ViDEO: Shug's Hammock Armada ✭

Hammock Armada....that is what I call my 5 hammocks. Yes....I only have five )))))
I get asked a lot to give opinions on Hennessy hammocks, ENOs, DDs and others and I must say that I have never been in those hammocks. Unbelievable!!!!!
Still something to look forward to I reckon.
I usually camp in my DIY hammock "GreenBean.
Buggy?....I take the Warbonnet BlackBird. Want a change-up...I will take the GrizzBridge. I own a Wilderness Logics Snipee and a UK Hammocks "Woodsman Lite" but have yet to get them out on a trip. Too much gear and not enough time!
So here is a look at my Hammock Armada. Hope you enjoy.

Shug

Thanks buddy, enjoyed it and now I know at least I have to watch re runs of shugedy and karl till september or october :)

Grtz Johan

Thanks for the video Shug, you like many here, are my hammocking eskimo. The person to get me to the hammock world via youtube. I have often wondered what your hammock armada consists of, I always see your quilts and bags hung in the nut hut and I start wondering about your total collection of gear, figure you have been doing this long enough to see plenty of gear come and go, always interested in what had staying power through the years. I have been looking at a Wilderness Logics hammock (Night, Lite, or Snipe) for a while, just having a hard time pulling the trigger, just ordered a BIAS WW from Brian a few days ago. So far I have 3 hammocks, and I feel like its one to many - only because a 3rd hammock could also be seen as new quilt money! ENO DN, GT UL, BIAS WW. Thanks again for all you do for the community Shug, may your hangs be long and without interruption!

I'm loving the cockney Yorkshire accent Mr Shug :)

Have a good season, catch you in the fall

Ey up buddy :)

That's a mighty fine selection you have there Shug. Something there for everybody :boggle:

Mighty fine collection there Shugrow ... mighty fine. You stay safe out there on the road doing your shows. We'll miss ya on YouTube!

yur the awesomest !
thanks man

I picked up a Wilderness Logics hammock after watching Shug's Snipe video and it's now my favorite hammock.

Thanks Shug, another awesome video. Your WBBB video helped me decide to add a blackbird to my armada. It's currently my go to favorite. Cannibal's posts has me researching Brazilians. The DIY tablecloth thread has me considering joining the secret society of DIYers. So many hammocks so little time.

Monday morning with a Shug video and a cup of coffee is always awesome.
(did I say awesome?)
Thanks Shug, be save out on the road. We will be thinking about you.

Always the teacher with humor.
Woke up late and enjoyed this one with black coffee.
I think your collection is well rounded and well thought out.
To have an authentic GrizzBridge is really an honor.
Break a leg on the tour (I hope that is the correct colloquial).

Thanks for the vid there Shug! Just about shows everyone the different styles of camping hammocks. May help someone choose what kind of kit they want to build!
Have a safe and fun Summer! Book a lot of shows and make some money! Really stay safe! Loved the Bill Withers song! At least I think its a Withers song.

sure perked up a blue monday . . . thanks shug . . .

thank you sir, yet another great video

Great way to start the week--a Shug video. Thanks and see you in September. I think that was a song popular in the late 60's.

Whoooo buddy I also have the woodsman lite, love it :D

Thanks, Shug !

A video as refreshing as a tall drink of ice water on a hot summer day !


G


.

Thanks for the weights in grams. Saved me having to convert to grams. a very nice change.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by born2roam

Thanks buddy, enjoyed it and now I know at least I have to watch re runs of shugedy and karl till september or october :)
Grtz Johan

---

Haaaa......Summer re-runs. Brutal)))))):laugh:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by dishonor39

Thanks for the video Shug, you like many here, are my hammocking eskimo. The person to get me to the hammock world via youtube. I have often wondered what your hammock armada consists of, I always see your quilts and bags hung in the nut hut and I start wondering about your total collection of gear, figure you have been doing this long enough to see plenty of gear come and go, always interested in what had staying power through the years. I have been looking at a Wilderness Logics hammock (Night, Lite, or Snipe) for a while, just having a hard time pulling the trigger, just ordered a BIAS WW from Brian a few days ago. So far I have 3 hammocks, and I feel like its one to many - only because a 3rd hammock could also be seen as new quilt money! ENO DN, GT UL, BIAS WW. Thanks again for all you do for the community Shug, may your hangs be long and without interruption!

