What is that one weak spot that you know you need to address with your hammocking experience?

[Vanhalo]

Mine is that darn pillow. Every time I get out of my hammock "to go look at the stars" I am confident that upon my return I will not once again get my pillow (Zpacks fleece stuff sack) stuck behind my shoulders again. I need to tether it to the head end of my hammock but I still haven’t done it yet.

[W8lkinUSA]

Just throw it into the shelf before getting out.

[Five Tango]

Mine has always been getting the foot end higher than the head end without having the ridgeline too loose or too tight but "just right".Feels like first day on the job most of the time because I usually hang hammock and tarp when exhausted............

[wienerman]

For me, its finding a position that's not so excruciatingly painful that I'm forced to sleeping on the ground after an hour or two.

[Vanhalo]

Just throw it into the shelf before getting out.

When it is cold outside (below 50°) I flip the drivers side bug net over the ridgeline and double stack the tie outs to a single anchor point.

I do drop my phone in the shelf but the pillow is more trouble than its worth to weave between the flipped and stacked bug net.

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[TrailSlug]

Just throw it into the shelf before getting out.

+ 1. I can't live without my saddle bags as stuff falling out bothers the wad out of me.

[curtiseddie]

I also hated when I would get out of the hammock in the middle of the night, or just sit up and my pillow would slide down to my butt.

I stitched a small loop onto my pillow. I attached a length (long enough to position the pillow at chosen height) of 1/16" shock cord to the gathered end with a Lark's Head and use a small s-biner to clip the pillow to the shock cord. The shock cord stays on my hammock and I just remove the pillow when not in use.

My pillow is an inflatable, Cocoon Sleeping bag hood pillow. The case is separate from the inflatable interior, so it could be removes to do the sewing. I realize not all pillows have that feature. Anyone who uses a stuff sack could apply this method.
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This is the best pic of it in action. You can see where it stays in relation to the head end of the hammock.
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[Vanhalo]

I also hated when I would get out of the hammock in the middle of the night, or just sit up and my pillow would slide down to my butt.

I stitched a small loop onto my pillow. I attached a length (long enough to position the pillow at chosen height) of 1/16" shock cord to the gathered end with a Lark's Head and use a small s-biner to clip the pillow to the shock cord. The shock cord stays on my hammock and I just remove the pillow when not in use.

My pillow is an inflatable, Cocoon Sleeping bag hood pillow. The case is separate from the inflatable interior, so it could be removes to do the sewing. I realize not all pillows have that feature. Anyone who uses a stuff sack could apply this method.
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Sorry I don't have a pic with it in action.

Yep. This is what I know I must do.

[Groundskeeper]

This is decidedly low tech, and a bit ugly, but I use two safety pins, a loop of cord and some duct tape. Pin one safety pin thru the duct tape and stick it to the offending pillow. then attach another safety pin to the hammock and put a loop between the two pins. Voila. No sewing.

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[Crazytown3]

Mine is that darn pillow. Every time I get out of my hammock to go look at the stars I am confident that upon my return I will not once again get my pillow (Zpacks fleece stuff sack) stuck behind my shoulders again. I need to tether it to the head end of my hammock but I still haven’t done it yet.

+1

I have been putting off for a few years making a pillow tether, and yet every time I have to retrieve it from the ground or elsewhere, I kick myself for not doing it.

It would only take me 10 minutes or less to do it. I have spare grosgrain, shock cord, and even a spare mitten hook to connect it to the gathered end on the hammock.

Why must I suffer?