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Maybe I am over cautious, however, I worry somewhat about wrapping my self in nylon and cocooning (I know my spelling is horrible, and no SpellCheck) into that lovely feeling of softness. I worry when I see people near campfires or their stoves, I worry about fire works, nylon is so flamable.:scared::eek::( Gosh, smokers near their nylon just drive me over the caution wall.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME AIR MY CONCERNS ABOUT FIRE. I SURE DO NOT WANT TO READ ABOUT ANY OF US BECOMING CRISPY.
I don't hang close enough to the campfire, and my little stoves don't worry me. But I do use caution. I want to make a hot tarp/hammock, but worry about using sil.......RR
If it does catch on fire, you will drop to the ground, just start rolling :lol:
IDK, i sleep pretty close to the fires in winter and never have an issue. Obviously I am not fire marshall bill here but it doesn't bother me really.
Good thinking, in a t**t, your trapped, but in a hammock, it has a built in fire suppression system:lol::lol:.......RRQuote:
Originally Posted by robjae
I watched a video recently, forget who exactly, sorry, but he showed his MSR tent with a fireproof stove hole in the tent wall, his hammock hung out of the way. I liked that part, help preventing a potential fire. He also said that he would let the fire go out before going to sleep. Makes sense to me.
I know this is hard to believe....but i accidentally kicked my alcohol stove, this resulted in flaming fuel to splash all over my sil nylon tarp.:scared: The fuel simply burned out with no ill effects to the tarp. :huh:
I agree with HH. Complacency kills. Case in point: the deaths in Missouri last week.
If you let your guard down, life will bite you on the ***.
I'm glad you weren't hurt, but until someone does this 100 times with the same result, it's only an interesting anecdote.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hulk
Considering my sleep system's value is what...around $1000+ that is reason alone I never set up near the camp fire. I do use my gas stove on the ground while sitting in my hammock but I am extremely cautious everytime.
I have seen fires where people intend to "put the fire out before going to sleep", only problem is the drift off to sleep, before putting out the fire.Quote:
Originally Posted by cesnyderces
We lived on the edge of a Federal Wilderness Area in Oregon, just outside of Portland. We would get at least a person a month that had been badly burnt, either with their little stove, their fire making practices, or sometimes their gear would melt onto their skin. Getting all wrapped in Nylon, while fun makes me very concerned...
Anyway, just something to think about. I notice some of the nylon says that it is fire retardent, not sure about that statement nor what chemicals were used. I know they took the kids PJs that were fire retardent off the market, years ago, because of the chemicals used in the mfg.
I guess I am just a might over concerned...
If you really are worried, a guy out of Nashville TN developed a product for protecting houses from burning. More specifically protecting the wood for up to 4 hours or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by HURTHEART
Anyhow the product can be painted or sprayed onto the wood during the construction process, perhaps you could coat your hammock. Not sure what the dry qualities are though and if/how it would affect the texture of the nylon.
That was wahikerQuote:
Originally Posted by cesnyderces
http://www.youtube.com/user/wawhiker
I know smokehouse is making more of his self named tarps out of multicam material that's not only water proof, it's fire retardant! Not exactly ultralight but hey safety rarely is.
Personally I would prefer to use natural fibers, since they don't melt to you. However I don't know of a natural fiber that would match the performance of nylon/poly fabric.
A military contract we had several years ago called for fire retardant treated wood for a "pole barn". Our sub found a company to spray on a chemical treatment.Quote:
Originally Posted by nickgann
The army engineers needed convincing beyond the provided test reports. A demonstration ensued...the rep placed ~6 layers of treated newspaper squares on his open hand followed by a copper penny. He then used a torch to melt the penny. 2-3 of the newspaper layers were charred around the copper blob. His hand remained cool and he was nice enough, as he placed the paper and copper on the table, to advise us not to touch it for a while.
The engineers were convinced.:laugh: