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[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] Well I used to train them years ago for show jumping and polocrosse, but I don’t recall dousing them with petroleum distillates. Plus, I’m only making an assumption based...

You may be surprised to hear that, oddly enough, permethrin based sprays for horses aren’t easily available here either. There used to be a brand loved by all called Coopers Fly Repellant Plus which...

Thanks Brian.

I thought I’d read somewhere in this thread that someone had managed successfully to use 0.2% but I couldn’t find the post when I looked back through.

As for the Martin brand at...

Has anyone tried the 0.2% concentration at all? If so, how effective was it at that mix rate? The reason I ask is that I'm having a real hard time locating a source for stronger concentrations here...

I asserted nothing of the sort about any weather phenomena. I merely asked how it was that RAIN SPLATTER in particular could be splashed that way if the tarp was spread wide enough and hung low...

When I said I was open to correction, it wasn't free reign to insult my intelligence.

Firstly, while I congratulate you on your powers of observation and research into the annual rainfall on the...

I may be super-ignorant, and I'm open to correction here but I fail to see quite how you'd get rain splatter beneath you when physics doesn't allow such a thing to occur without the rain passing...

Every time I've hung here in the UK I've been in pretty dense woodland where I'm more or less protected from all but the strongest of wind. Rainfall tends to be more drips off the trees than any...

I reckon it must be perfectly adequate, as I have one myself and love it!! Plus, it seems to have passed the test of time for a company to have been making hammocks for the last 20 years -...

Ridge lines are never necessary. They're something that helps make life easier whenever things aren't perfect - which, let's face it, is 98% of the time. If you hang from the same two perfectly...

Wow, that sucks!! And rather interesting too, considering the Netherlands openly allows pretty much all banned substances and yet not a widely recognised and effective insecticide. Weird.

I get my Sawyer spray-on stuff off Amazon here in the UK. It's about 750ml per bottle so it covers 3 sets of clothing per bottle. I'm a biting-insect magnet so, while its pricey, I'm more than...

Somewhere I keep my moths :D

HAHAHAHA!! Well, someone has to be!! I wish I'd stumbled on this whole malarkey before I went backpacking. Could've saved myself a fortune!! I'm big on my DIY gear, but that's not always the least...

Welcome KiteRob, from a Zimbo currently dangling in the UK. I totally share the materials naming dilemma coz it's not very different here either. Hammocking is like Hotel California - you can check...

Greetings North, and welcome.

I don't have any experience with the very popular Dutch bling, so I can't offer help on your suspension system. I use a cinch-buckle/tree-strap system myself and am...

I've been using a dog-bone instead of a CL with much the same results - larks head either end, but I rather like the toggle plan you have, and shall be adopting it I think [emoji106]🏻

Well done, you guys, good on you. That looked fun in spite of the rain. The AT by far outstrips what we have here in the UK, but I have a challenging hike that I plan to do in the next few months or...

Welcome from the south too - home of the New Forest (and what I consider to be my back garden [emoji23])

Nice kit, great hang, and welcome to the obsession [emoji2][emoji106]🏻 No such thing as a boring first hang as far as I'm concerned, and I seem to share that view with plenty of others. Keep swinging.

I started with shock cord tensioners, but soon got to dislike the resulting loop of cord that comes as a result. It has a tendency to tangle when packing/unpacking. As a result I had a look about...

I'd like to say at this point that Bubba and gmcttr make very important points and thank you guys for raising your concerns - if you intend to follow a procedure you should be aware of the...

Sure, and what you're saying is quite right up to a point. Using your analogy, we haven't stopped driving cars in spite of the fact that accidents occur, nor have we stopped tying knots in rope even...

Yeah. It's a bit like saying that and then admitting that, on occasion, you don't put on your own seatbelt. I'm not sure I follow where you're leading this, but there are many reasons for many people...

Yes, you make a very good point. Fortunately, my very rudimentary but extra-conservative process has so far served me well, and not dumped my butt on the ground.

Hahaha, I still do it often, and it really stokes my fire 😂😂😂

Its worth noting that, at best, these satelite images are years old and cannot be used as a reliable source. As a general guide to an area they work great though, so not to discount them altogether.

I havent used any tapering at all on my amsteel projects. I figure that even at 80-85% of original breaking strain - wait, lets halve it- at 50% of the given breaking strain, if I were to snap it...

Not sure this applies either, but I've made horrible nests underneath my fabrics by simply forgetting to lower the presser foot before rattling off a couple of inches. This is normally immediately...

Tricky situation to be in. Most of the others put a bead on the loop before feeding it back through itself, or a stop-knot in the amsteel in place of the bead. I dont do either - beads are well-known...

Good point, well made. I concede :)

Initially, and while cost is a major factor, I'd go with keeping things simple. To begin with, paracord stretching while used as guy lines isn't that big a deal when you consider that most tarps'll...

Allowing for, and assuming you use, the +- 83% hammock length for sag on your 11' hammock, you're actually only using approximately 9' of tarp RL. This would offer roughly 3" of overhang at each end...

Yup, fits just fine like all the others say:shades:

Now this sounds like the way to go :)

This would only be an issue if you minded folks seeing your ankles, lol. I figure if a foot or so above ground level is acceptable in most public shower cubicles then it stands to reason that it'll...

I do this with my DD 3x3 and it works perfectly.

Easy is good - free is even better 😃😃

Hmmm, I'm not convinced by this. At first it sounds brilliant. Then I thought about how much I didn't want to mess with my suspension by wanting matches, spices or whatever. I'd keep them empty.

Me too with the folded wire, only I don't use it too stiff. I like to bend up the two 'feet' to face the direction that the fold is so that it doesn't inadvertently disappear into the amsteel.

My handle is just what it sounds like, just spelled differently. Started as a joke almost 20 years ago whilst I was stomping my way around the world on an epic backpacking adventure, and it just...

Oscar is an American bulldog cross staffie, so he's a solid dog, if not very big. The pic used in my avatar is one with he and I sharing my hammock. He shares my hammock like he shares my bed -...

Funkyzebra and I have improved on our bunk-style system by making an actual hammock for the 'addition' and including a couple of pulleys so that it's easy to slide forward and backward to allow easy...

Sorry for the delayed response, momtaxi. I can't speak for redwood or it's strengths/weaknesses, as it's inaccessible here in the UK, but these ones are pine I believe. Bought very cheaply from the...

Yeah, plastic coat hanger sections sound like a winner to me.

I currently use short lengths of 25mm copper tubing and it's easily coping under the strain of my less-than-ripped body :D

On my first attempt to do the very same thing, I also made the mistake of using prussiks along my amsteel CRL. They're plenty good enough on guy lines, but amsteel is slippery and so cannot then be...

+1 to all of the above. When I'm not actually hanging myself, I'm hanging out in here :) Cant think of a better place to learn, or to simply participate. Like Paper above, I never thought I'd be the...

And yet another falls victim to the scourge of the camping world :lol:

Have fun and stay safe

Greetings from the UK, Lewt. If its info and advice you seek, you've come to the right place. I'd been lurking here for months before I made my first post, soaking up all the accumulated experience...