---

Well thanks a lot....good to hear. Yeah....get a UQ for sure. You'll never go back.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Shewie

I'm loving the cockney Yorkshire accent Mr Shug :)

Have a good season, catch you in the fall

Ey up buddy :)

---

I really need to hear a Yorkshire accent!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Running Feather

That's a mighty fine selection you have there Shug. Something there for everybody :boggle:

---

Yessir...sounds like ya'll had a right goodie this weekend. Hickery and I both hated to miss it.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Hawk-eye

Mighty fine collection there Shugrow ... mighty fine. You stay safe out there on the road doing your shows. We'll miss ya on YouTube!

---

Good to take a video break from time to time! Thanks Feller. Gorge)))))

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by flatline

yur the awesomest !
thanks man

---

Is that "Dude Speak"...been at the pickled eggs again?:laugh:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by pizza

I picked up a Wilderness Logics hammock after watching Shug's Snipe video and it's now my favorite hammock.

---

Cool that your liking that still. Hope to see you on the trail in the Fall.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Full_timer

Thanks Shug, another awesome video. Your WBBB video helped me decide to add a blackbird to my armada. It's currently my go to favorite. Cannibal's posts has me researching Brazilians. The DIY tablecloth thread has me considering joining the secret society of DIYers. So many hammocks so little time.

---

The BB makes a lot of folks happy!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by OutandBack

Monday morning with a Shug video and a cup of coffee is always awesome.
(did I say awesome?)
Thanks Shug, be save out on the road. We will be thinking about you.

---

Thanks....in a hot hotel room right now.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by MedicineMan

Always the teacher with humor.
Woke up late and enjoyed this one with black coffee.
I think your collection is well rounded and well thought out.
To have an authentic GrizzBridge is really an honor.
Break a leg on the tour (I hope that is the correct colloquial).

---

Teacher!!! Me????? I was a back-of-the-class-kid......:laugh:
I bought some. Some were gifts, Shug-fortune.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by richtorfla

Thanks for the vid there Shug! Just about shows everyone the different styles of camping hammocks. May help someone choose what kind of kit they want to build!
Have a safe and fun Summer! Book a lot of shows and make some money! Really stay safe! Loved the Bill Withers song! At least I think its a Withers song.

---

Good to hear it may help. Just that I get a lot of PMs asking about hammocks I know nothing about...other than reading on here.
Thanks on the Bill Withers song. Next....."Use Me Up"

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Old River Rat

sure perked up a blue monday . . . thanks shug . . .

---

I am happy to serve the Blues!!!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Loneoak

thank you sir, yet another great video

---

Mucho Obligato...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by grannypat

Great way to start the week--a Shug video. Thanks and see you in September. I think that was a song popular in the late 60's.

---

Thanks. Sounds like you had a good weekend!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by esku75

Whoooo buddy I also have the woodsman lite, love it :D

---

Good to hear you like it. Mighty light rig!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by G...Hawk

Thanks, Shug !
A video as refreshing as a tall drink of ice water on a hot summer day !
G
.

---

Ahhhh...refreshing.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Phillipsart

Thanks for the weights in grams. Saved me having to convert to grams. a very nice change.

---

I have learned to do that. I'm going Global......:laugh:

What was the length on the srl on the snipe?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by carolinasbackpacker

What was the length on the srl on the snipe?

---

I think....110". It is in the Snipe video somewhere.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Shewie

I'm loving the cockney Yorkshire accent Mr Shug :)

Have a good season, catch you in the fall

Ey up buddy :)

---

Good vid. Have several Yorkshire cousins--can't tell you just how many vowels they put into my dad's name, "Jim," but it was a bunch. And of course, made me--though they t'wern't all, re-listen to The Four Yorkshirmen, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

What a way to start out the day. Thanks Shug!

Thanks, Shug! A good look at the pros and cons of each, I think.

