I've done a test setup of my Double Dutch setup in my office to prep for a trip to Maine in a few weeks. This really is a great setup. I just got a UQ for my "son's" hammock (he's 3) so that now I've got a whole Chameleon set for him, save an individual bugnet.
For those that have used this setup: do you have any issues with bugs entering the hammocks at the head end? Northern Maine is in the thick of its annual black fly season, and the volume of flies this year can only be described as apocalyptic. The last thing I want to do is subject my son to a week of those mean little flies, which would turn him (and my wife) off of the idea of hammocking with me entirely.
I've taken some photos at the head end, where I'm standing between the wall and the spreader bar. I can sort of weight the hammocks to see what'll happen under load, and it looks like there's enough space where some determined flies could find a way in. And with the number of flies we're going to be dealing with, it's a "infinite number of monkeys, infinite number of typewriters" sort of situation. In both photos, you can see directly between the bugnet and the joining piece into the hammocks. Uh oh.
I was considering adding three snaps to fasten the bugnet to the black middle joining piece that zips between the hammocks... but I don't want to add points that will be subject to stress when the hammocks are loaded and potentially tear the bugnet or the joining piece fabric.
Any thoughts on this? Is this a non-issue? Thanks.
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