View Full Version : still looking
hey all, i'm still looking for a 2 person hammock where you don't constantly roll into one another...one that can hold up to 400 lbs (just to be safe!)
i know that you can get one that sleeps 2 but we hate rolling into each other...you feel like you are gonna get squished!
know where i can get one?
Ramblinrev
02-09-2009, 20:54
dbhammock has a prototype... it's sweet... but it might cost ya...!
angrysparrow
02-09-2009, 20:59
dblhmmck's double double bridge is a DIY, and the thread for it is here (http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=6780).
Commercially, the Clark Vertex (http://www.junglehammock.com/models/vertex/index.php) looks promising, but nobody has posted about buying one yet (it's pricing is hard to swallow).
Commercially, the Clark Vertex (http://www.junglehammock.com/models/vertex/index.php) looks promising, but nobody has posted about buying one yet (it's pricing is hard to swallow).Holy crap. You're more likely to be able to swallow a basketball whole than the price of that thing. Crap on that!
warbonnetguy
02-10-2009, 00:34
yeah, dblhammocks double bridge and the vortex are the only ones i know of where you wouldn't slide together. tomsawyer222 and his wife are thru-hiking with a double layer 1.7 blackbird, but they slide together i'm sure.
Narwhalin
02-10-2009, 00:39
How about this:
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=6624&highlight=vertex
Youngblood
02-10-2009, 07:21
Some people use two hammocks with some way of keeping them separated a little and a large tarp that will keep the rain off. Three trees, one large diameter tree with hammocks tied off to opposite sides, strut(s), and even rope(s) pulling them apart are some of the ways to keep them separated. I think you need an 11 foot long and 10 foot wide, basically rectangular tarp or bigger. There are probably some limitations with the type of hammocks you can do that with, but there are plenty available.
dblhmmck
02-10-2009, 12:33
Yes, I am making a double hammock like you describe. I spent all day yesterday on a zipperless bug net for it. Total weight is at least a pound lighter than the Vertex (including bug net and custom Spinntex fly). And it is a flat laying bridge design, rather than a gathered end hammock.
I am making hammocks only for my mosaic customers. And yes, the price is over four times more than the Vertex.
Youngblood's suggestion is the most practical solution that I see right now.
Here is the mosaic that I will deliver today to a BPL guy. Cheers,
Victor
I wonder if you could make a wide DIY, and before tying the ends, pull the middle out. This would create a hump down the middle of the hammock. While you would still slide towards each other, you might be able to make a noticable enough separation that it wouldn't matter too much.
miisterwright
02-11-2009, 07:02
I wonder if you could make a wide DIY, and before tying the ends, pull the middle out. This would create a hump down the middle of the hammock. While you would still slide towards each other, you might be able to make a noticable enough separation that it wouldn't matter too much.
You probably could. But I think it would be inferior to dblhammock's design in a few ways. The fist being that you'd flip it your partner abandoned you without warning. You would have to sleep banana style ( I'm assuming you referring to a gathered-end DIY) since you won't be on the diagonal. And in the method you describe, there is really nothing keeping the two sleepers from pressing against each other. A bridge with a barrier down the middle make two separate beds; the spreader pulling them apart. The gathered-end with a barrier down the middle will be no different than hanging two separate hammocks side-by-side from the exact same supports. The spreader bar is the key and I believe I saw in dblhammock's double hammock the center strap I've been dreaming up, that would keep you from tipping when you partner decides they have to go right the second and they figure the ground will wake you up as good as they could have:D
miisterwright
02-11-2009, 07:15
I went back a looked again that dblhammock's hammock and read the thread and realized it was still using 3 trees. So some of what I said is unproven and maybe a bunch of crap until I get around to trying testing out some ideas or someone else fixes all the problems with hanging 2 from 2 trees.
You probably could. But I think it would be inferior to dblhammock's design in a few ways. The fist being that you'd flip it your partner abandoned you without warning. You would have to sleep banana style ( I'm assuming you referring to a gathered-end DIY) since you won't be on the diagonal. And in the method you describe, there is really nothing keeping the two sleepers from pressing against each other.
I know that it would be an inferior option, I just thought that it would be fairly quick and easy to test. (I am referring to a gathered-end DIY.)
I hadn't considered having to sleep banana style, which rather defeats the purpose (IMHO).
I haven't yet made or tested a bridge, so while I understand the idea and definitely like it, I still think in terms of a non-bridge. -shrugs-
I was thinking about it during class (what else would I be doing besides designing hammocks during finance? :D ) and I thought that it might be possible to take a really wide piece of fabric and, using the gathered-end method, make a 2-person hammock.
I was trying to figure out how to make a version of dblhammock's double bridge, except for a regular hammock. If simpler really is better, perhaps one could take a really wide piece of fabric and gather one end normally. The other end is what makes it different. Create two gathered "ends" at the head of the hammock. This might be enough to allow two people to sleep in the same hammock, but keep them separated somewhat.
(I'm sure it's not this simple, but it's a starting point.)
So far as I can figure it, there is no way that two people can sleep side-by-side from two trees without either a) sleeping REALLY close or b) having a spreader bar of some sort. Likewise, I don't see a way to use a spreader bar without causing some turbulance when one person gets in/out of the hammock.
dblhmmck
02-11-2009, 13:17
So far as I can figure it, there is no way that two people can sleep side-by-side from two trees without either a) sleeping REALLY close or b) having a spreader bar of some sort. Likewise, I don't see a way to use a spreader bar without causing some turbulance when one person gets in/out of the hammock.
I pretty much agree with you. I tried and tried to get the double hammock to work between two trees. The tipping/ displacement when one person gets out of a double hammock supported by just two points proves very hard to overcome. It actually seems worse when utilizing spreader bars. I gave up on it (for now).
I have a working prototype DIY knockoff of the Clark Vertex. Will be showcasing it in Adventures With Turk Episode 4. Uses 3 main support lines and a 2 pole or no pole tarp over two top entry hammocks with 2 ridgelines. Still tweaking a couple of suspension points but have managed to shave pounds off of the clark setup. We also solved the problem of getting 2 main support lines out of a tarp tent with only 1 door slit. Borrowed some concepts from warbonnet