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Lightest sparrow using the 1.0oz ROBIC and .5oz Noseeum? Any guess weight on a 60 inch?

The good news is that a DH purchase is the culmination of your hammock journey. Once you get one you have attained hammock nirvana, and you get your life back. Remember the good life you had before...

I have a weakness for anything camo. Must. Resist.

I second mesh tarp skins. Skins from Kat at MountainGoat Hats on both of my tarps. Easy to use. She is wonderful to deal with too. She made me a couple of custom sizes so that I could skin my...

Over the years my cousin and I have owned most hammocks on here. We have both settled on the 11-foot double-layer Dream Hammock Sparrow, ESPECIALLY after two nights worth of this weekend's cold...

After we slaughter them there is no nap. There is only work. We owe a responsibility to the animal not to waste it, but to immediately process it and get it out of the woods and into an ice chest. ...

I have had luck on Amazon buying shock cord in bulk from a company called Sargent Knots

I have owned many of the vaunted hammock brands espoused on this forum. Have returned several of the highest profile hammocks after one lay in them...did not need a night in them to know that they...

Here humidity is the enemy. Breather holes only let it in. I use these in my large Tupperware storage containers. Reusable. Solves the major problem with long-term storage: moisture/mold/mildew. ...

I store mine in a tow sack hung in a septic tank. Mosquitoes leave me alone, and so do other campers...

Welcome from Snuff Gully. (Insert mental image of kid on the porch with a banjo here.) Buying a hammock is the best thing that you will have done for yourself in a long time. Just don't get all...

Unfair question. That is like asking, "Brisket? Or Ribs?" The only way you will know is to buy both and sell one. There are ready buyers for either on here.

As a previous ENO owner and now lucky enough to own a Sparrow I'm pretty sure he shall never be fulfilled ever again laying in the ENO.

Order the weather cover. Once you use it a time or two you will be glad you did and will turn a blind eye to its weight.

The UQ hooks AND TIE OUT HOOKS on my Dream Hammock work wonderfully with the 1/8 shock cord inside my Hammock Gear's UQ's side channels. Before I confuse you, please realize that I am primarily...

Turned the UQ around. Amazing how good it works when you use it properly...sad part is, I knew it had a head and foot end. I just forgot. As I said, getting old is its own kind of hell.

Thanks Dutch. The only thing that brings me more enjoyment is grandkids.

Oh yeah, I can see it in the pic. On backwards. Teach me to set up when dead tired. I appreciate the tip.

Why am I not surprised...and THAT would explain a couple of cold spot incidents I've had lately.


Never got old. Never. It's its own kind of hell.

As usual, my mistake results in an epiphany, and an improvement in my hammock's comfort. In my haste to get my new Sparrow out of the box and hung so I could lay in it I hurriedly added a couple of...

As you said, it is the best of the best. Perfect, right out of the box. No weeks and weeks of fiddling with it, experimenting to optimize its lay. (Ask me how many times I have fiddled to no...

Yes. Get the 11 foot too.

I use a sleeping bag. Mummy type. Love the extra width it affords vs a TQ. To each his own though.

I do not know. I only know that there is no calf ridge. I adjusted my suspension so that the head end was roughly 12" lower than the foot end. I don't think that had anything to do with it though,...

I am well impressed. This hammock blows me away. Having owned some of the high-profile hammocks that come highly recommended on this forum, both gathered-end and bridge, my initial impression is...

Comfort or color. Which between these matters most to you when you close your eyes and get still?

Foot end higher. Everyone will have a different "perfect" as we each are different. For me, I look at the gathered ends of the hammock and visually approximate 10-12 inches. Now, as to which of...

Ultimate wish list notwithstanding, I spec'd and ordered a Sparrow!

You are correct. The only way I can see it being accomplished is four two-way separating zippers on the weather cover. Start the zipping from the ends towards the middle of the hammock. Heavy. ...

Ultimate wish list:

1. Separating zippers that meet in the middle, so that the zipper pulls are "right there" and immediately accessible on the side (not on the ends like my homemade) when the...

Wow. Definitely am going to follow your blog. Will be living life vicariously through your reports. And the UniMog: OMG, top of the line. Read all about it and its equipment. You guys did it...

I know this will not be the answer you are looking for, but it may be the reality that you will eventually embrace. I am a confirmed side sleeper at home, cannot sleep on my back even for a minute...

I added them to my BIAS camper XL hammocks. I have two, with and without integrated bug net. Tie-outs can work with both, but easiest with integrated net. Adding them does not change your lay very...

JRB 12' x 10' Universal Tarp. Liked it so much I bought a second one so my friends trying out hammocking would not complain that I kept the best for myself. I may buy other hammocks in the future,...

I just left my hammock strung on the hammock stand and moved it to the side of the house by where she sits under the awning. She still won't admit that she likes it, but she gets in it every now and...

Cotton shoe strings have worked okay in the past. I currently an using two biners on each end. That has worked even better.

Who sells snake skins that would be long enough for a 12-foot hammock? I know they are normally used on a tarp, but I have a specific need where it would be optimal to sleeve my hammock too.Thanks!

I've tried the Walmart stuff and it just gives out too quickly. I have a short length of 1/8" left over that I got from one of the vendors on here and it is slightly thicker than 1/8", and a heck of...

Holy Cow. That's not a CPAP, that's an ICU respirator.

Thank you for investing your time in our youth. Nobody was ever steered wrong by becoming a Boy Scout. Most were steered in a very positive direction (including me) because of selfless contribution...

Pink Floyd (especially David Gilmour), Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, even Little Feat, all yes, mutually enjoyed, these. All reside in my phone's files and get airtime in camp. These and the...

You posted up hoping for a straight answer to a simple question: how long? IMHO, make an eleven foot hammock. You will like and enjoy it. Or, you can waste a lot of time and money experimenting...

Everyone likes the sounds of nature when they camp. Some also enjoy an hour of two of music laying in their hammocks before they go to bed. If you do, then please consider contributing your music to...

I know my camping buddies. Eventually one of them will get the idea to try to fart into the air intake.

Question: Does using a longer hose and routing it under the top quilt sufficiently warm the incoming air. I probably won't see temps going under 25*.

Eleven foot hammock will increase your comfort.

Where are you putting your CPAP machine when using it out on the trail?

OR, you can pull the hammock out with side tie-outs. That will get the width out there and the bug net away from you. I did this with a Fronkey-style Nano-Buginator. It requires that you burn a...

Ratcliff Lake. Awesome vid Dude! Hammocks, steaks, fishing. GREAT MUSIC! Best hammock vid I have ever watched. I hunt about 10 miles from there. The Davy Crockett Nat'l Forest is some great...

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They are among us, and they have absolutely no fear of us.
Memorial Weekend 2013, Saturday night, about an hour after dark. I am walking around the corner of my house with my...