Gear Sling

[blackbishop351]

You sleep with your coffee? But the bears will get ya lol;<)

I used a 2'×3' piece of treated ripstop, put a large hem on all four sides leaving two diagonally opposite Corners with an opening, ran zing it through the whole perimeter pulling the loops out of the diagonal corners and then put toggles on the loops. You have a pack cover / ground cover / gear hammock.

Just the coffee, yeah. Evidently bears don't like caffeine.

Mine is an all in one too. You can also carry water in it. A la Just Jeff.

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[MDCrab]

I just made a simple mini GE hammock from leftover material. I just attach it to my ridge line at the moment. I was thinking of using my pack cover to do the same thing or making a hammock seat to fit all 3 functions. I've seen them advertised and seen a few DIY versions here as well. seems like a convenient multi function item that isn't hard on the DIY scale.

[Carrico]

Do you have any pictures?

Not at the moment but I'll get some together

[Donfish06]

I just made a simple mini GE hammock from leftover material. I just attach it to my ridge line at the moment. I was thinking of using my pack cover to do the same thing or making a hammock seat to fit all 3 functions. I've seen them advertised and seen a few DIY versions here as well. seems like a convenient multi function item that isn't hard on the DIY scale.

I thought about that too, but I have an 85L pack so my rain cover would be huge. I think that it would be too big of a gear sling

[rais'n hammock]

I made one from the left over Hyper D. It hangs above my feat and I can store my clothes or other needed items in it. Saves getting up or reaching for the pack to get stuff. Here it is filled with my winter gear.


I attach it to my ridge line with some modified soft shackles Klemheist-ed to the RL.

[Carrico]

Best I could do without getting outside to setup my whole rig. I also hang mine next to my hammock using the hammock suspension as tie off points.

[Rolloff]

I've got one of those. now it will do a little more than just end up as a ground sheet! Thanks michigandave!

[MDCrab]

I thought about that too, but I have an 85L pack so my rain cover would be huge. I think that it would be too big of a gear sling

The one I already made is for the ridge line and smallish like the one in Rais'n hammocks post. The one I am thinking of making next would be used on it's own suspension just under the hammock, and would be large enough to sit in when slung from trees on its own. Making one to use over an 85L pack wouldn't be unrealistic.

[MDCrab]

Best I could do without getting outside to setup my whole rig. I also hang mine next to my hammock using the hammock suspension as tie off points.

Yeah that's it! What type of fabric did you use? Strong enough to use as a seat?

[Carrico]

Just some standard 1.6 ripstop nylon that I treated with silicone spray. If it was done right you could certainly use it as a seat, I did not intend to do that with this one so it's just a single stitch hem and probably won't last long if I sat in it. I pack a little trifold stool that I can deploy in a blink of an eye for sitting, if my hammocks not up.