It's kinda surprising, finding out that you really only have five hammocks for the number of videos you do on them; I almost figured you were like Cannibal, with enough to do a different one each day for a month. Then again, thinking back on most of your videos, I think that Green Bean DIY has shown up on 75%+ of them now that I search my indexed memories of 'em.

Good video, and I hope this year's trials and tribulations are profitable and fun!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Phillipsart

Thanks for the weights in grams. Saved me having to convert to grams. a very nice change.

---

I try to do the same thing in my posts when I give figures, but do you know the Google search trick? Pull up Google (or, if you have it as your search engine in the top bar of your browser, plug this in there) and type in "convert x units to y units". Example: "convert 325 grams to ounces", and it'll spit out 11.464 ounces. You still have to plug in the units, but it's a lot faster than finding the conversion tables and doing it yourself. Hope it helps!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by FLRider

T
I try to do the same thing in my posts when I give figures, but do you know the Google search trick? Pull up Google (or, if you have it as your search engine in the top bar of your browser, plug this in there) and type in "convert x units to y units". Example: "convert 325 grams to ounces", and it'll spit out 11.464 ounces. You still have to plug in the units, but it's a lot faster than finding the conversion tables and doing it yourself. Hope it helps!

---

And for those not doing the google trick, I can recommend

http://www.backpackgeartest.org/convert.html

Sorry, back on topic again....

Grtz Johan

SweeeeeeeeeeT

Thanks for another fine video. I appreciate your efforts.

fly fisher

I love a backyard in Roseville.Bet you can't flip from hammock to hammock while they're all strung end to end:laugh:

Makes me want to go lay down. Happy trails on the road Shug!

fine collection u have there... I may have to make me a bridge hammock some day...

I was halfway expecting to see the Shug man jump from one hammock to the next until he had lept across the entire armada, but another fine video from the grand master. Well done Shug, well done indeed.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Great video Shug

Hi Shug.

I don't know if it's my eyes playing tricks or not, but I notice when I watch your video, looks to me there's some stretch in your single layer Warbonnet Blackbird Hammock. I was contemplating on another hammock, for those days when I know there is no insects to bother me, to save some weight.

My Warbonnet Blackbird 1.1 double is 700 grams including Whoopieslings and tree straps. I like the looks of your other gathered end hammocks, but by the time you add all the straps, I don't know if there's going to be much of a weight saving. I'm 180 pounds, think I'll stick to double layers or heavier weight material if i'm going for a single layer hammock.

Thanks for your video, It's been very interesting.

Watch Shug the hammock master as he puts his menagerie of wild hammocks thru the paces.

Gotta watch out for those BB's

"I lay like a mummy in a hammock, in a bed I flop around, but in a hammock PPPPPFFFFTTT!!!"

Nice way to word it Shug.

I also second Hickery's challenge of your somersaulting hammock to hammock...betcha can't!!! :sneaky::tongueup:

Informative AND entertaining Shug, as usual!
I always look forward to your next video - whether it's about hammocks or barbecue smoking.

Have a safe and prosperous 'busy season' so you gan get those poor under-used hammocks out for a group hang soon ;)

Wait till you try the woodsmanx from uk hammocks Shug then you may well have a new favorite!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Sailor

Good vid. Have several Yorkshire cousins--can't tell you just how many vowels they put into my dad's name, "Jim," but it was a bunch. And of course, made me--though they t'wern't all, re-listen to The Four Yorkshirmen, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

---

That was a right goodie...saw it a long time ago but timely now.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by raiffnuke

What a way to start out the day. Thanks Shug!

---

Thankee.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by FLRider

Thanks, Shug! A good look at the pros and cons of each, I think.

It's kinda surprising, finding out that you really only have five hammocks for the number of videos you do on them; I almost figured you were like Cannibal, with enough to do a different one each day for a month. Then again, thinking back on most of your videos, I think that Green Bean DIY has shown up on 75%+ of them now that I search my indexed memories of 'em.

Good video, and I hope this year's trials and tribulations are profitable and fun!




