WB Traveler or...

[Law Dawg (ret)]

i'm not really quite sure why people want a "netless" hammock for winter. i find the net serves 2 valuable purposes. 1, helping keep a little bit of my heat around me and 2, a place for condensation to happen instead of on my top quilt...

am i missing something?

Easier to adjust the UQs, overall more simple, and as Cannibal said more open. I will use a poncho liner to drape over the ridgeline when things get extra cold or wet. I might even use this as part of my light weight small packing set up (skeeter net, 3/4 down UQ etc). When it will end up on my DR650, weight/space are a premium. It may also be used as a part of my carry on travel kit in places like Kenya or even Samara Russia. Luggage has a habit of "losing" stuff in Kenya and so carry on for critical items.

P.S. I have the kitchen pass...man shopping tomorrow.

[Doc B]

Here's a mystery for ya: the hammock sells for $100...not a bad price. The same hammock, in unfinished kit form, goes for $122!

The Kit includes all the materials to make the Tarp too as well as a copy of Ed's book!

Contents of Each Kit



Hammock Camping book by Ed Speer

Sewing Tips From Clarissa (this manuscript)

Thread, 100% polyester (be sure to use for both top & bottom threads)

Hammock Items

· Fabric, one piece cut to proper size

· Velcro loop fasteners, 2, cut to proper length

· Webbing straps, 2 @ 12' ea, ends heat sealed

· D rings, 2

· D ring attachments, 2 @ 2" length of 1" webbing ea, ends heat sealed

Bug Net Items

· No-see-um netting, cut to proper length and width

· Velcro hook & loop fasteners for bug net ends:

· 2 hook fasteners @ 11" ea

· 2 loop fasteners @ 11" ea

· Velcro fasteners for long edges of bug net

· 2 hook fasteners cut to proper length

· 2 loop fasteners @ 5" ea

· Support Line (Pulse Line, shock cord, & snap hook)

· Spectra Pulse line cut to proper length, ends heat sealed, orange

· 24" length of 3/32" shock cord, ends heat sealed, attached to Pulse Line

· Snap hook, attached to shock cord

· Support line reinforcements, 2 @ 2" of 1" grosgrain ribbon ea, ends heat sealed

Rain Canopy Items

· Fabric (1.1 oz/yd2 silnylon), 2 panels cut to proper size

· Pull tabs: (ends heat sealed)

· Ridge line tabs: 2 @ 5" ea (1" grosgrain ribbon), w/ grommets pre-installed

· Corner & Edge tabs: 8 @ 2" ea (1" grosgrain ribbon)

· Ridge line pull tab reinforcements, 2 @ 2"X5" ea (silnylon fabric)

· Guidelines, 6 @ 10' ea, Spectra Pulse Line, ends heat sealed, orange

Carry Sack

· Fabric, cut to proper size

· Draw cord, cut to proper length

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