Improved whoopie slings from Dutchware!

[FinneganMcBrisket]

I noticed there are new whoopie slings from Dutchware. I don't use my whoopies very much because the minimum length issue has been a problem for me in the past. However, these might be just the trick.

My whoopie sling setup is mostly hardware free already, but I do have hooks on one end. The part that I think is clever is the use of a diamond knot on the end of the locked bremmel to shorten the minimum length of the whoopie sling. I don't like tying and retying knots and I want to lighten the weight of my suspension kit, so at 74 grams for a set, including spider straps, these seem like a great idea for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfJ9u9WciDw

https://dutchwaregear.com/product/ha...ee-suspension/

[MikeCD]

I finally made time to watch this and holy cow! This is brilliant! I haven't seen diamond knots in Amsteel/dyneema before, and also haven't seen those constrictor loops. Both are brilliant! I wonder if Tac Blades has any tutorials yet. My DIY UCRs, continual loops, and soft shackles suddenly seem so inadequate.

Thank you for sharing this!

[cmc4free]

I've followed this tutorial from Tac Blades:

[goobie]

https://youtu.be/2sUfGqudl_8?si=67l9j1d3mptuQA5y

[iceman857]

Diamond Knot (Soft Shackle) (youtube.com) or https://youtube.com/shorts/q6zu_03nE...TGk5zRjauxNG7_

[MikeCD]

Thanks everyone!!

[joshk]

Have a set coming on 2" straps, should be a nice easy upgrade.

[FinneganMcBrisket]

I received my new whoopies today and compared them with the original dutch whoopies with hooks. I made some adjustments to use these new whoopies with my banyan bridge hammock:

1. I removed the included 5' tree huggers. Out here in the west, I need to use longer straps. This means that I need to use either a marlinspike or becket hitch to connect the whoopies to the straps. I will use my 12' spider 1.5 straps instead.

2. I removed the included continuous loops. Since I have a banyan bridge hammock, I don't need the CLs with constrictor loop and removed those. The banyan has a built in fixed loop that can hook/wrap around the diamond knot loop on the new whoopies.

This setup now resembles my original whoopie sling setup, except that I'm connecting to the new whoopies via a diamond knot instead of the whoopie hook and the bury is much shorter. On the original Dutchware whoopies, I measured the minimum length from the fixed eye to the dutch hook at 20". On the new whoopies, I measured the minimum length from the fixed eye to the diamond knot loop at 15".

I think this 10" of reduction in minimum length is good. I'm going to do some test hangs while the weather is clear out here.

Side note for anyone working at Dutchware: It would be nice if tree straps and no straps/huggers were options for these new whoopies. Also, it would be nice if the continuous loops were optional for people with bridge hammocks.

[FinneganMcBrisket]

oops. double posted. ignore.

[sidneyhornblower]

I noticed there are new whoopie slings from Dutchware.

Appears to be quite similar to suspension offered for a while now by Jeff Meyers:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MYERSTECHH...g_id=832309456