explorer, Trekker, Nomad, Adventurer, or Navigator

Might even add the word "lite" to attract those gram conscious in nature.

Good luck with the contest and thanks for the opportunity.

[Creeks and lakes]

BIAS Little smokie

+1 Camp weenie

[doogie]

CLASS - Camping, Lounging All-around Sleep System

[jbrianb]

Man:

Great responses. Thanks, guys and keep 'em coming.

[Jazilla]

Bias Featherweight

Biaslite - great rest, less dence ( like budlight)

Bias Ethereal (almost as light as air; impalpable; airy)

Bais Basis UL ( an ultra light foundation)

Bais Berth UL

Bias El Claro (the light)

[stevebo]

lite hiker
gram guru
microl lite
feather (or feather weight)
A.G.S.D. (anti gravity suspension device)
Bias next gen
:)

[Mort]

Sunrise UL
Day Break UL
Moon Shadow UL
Osprey UL

[fartintone]

Team Sprite

[JCook5003]

Wow I feel responsible, in my recent thread the marketing came into question. Sorry Guys! :D

I vote the BIAS Spectrum UL (Spectrum as in the color spectrum, or all colors and UL for Ultra Light)

Josh

[backroad]

lite-night hammock
all-nighter hammock
lighten-up hammock
comfort gram hammock
gram-slam hammock
gram-bias hammock
bias-gram hammock
day or night hammock

[sargevining]

School colors? Advertising concept still in place? Great for camping and lounging around Campus?

Spring Break Camper.

[SilvrSurfr]

Weight Weenie Macro or Weight Tweenie.

[Gresh]

BIAS Campus Overnighter
BIAS Outdoor Overnighter
BIAS Overnighter
BIAS UL Overnighter
BIAS Overnight Dangler
BIAS UL Dangler
BIAS Team Spirit Hanger
BIAS Away Game UL
BIAS ULS (UltraLight Sling)

[scoffman]

BIAS Springbreaker
BIAS Spring Hanger

[mountain_man_mike]

1) The BIAS BMOC- (Best Meditation On Campus)

2) The BIAS LITE- (Like I Tried Education)

3) The BIAS Free Spirit

4) The BIAS DCL- (Diggin' College Life)

[spaceweaseal]

The Spacesaver
The Paradox :)

[SwinginIt]

The Hometeam
The Hometeam Camper
The Hometeam UL

The Gameday
The Gameday Camper
The Gameday UL

The Collegiate
The Collegiate Camper
The Collegiate UL

The Campus Camper UL
The Dorm Ditcher

[TRU]

Light Weight Snoozer

[oohsnap]

Slim Taco
iHammock Lite
dorm in a blanket

[Haas]

The Breeze

[Haas]

The Breeze

[OCDave]

"WILD SLING" - you make my heart sing!


Direct royalties to the Troggs.

[kc0qnx]

BIAS Blast

[Haas]

The Wanderlust

[Haas]

The Breeze
The Wanderlust
Gypsy Moth

[The RidgeRunner]

I have a fondness for the name The RidgeRunner, but alas, that name is taken.

[The RidgeRunner]

Everything Zen

[The RidgeRunner]

How about iHammock

[Haas]

The Drift
The Drifter

[Cranky Bear]

Here's my entry-

BC9

[cataraftgirl]

BIAS Team Player

[ferret]

sLightly Biased

[MissileMan]

This is fun!

How about

Bias Night Lite
Bias Ultra Night Lite

[nom@d]

The BIAS Nomad :D

[lilricky]

"Daydream Believer"

[halfastronomical]

This is fun...my first thoughts....
Nite-lite?
The Sling blade? :lol:maybe not.
Incampacitator?
Catatonic?
G-sling?
I am partial to the Halfastonomical G-Sling, but I am not Biased too much.:D

[craige]

Hmm.. Bright Lite?

[CampWalker]

"The Lazy Lounger"
"Sun Lounger"
"Psychic Lounger"
"Air Lounger"
"Lounging Around"

[chewbacca]

Butt-Lite.

[Barlutti]

well, if it is half as comfy as my WWM, call it the BIAS PP for polyester perfection, or if you prefer , the PIP ( perfection in poly ) or the PBS poly butt sling ;) good ideas all around and great contest BIAS Boys :) good luck

[jbrianb]

Wow I feel responsible, in my recent thread the marketing came into question. Sorry Guys! :D

I vote the BIAS Spectrum UL (Spectrum as in the color spectrum, or all colors and UL for Ultra Light)

Josh

Josh: You pointed out an obvious flaw in nomenclature. You definitely don't own us an apology... we appreciate your help and owe you a "thank you!" So... Thank you! You said what others were obviously thinking and it got us to thinking -- which took skill on your part. Buttheads don't like to do a lot of thinking. Plus, this is fun.:lol:

[ibgary]

9 oz. Camper.:beer:

[nuttysquirrel]

mcdouble ultralight!!

