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Great hang, though I probably wouldn't put that sort of stress on the porch posts very often. The other suggestion I would make is to get some thin Spectra cord and a couple of Figure 9s and rig the...

Too funny -- that's exactly what will happen here, I'm sure. Thanks for the note.

Ah, see, that is very helpful. Not sure that using it as an underquilt is a high enough priority to make the decision for me, but that is a crucial bit of info.

Appreciate it.

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Thanks, that helps a lot. Appreciate the reply.

Don't know anything about backpacking possibilities there, but the Outer Banks are beautiful. One of my favorite places in the world.

Greetings to the list:

I would like to buy a 40-45 F rated quilt for 3 main uses:

1. On the ground in the summer when hiking with my wife
2. In my Hennessy Hammock (bottom entry) in the...

Something else to consider is the character of silnylon and other very light, slippery fabrics. They are just plain harder to sew than the cotton used in your cargo shorts.

My solution is #5: Let...

Yes. I use a small stuff sack from a sleeping bag. It also holds my webbing straps and my carabiners. I find it easier to deal with the skinned hammock that way.

(So why skin it at all? Why not...

I use the orange Spectra cord from Gossamer Gear. A pair of small Fig-9 cord locks, and the tarp sets up in no time. I use the same lines for the ground tie-outs, with the tiny cord locks I got from...

Deluxe. Had it out in a couple of serious thunderstorms last week -- great coverage. Ties out very tightly.

Thanks, everyone.

Greetings to the Forum:

I have recently switched back to using my Hennessy Hammock, and with the help of reading these forums, I've added a nice webbing suspension system and a new Maccat Deluxe...

Got a kid graduating from high school. Lots of family will be in town, and I am feeding them. I may set up my hammock in the woods as an escape pod of sorts. Leave a cooler of beer underneath.

Hennessey Hammock Explorer Ultralight from 2003, with the main ropes cut off, and two Nano biners, in the HH stuff sack: 26.5

2x 12-foot sections of 1-inch webbing, 2 more Nano biners, 2 JRB...

The rope is made of two parts, the core and the woven cover. You can cut off the two inches and melt the end. It should stay together after that.

I just got my new Maccat Deluxe hammock tarp the other day. Finally had a chance to set it up yesterday -- what a great design. It pitches tightly with very little effort, and appears extremely well...

I don't like being covered up - I like to watch the sky. So I usually pitch the fly fairly low, then detach it from the stakes and one tree and stuff it, still attached to the other tree. That way if...

I have a Hennessey Hammock, and made the switch to straps this spring. I have two 12-foot Strapworks 1-inch webbing straps with a 3-inch loop sewn in one end. (Buy a single 30-foot strap with a loop...

Keeping the fly separate lets me pitch the fly first when it's raining. That gives me a covered area to get out of the rain and then hang the hammock under the fly, keeping it nice and dry.

The...

Understand your frustration. An idea:

Replace the cord that connects the fly to the main hammock line with bungee cord. Make a loop of light bungee cord, tie it in a prusik knot, and use a good...

If I only had one pad for hammocking, it would be the Ridgerest XL, which is 25 inches wide and 77 inches long, and about 3/8 inch thick or so. I have used it well below freezing and been...

Thanks, Peanuts. I've been lurking for a while, and didn't realize I'd never posted. Hmm.

My wife had a flying squirrel land on her Hennessey hammock in Georgia a few years ago. She backhanded that sucker. He's probably still telling the story to his squirrel buddies.

We had a very...