I try to do the same thing in my posts when I give figures, but do you know the Google search trick? Pull up Google (or, if you have it as your search engine in the top bar of your browser, plug this in there) and type in "convert x units to y units". Example: "convert 325 grams to ounces", and it'll spit out 11.464 ounces. You still have to plug in the units, but it's a lot faster than finding the conversion tables and doing it yourself. Hope it helps!

---

GreenBean is my First-String!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by crackrbilly

SweeeeeeeeeeT

---

Whoooo Buddy!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by fly fisher

Thanks for another fine video. I appreciate your efforts.

fly fisher

---

Much appreciated.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Hickery

I love a backyard in Roseville.Bet you can't flip from hammock to hammock while they're all strung end to end:laugh:

---

To give out)))))))))mmmmmmm

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Groovy

Makes me want to go lay down. Happy trails on the road Shug!

---

Not a bad idea at all.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by SmokeHouse

fine collection u have there... I may have to make me a bridge hammock some day...

---

Bridges are nice...just require a bit of a different tarp pitch....tarp and hang depending!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mountain_man_mike

I was halfway expecting to see the Shug man jump from one hammock to the next until he had lept across the entire armada, but another fine video from the grand master. Well done Shug, well done indeed.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

---

I would have but 5 hanging in a row was dodgy. Plus...my wife asked/told me not to.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by BackPackHiker

Great video Shug

---

Mucho Obligato!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Phillipsart

Hi Shug.

I don't know if it's my eyes playing tricks or not, but I notice when I watch your video, looks to me there's some stretch in your single layer Warbonnet Blackbird Hammock. I was contemplating on another hammock, for those days when I know there is no insects to bother me, to save some weight.

My Warbonnet Blackbird 1.1 double is 700 grams including Whoopieslings and tree straps. I like the looks of your other gathered end hammocks, but by the time you add all the straps, I don't know if there's going to be much of a weight saving. I'm 180 pounds, think I'll stick to double layers or heavier weight material if i'm going for a single layer hammock.

Thanks for your video, It's been very interesting.

---

It looks that way when I sit straight up in it...which i really don't do that much. Sure is comfy sleeping though.......

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by gunner76

Watch Shug the hammock master as he puts his menagerie of wild hammocks thru the paces.

Gotta watch out for those BB's

---

Fun to see them all out and strung.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by gargoyle

"I lay like a mummy in a hammock, in a bed I flop around, but in a hammock PPPPPFFFFTTT!!!"

Nice way to word it Shug.

I also second Hickery's challenge of your somersaulting hammock to hammock...betcha can't!!! :sneaky::tongueup:

---

Yes...my deepest of thoughts!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Loki

Informative AND entertaining Shug, as usual!
I always look forward to your next video - whether it's about hammocks or barbecue smoking.

Have a safe and prosperous 'busy season' so you gan get those poor under-used hammocks out for a group hang soon ;)

---

I thank you and I will.....

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Jiffiboy

Wait till you try the woodsmanx from uk hammocks Shug then you may well have a new favorite!

---

This Fall it goes to the woods.

Thanks for another great video to help educate us.

Shug is king.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by sleestac

Thanks for another great video to help educate us.

---

Y'elcome...and thanks.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mudman

Shug is king.

---

I prefer to be a Duke. Less work.:laugh:

Thank you again, Shug! :)

Wishing you cooler weather and electrolyte replacement drinks...

Another great vid! I hope you have as much fun on your day job. ;-)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Perkolady

Thank you again, Shug! :)

Wishing you cooler weather and electrolyte replacement drinks...

---

Thank you.....yes, electrolytes save the day! I drink Pocari Sweat.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by nothermark

Another great vid! I hope you have as much fun on your day job. ;-)

---

Real work is never as much fun......too hot!

another great video Shug
what hammock do you take to your dayo job, on the road?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by tansey

another great video Shug
what hammock do you take to your dayo job, on the road?

---

Well thankee..
I don't take one with me. I like to wait and hit the piney woods with them.

Aaah... a Shug fix!
And tansey, thats where my ENO lives- at work in the theatre. Plenty of places to hang there in between shows on a matinee day!

Shug
Thanks again for making my day, I have watched a lot of your videos, learned a lot ,laughed a ton and am amazed at your juggling. I thank you. Jim