Dutch Whoopie Hooks - Where's The Love?

[overthinker]

Everyone on here uses whoopie slings, so I hardly ever see mention of the whoopie hooks. It seems like there's a lot of time devoted to trying to find the lightest possible toggles to make a MSH, when these little ti buggers are about the lightest thing around. And they make a wonderful rain break.

I'm really amazed that these haven't become an "essential" part of the hammock product universe.

Any thoughts?

[SilvrSurfr]

I use them on all my hammocks.

[meckelangelo]

Seriously... Love my Whoopie Hooks!

[dangerous]

I think they're kinda expensive just to attach my whoopie sling to my hammock. I don't use a system that involves removing my slings from the hammock so I don't really see the point.

As for the water break, Dehoja did a video showing how water just ran right across them.

How are you guys using them?

[PTAaron]

I have them to connect my hammock's continuous loops to my cinch buckles. I use them so that I can take my bugnet off and on easier.

[SilvrSurfr]

I think they're kinda expensive just to attach my whoopie sling to my hammock. I don't use a system that involves removing my slings from the hammock so I don't really see the point.

As for the water break, Dehoja did a video showing how water just ran right across them.

How are you guys using them?

Dejoha's methodology was flawed, in my opinion - there is no way any of the suspensions he tested would be subjected to that amount of water flow (in the high tests). So, while interesting, I don't consider it particularly helpful in indicating what constitutes a good water break. He also states that the drip string is 100% effective, and yet, you can see water bypassing the drip string on more than one occasion during the video.

Dutch Whoopie Hooks are an excellent water break, in my real-world testing. I also greatly value being able to pack up dry hammock and wet suspension separately, but some people don't value that and prefer their suspension permanently attached to the hammock.

[dangerous]

oh that's a good point, I've never had really wet suspension lines. I suppose it would be nice to have the option of packing them separately.

Dejoha's methodology was flawed, in my opinion - there is no way any of the suspensions he tested would be subjected to that amount of water flow (in the high tests). So, while interesting, I don't consider it particularly helpful in indicating what constitutes a good water break. He also states that the drip string is 100% effective, and yet, you can see water bypassing the drip string on more than one occasion during the video.

Dutch Whoopie Hooks are an excellent water break, in my real-world testing. I also greatly value being able to pack up dry hammock and wet suspension separately, but some people don't value that and prefer their suspension permanently attached to the hammock.

[Gorilla-Z]

I'm rocking the Dutch Biners instead of Whoopie Hooks. All Dutchware is awesome.

[Dochartaigh]

The only metal part of my suspension is a pair of whoopie hooks. They're 2.2 times lighter than Dutch clips, and a little cheaper as well. I think this is the ideal way to setup the suspension (photo cred to Dutch)

[Dutch]

Whoopie hook suspension is my most popular suspension. It is also the one I use. One thing often missed is you can get by with shorter Huggers. If they come up short the whoopie sling can take up some of the difference. As far as water break I think it completely works in real world applications. Being able to remove your suspension when it is wet is a huge plus. The fact it makes it so you can pack your wet suspension separately is huge. The fact it isn't talked about much I think is a positive. I can't remember seeing them ever on the for sale forum and there are many thousands of them out there.