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A double fisherman's knot or the butterfly knot are the strongest knots of this type. See study here: http://www.caves.org/section/vertical/nh/50/knotrope.html

You can learn how to tie them here:...

I tie overhand loops in the ends of my webbing rather than using sewn loops. The structure of an overhand loop knot in webbing is the same as the water knot -- the preferred knot to use when tying...

I have used the Mombassa Outback over my ENO Doublenest, and it worked perfectly to keep the bugs out. The net will bunch up around the ends of the hammock of course, so I just tied it off at those...

In short, I like it.

I just started hammock camping, so I didn't want to spend a lot of money on bottom insulation. A CCF pad seemed like the clear choice. I went to REI to get their standard...

Wow, thanks for all the encouraging replies. The problem with the tarp wasn't so much that the downhill side was pitched too steeply -- it was that the uphill side was not pitched steeply enough. I...

WV -- Thanks for the tips. I never thought of pulling a sapling to the side like that. I think I'll order another 50 feet of Kelty Triptease so that I can tie the tarp to objects as well as using...

First of all, thanks to everyone on this forum for all of the great information that helped me to be able to successfully camp using my hammock. I just did my second camping hang on Friday night on...

I've been lurking around for a few weeks now, and have done a couple of hangs in NY state. Thanks to everyone who contributes to the forum -- you've helped me out a lot!

I first got a ENO...