Alternative to ridgeline quilt hooks

[The J Meister]

I recently bought and have been using the tato gear ridgeline quilt hooks (Thanks to Dutch for vending these).
I think they work great and they really make a difference on the way the quilt keeps snug and helps prevent the dreaded shoulder roll off.
However....
They are plastic, and sadly while dealing with my gear I accidentally stepped on one and broke it.
So it got me to thinking if there was a way to achieve the same results using some zing it and the quilt rope was born!

The idea is to have a rope with loops on both ends that can be attached to the quilt suspension and hang over the ridgeline and provide the same effect that the hooks do.

I chose to make the overall rope adjustable so that it could be used for a 3/4 or full length quilt and to give that ease of adjustment.

I used zing-it for the cordage.

At one end of the UCR I put in a standard lock spliced eyelet. At the other end of the UCR is used the Hybrid Soft Halyard set up from L-36
http://l-36.com/HybridHalyard.php

A prelim test in the back yard gave some promising results as it seemed to hold the quilt suspension up just as well as the hooks.

I attached the eyelet end to the suspension via a larks head making sure to attach over the top of the ridgeline. At the other end I used the soft shackle portion of the halyard.

Hope you guys like it, and let me know what you think.
ridgeline quilt rope.jpg

[Kvothe]

Wow! That looks great! I wanted to build some triangle thingies from rope this weekend as replacement for the ridgeline quilt hooks, but I think I may try to include this system. Any idea whether or how it could work over a bug net? Except from not going under the ridgeline it shouldn't be a problem...

[Elementalscape]

Similar to what I did.



Now that I've attached a bugnet, I'm sort of back to the drawing board. I can still attach the shock cord together over the bugnet, but I worry about this causing damage over time.

[Pipsissewa]

My setup is similar to Shadinsb's except, instead of Prussik knot, I use a Klemheist. The pull is in one direction only (inward), so the Klemheist works for me.

Good thinking and thanks for the pictures!

[The J Meister]

I designed it to rest over the ridgeline, so the rope set up would work testing on top of the bug net as well. I did think about wear and tear on the bug net, but figured that it would be no worse than the wear I would get from using the plastic quilt hooks.

[Kvothe]

I have tried it a couple of nights now and it works great! I don't see a lot of pressure on the bug net and I think it would take a couple of years to wear through... (with only hanging a couple of weeks a year that is)

[The J Meister]

I have tried it a couple of nights now and it works great! I don't see a lot of pressure on the bug net and I think it would take a couple of years to wear through... (with only hanging a couple of weeks a year that is)

I have now used mine for 4 nights and it worked great as well.

[Baka Dasai]

I also found the ridgeline quilt hooks to be a good idea in principle, but not so great in practice. Mine tended to slide along my ridgeline, and the quilt suspension cords didn't always stay attached to it.

So I created a similar solution to yours. I think mine is better

I prusik two small continuous loops to my ridgeline, one at the head end and one at the foot end. I attach a micro-biner to each prusik, and then run the underquilt suspension through the micro-biner. Simple.

I run both primary suspension cords through the biner at each end, but I run only the "head-side" secondary suspension at the head end and the "feet-side" secondary suspension at the foot end. This keeps my quilt up high on the head side and foot side - a little diagonal, like my lay. I keep my secondary suspension cords completely untightened as running them up to the ridgeline makes them tight enough.

[SteveE]

I also found the ridgeline quilt hooks to be a good idea in principle, but not so great in practice. Mine tended to slide along my ridgeline, and the quilt suspension cords didn't always stay attached to it.

So I created a similar solution to yours. I think mine is better

I prusik two small continuous loops to my ridgeline, one at the head end and one at the foot end. I attach a micro-biner to each prusik, and then run the underquilt suspension through the micro-biner. Simple.

I run both primary suspension cords through the biner at each end, but I run only the "head-side" secondary suspension at the head end and the "feet-side" secondary suspension at the foot end. This keeps my quilt up high on the head side and foot side - a little diagonal, like my lay. I keep my secondary suspension cords completely untightened as running them up to the ridgeline makes them tight enough.

Do you have a pic of this Baka? This sounds like a very simple solution!