[bodhran4me]

Light Bright

Tiny Butt

Big Butt

Skinny Butt

Butt Lite

Two Cheeks to the Wind

Weight Weenie Jumbo

Big Butt Lite

Best Little Butt on Campus

Biggest Lil' Butt on Campus

Big Butt in a Little Package

Big Butt in Lite Package

Ultra Lite Over Nite

[jbrianb]

Two Cheeks to the Wind


That made me laugh. A lot.:lol:

[FBG]

Weight Weenie Color
Weight Weenie Bi-Color
Color Weenie
Weight Weenie Teen
Weight Weenie Slim
Weight Weenie Chroma
Weight Weenie Twin
Weight Weenie Prism *
Weight Weenie Vivid
Weight Weenie Jazzy


Instead of giving the hammock an unknown name, thereby making it an unknown product, expand on a product that already has a well known reputation.

* My personal fav ;)

[MissileMan]

Bias Moonlite UL

[Coldspring]

They are perfect for paddlers to take breaks.

If I was near Riverton, Missouri I would call mine the River Rat Rester.

[Borday]

Bias 9oz. adventure

[Boilers23]

Quickie Lite
Lightweight Quickie

[bruinfan]

Bias biggie smalls

[KayakCarl]

Cloud 9x11
Cloud 9x11 UL.

[nj4x4fever]

Bias 911/lc
bias 911-lc

[richtorfla]

The lounge lizard

or

The chameleon ( since its available in many colors)

[Loneoak]

Featherweight

[~Reason~]

BIAS Campus Canary Lounger. Light as a feather.

[mbcruzin]

The BIAS Ultra Lite Lounger or BULL for short

[body942]

The BIAS Arcus (Latin for Rainbow)

[stcannon1]

How about "Kodachrome LTE" or "Poly Pocket"

[Unitic]

BIAS Glider
BIAS Rainbow Glider
BIAS Bum Buddy
BIAS Cocoon
BIAS Bumbow
BIAS Bumbow Glider

[KyleEiger]

some ideas:

Bias Anywhere Hammock
Bias Macaw Hammock
Bias Variable Hammock

[ShroominDave]

The BBD - BIAS BASIC DOUBLE

[Roche]

BIAS Tenderfoot
BIAS Quarter Kilo
BIAS Slumber Nine
BIAS Tiny Ninie
BIAS Scant Camp
BIAS Gram Garrison
BIAS Timberland Chalet
BIAS Lazy Lounger
BIAS Trias / Try Us
BIAS Light Side of the Moon

[Firetruck]

The "Tailgater"

[JCook5003]

Well it's after Friday....what did you guys decide to rename it? Inquiring minds want to know. :D

[jbrianb]

Shane is at a group hang... left before the deadline. He will be back Sunday and we'll make a decision. Announcement coming early next week. Thanks, one and all, for playing!

[Haas]

Intellectual Pursuits

[mbcruzin]

Hanging on by a whoopie sling for the announcement.

[jbrianb]

This one was a really difficult selection. Some were creative. Some were funny. Some were safe. Most were good.

Our goal was to see the name reflect two things based on the confusion the original name created:
1) Demonstrate it is a terrific and comfortable overnight hammock (11 feet long, 56 inches wide and made of low-stretch material)
2) Have the name work to show it's a lightweight hammock (9 ounces which is lighter than a GTUL!).

When faced with many, many good options, my mother taught me to go with your first instinct. Three or four more caught my attention, but I kept going back to that first idea, The Hiker, from highlife.

But a great addendum came from stevebo... "maybe add lite to one of these names..." and he went on to suggest the name "hiker" among a few others.

So we're proclaiming both victorious for renaming the hammock the "BIAS Hiker Lite." It's simple, straightforward and utterly devoid of confusing terminology. And, to my knowledge, it's not in use elsewhere which is a good thing.

PMs inbound to both tomorrow (it's late and my bedtime has arrived) for shipping addresses for their double layer BIAS Hiker Lites. We really, really appreciate all the fabulous input and should we opt for one of these other fine names for a future product, we'll send you one of whatever we make for your marketing brilliance.

Thanks again.

-- Brian (with Shane's consent)

[spaceweaseal]

Congratulations to the winners.......

[bodhran4me]

Congratulations to stevebo and highlife on their win, and thanks to you for the contest. I had a good time reading alot of the entries.

[mbcruzin]

Nice job Guys. Congratulations to both winners.

[JCook5003]

Congrats to the winners! I really enjoyed reading the suggestions.

[highlife]

Wow, thank you so much! I'm very honored that my suggestion was taken, but I'm more impressed with the responses from members, and the generosity of Brian, Shane and crew.

Brian has been VERY good to communicate with me about the hammock, and generous with this giveaway contest. He's helping me work out a new hammock setup, with all kinds of good advice and thrown in! He's very down to earth and from what I understand, his work is top notch. I'm super new to hammock hanging, and I'm looking forward to rocking in my new hammock very soon. I'll be sure to give an update once the goods arrive.

Thanks again, BIAS.

And for those of you who don't know, the "Hiker Lite" is currently on sale for February! $28! BIAS Hiker Lite (http://www.buttinasling.com/dolalo.html)

[stevebo]

I cant believe I won! Im really excited about trying out a bias hammock-I've always heard so many good things about them! Thanks BIAS! :)

[FBG]

Congratulations you two!

[pacecar]

Congrats!! PERFECT name.