how much for how long can the WBBB hold?

I am jut curious ... the 1.7 has a 400 pound limit, so I am curious how much could it hold for how long?

If I put a 400 pound weight in there when would it finally break?

I'd say until the fabric and thread degrades from outside factors like UV, moisture etc. The static load would hold quite a while I'd imagine. Dynamic load is a different story. Just a guess.

hmmm alright thanks for the guess ... I am just curious if 400 is a safe estimate or the utmost limit ...i dont ever plan on getting more than 400 pounds in it but you never know. may have to rescue a tenter one day and his gear with my WBBB so I was just tossing out my thoughts ...

To clarify, its the double layer 1.7 that has the 400 lb limit and I think Brandon's estimates do have a bit if a safety margin as well. It would probably hold more than 400 lbs.

my wife and I have laid in my 1.1 double for over an hour... nothing broke or failed

I'm almost 350 and used mine all summer. I'm a flipper and a flopper and it held up to that stress. Not scientific. More annecdotal. Hope that helps.

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Originally Posted by Copenhagen69

I am jut curious ... how much could it hold for how long?

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I think you might be mixing apples and oranges. How much is the question. How long is a red herring of sorts. The failure would be instantaneous and catastrophic. It would be a "break" not a "bend." Just my opinion.

If I ever "rescue" a tenter ... he ain't sleeping in my hammock with me anyway! :lol:

Rain Man

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If I ever "rescue" a tenter ... he ain't sleeping in my hammock with me anyway! :lol:

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Unless it is a helpless young lady :thumbup:

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may have to rescue a tenter one day and his gear with my WBBB so I was just tossing out my thoughts ...

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I'm going to go ahead and assume that is code for 'dynamic stress testing', which itself is code for...other things. ;)

These outdoor hammocks are really not built for such activities; they're built to be lightweight. That said, my girlfriend and I hike together regularly and she spent a couple of months on the AT with me. We sleep in the same hammock frequently on the trail. All total, we have broken one ring (literally exploded in the middle of the night) and snapped some cordage on a UL suspension (wasn't Amsteel). That's just from sleeping, ie. static weight. While we have slept in my Blackbird 1.7 double once or twice, it always makes me nervous. Too much to go wrong. The netting could get loaded in just the right way from someone laying slightly out of position and tear away from the body. That's my biggest concern. So, we almost always sleep in her TrekLight double; simple and much less to fail.

So, if you want to go around rescuing people from the dirty ground, my suggestion would be to go with a simple sling hammock, like ENO, TrekLight, WB Traveler, or the many other basic hammocks out there. You may still very well have hardware failures, but the hammock itself should not let you down; figuratively or literally. At least, ours haven't after some probably 50 or so nights together in a hammock in the woods. :cool:

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'dynamic stress testing'

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A mental note has been made. :laugh:

Hey it holds Tiny TX......

Most of the weight limits that are posted are quite "safe". They will usually hold much more than posted. If you put a 400lb weight in it, it's going to be much different than a 400lb person though. You will have much different pressure points and what not.

Did you have something specific in mind, or are you just "wondering"?

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I'm going to go ahead and assume that is code for 'dynamic stress testing', which itself is code for...other things. ;)

These outdoor hammocks are really not built for such activities; they're built to be lightweight. That said, my girlfriend and I hike together regularly and she spent a couple of months on the AT with me. We sleep in the same hammock frequently on the trail. All total, we have broken one ring (literally exploded in the middle of the night) and snapped some cordage on a UL suspension (wasn't Amsteel). That's just from sleeping, ie. static weight. While we have slept in my Blackbird 1.7 double once or twice, it always makes me nervous. Too much to go wrong. The netting could get loaded in just the right way from someone laying slightly out of position and tear away from the body. That's my biggest concern. So, we almost always sleep in her TrekLight double; simple and much less to fail.

So, if you want to go around rescuing people from the dirty ground, my suggestion would be to go with a simple sling hammock, like ENO, TrekLight, WB Traveler, or the many other basic hammocks out there. You may still very well have hardware failures, but the hammock itself should not let you down; figuratively or literally. At least, ours haven't after some probably 50 or so nights together in a hammock in the woods. :cool:

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'Dynamic stress testing' has been a curiosity of mine since I started hammocking... I'm surprised it doesn't come up more often. I'd be interested to hear a PG rated, non-graphic account of how that works out.

Side to side, spooning as it were, works out just fine, even with some "dynamic stress testing". Subjects totaled about 375 in a dbl 1.7. Sorry, no pics or vid.

Get a ground sheet and tarp with doors and the "dynamic stress testing" is taken away from the hammock. Then get off the ground and go to sleep.

but being on the ground for the "dynamic stress testing" just isn't the same. its like the mile high club, its the experience