Lazy Slug Tube plans

[Yojimbo]

Where can one find plans fo make their own lazy slug tube? Unfortunately I didn’t come to appreciate what it was till after WL closed down.


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[jcksparow]

Where can one find plans fo make their own lazy slug tube? Unfortunately I didn’t come to appreciate what it was till after WL closed down.

It's deceptively easy--just like making a large snakeskin. You basically want to start with a fabric blank slightly longer than the length of your hammock's RL by the desired width (something in the range of 24-40", depending on the size quilts you want the tube to fit). Mesh works best, since it allows the air to escape as you compress. On the narrow sides, roll hem 1/2" channels--I like to fold and tack down the corners first to leave clean openings for the drawcord. Fold fabric in half wrong side out like a hotdog and roll hem the long side to complete tube. Turn tube inside out and feed some kind of draw-cord/shock-cord through the channels and finish off with a cord lock. Fin!

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[Yojimbo]

Sounds like a really long double ended stuff sack. So the ends are as wide as the middle?


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[jcksparow]

Sounds like a really long double ended stuff sack. So the ends are as wide as the middle?

Exactly like a long double ended stuff sack. All the ones I've seen are uniform diameter for the whole length. No reason you couldn't taper it, but the weight savings would likely be minimal.

[fallkniven]

I made mine 10.5' long, 4" opening on one end, 14" opening on the other.

[Shagginwagon]

I made mine 10.5' long, 4" opening on one end, 14" opening on the other.

What temp quilts are you able to fit in that?

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[Theguywitheyebrows]

this is a great concept, i have seen here before but never took the shot on it. last week, i broke a part of our take-a-long playpen (not the product name, kinda a crappy design, not worth noting here) but we plan to use it in the house. It had a large (square base 8"x8"x30") 'stuffsack' to carry it in, has two webbing handles like you would expect on something like this (picture a walmart awning being carried onto the beach), and the sewn drawstring channel has two buttonholes for its crappy, attachted drawstring to protrude through. after popping the stitches that held the string in and burning the resulting hole edges, i fed a reflective neon green 9 strand core paracord (maybe 650 cord but with a reflective strand) for the new drawstring, reinforced the corner for a 'bishop bag' type setup, and added a dogbone to the tarp tieout to allow the slugpak to hang freely from the tarp suspension wtihout hampering the tarp's cat cuts at the ridgeline. fits a buncha stuff: onetigris winter tarp (~$60 amazon), AHE new river (jarbidge?), warbonnet blackbird xlc, dutchware hexon 1.0, buckwheat pillow, rothco woobie. room for a like a towel or a jacket, maybe a little more. pretty great setup!! trick is to stuff it all so that everything can be accessed in the order it needs to be used.

thats 12" and 18" metal rulers laying on top of above listed gear inside this slug. i'll report as to its performace
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