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Lol, yes it is . . . very dry. Of course we are about to start the monsoon here so it will soon be "humid" here and everyone will be complaining about the 30% humidity. [emoji23]

Just saw this, I did not.

Nice! And a bridge hammock at that.

I'm probably one of the few people that shed my UQs for part of the year. As of now I've been UQless for about three weeks. Of course my current location is southern Arizona and we've already had it...

Just to add some info here,
I hung my Mayan up since we're getting hit w/ a major heatwave and I wanted the breezy coolness. While it was up I took some measurements.

Mine is not even the...

Very cool!
But I do have to ask, why so far from the tree and the bike? Don't you get a lot of drop when you get in the hammock w/ that much distance?

That's funny, the first winter I spent in Costa Rica/Panama the lady I was traveling w/ had something like that. She had cut holes in the ends and sewn in a cone of netting so that it fit the...

Best is a personal thing based on too many factors. It's not the best for someone that wants a light weight setup w/o any metal in their hammock assembly, but it is the simplest if you're just car...

I'm not clear on what you're having difficulty w/. The huggers should have a loop at each end and the daisy chain strap should have at least a loop at one end.
Just attach the loops together so...

Why?

Maybe we should consider a desert paddle trip. Do you do multi day trips?

I've rarely experienced strong winds because of all the trees, so any wide tarp in a shallow porch mode should work. I would want a big rectangle that I could use the ends as doors if needed.

The Mayan doesn't have anything to zip a net to. A zippered net hammock is going to be a nylon camping hammock.
You will probably need to make your own ridgeline, it doesn't have to be structural,...

For multiple years I used a cotton Mayan hammock for three to four months at a time down there and even have one here in the desert that I brought back years ago. I'm pretty close to switching out...

There are cotton or nylon (or whatever the modern equivalent is nowadays) string ones. The cotton can absorb some moisture and mold if not able to dry out, but is more comfortable. The synthetic is...

When I've been in the jungle I'm happiest in a Mayan style hammock, fronkey style bug net, and a major tarp.
Now I might add an UQP on the outside of the bugnet. I feel like that really seals the...

If we're talking about the one that you can also wear like a poncho . . . I really didn't like the strap and buckle that ends up under your calves when it's in footbox form. I cut mine off.
It's...

That depends on which photo you're looking at. I have, and still do use a few different ones.
I have a Tensa Solo that I use when kayaking, bikepacking, and plane traveling.
I also have 4...

I agree w/ you on this. I have a JRB multi use quilt and they put snaps to close the footbox. Not only are they snaps but they are doubled in a way that let's it snap together either way (like anyone...

Sounds way better than where we are, unfortunately we're not going to be able to make it this time. [emoji3525]

I know! I can just make it work if I hang it w/ the right amount of sag. My lady doesn't have any problems w/ it as she's a little more than 5'.

I didn't know that it was that short when I bought...

I will say that unless you're comfortable in a short, narrow, hammock this is probably not the way to go. I don't know if Dutch is making them longer now as he doesn't list the size on his site but...

Well I passed my first 100 nights (for this year) near the end of last month and we're already hitting triple digits occasionally. I'd guess before the month is out my UQ may be moving into it's...

If she's already packing a "reflective sheet" you could just get an UQP and put the sheet in that. It would get it out of the hammock and I don't think there is any way to get lighter than that.
Of...

Wish they were rare enough for that. There's no shortage of them out there.

I'm not suffering at all, and I sure didn't that night.[emoji6]
It might be the desert but we were camped an the edge of a canyon lake that we paddled for two days.

I am selling the WS Cape...

Nice to hear! Stay healthy.

I know that the appropriate sized eye bolts get used in the manner for porch swings and they hold two or more people. Of course I prefer to go through the joist horizontally when it can be accessed....

Here's one I missed.
This is what a couple "One Tree" hangs look like when you're partner forgets that they pulled their hammock out of their gear to wash it and then never did.
She didn't...

I do lean the pole at almost a 30° so most of the force is pushing the pole into the ground (sometimes a problem for me w/ sand but have managed to find or have things to put under it) and I find the...

Shug, It looks like you're running really long lines to your stakes. I don't think I've ever gone more than about 10" of line.
W/ the angle of the pole it pretty much looks like a pyramid when I'm...

The ground anchor lines? I don't.
I usually put up my tarp skinned to act as a ridgeline and then tighten my anchor lines against that. Both the tarp/ridgeline and my anchor lines are set to "snug".

Anyone have an interest in historic/military hammocks?
I just picked up an M1965 special forces hammock that I may be offering up w/ our other vending stuff.
If there's an interest I'll start a...

I suspect you could make up some dyneema soft shackles and/or some dogbones to get the length you want.
Jeff Myers on YouTube has some good tutorials, like this one for a version of soft shackles,...

Playa del Carmen was a tiny little town when I was there in the 80's, and Tulum was nothing but some cool ruins and a few palapas.
I think I'd be scared to go there now and see the development....

I would have to disagree w/ you on this. Right here in Arizona we have mosquitoes that everyone refers to as "ankle biters" as they tend to keep low to the ground and will definitely eat up your...

Canada to Mex, that's a jump! Where did you end up?

I may have to have you get me another Mayan hammock bigger than the one I have, then I'll be able to show my lady that you really can sleep...

The only problem I find w/ a fronkey net (which I do use) on a Mayan style hammock is that it doesn't totally close on the bottom and normally uses your hammock to act as a "plug" for the bottom...

Going for one of these? I too am a fan of industrial/urban hangs.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220417/e9ad15a12a523c7b712327deaf24e980.jpg

I get more stretch out of some of my suspensions than I do w/ my hammock. Unless it's a cotton Brazilian hammock, those will stretch for a few nights at a min.

I think it's my poly tree straps...

It could be just the photo, and viewing it on my phone, but the grey line looks thinner than the red shuttle, is it? I know the shuttle is thicker looking where the line goes through it and where...

Not the best morning for me, wrote out a long (for me) detailed reply and posted it to the wrong thread . . . then deleted it by accident when attempting to move it. [emoji21]

Anyway, I use UCR's...

Wrong thread. [emoji3061]

I've always just stuffed it into a liner bag in the bottom of my pack if I'm backpacking, and into a compression dry bag (only compressing as much as I need for space) when kayaking. The rest of the...

I've had that same thought, and plan, for my Solo.
Guess I'm not the only one. [emoji6]

I'll have to second that. I had a mesh skin from someone else, I think Dutch Wares, and never really like the pocket setup (I do use them). Ended up passing that one on and picked up one from Jared...

How would you get into, or out of it, w/ the netting held down by the tie-outs?

And then a backyard hang where it was so windy that we didn't want to risk the tarps and I only used the bugnet to cut down the wind, not for bugs.
The next day it was less and we got to use the...

And this is from our recent vending trip to SoCal.
After driving all day, around midnight, we pulled off on a dirt track about an hour from our destination to camp. Using the vending cart as our...

Some of my more recent "One Tree" hangs.
This one is from my mom's first ever hammock nights at Hang Con in Florida. It was nice to be able to pick a site that had one good tree spread and I could...