View Poll Results: How do you hang?

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  • Head end of the hammock higher than the foot end.

    18 6.23%
  • Foot end of the hammock higher than the head end.

    174 60.21%
  • As level as possible.

    85 29.41%
  • Don't know/don't care.

    12 4.15%
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  1. #11
    Senior Member creativeKayt's Avatar
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    For me, it depends on which hammock I'm using. Bridge, I go level. Gathered end, I go feet just a smidge higher than my head.

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    all secure in sector 7 Shug's Avatar
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    Foot end a bit higher .... don't like sliding down to the foot end.
    Whooooo Buddy)))) All Secure in Sector Seven

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    I like the foot end higher than the head end. I setup with the foot end lower and slid in to the end of the hammock. That is when I realized that the slope of the ground slightly went down that way and what I thought was going to be level was not.
    "I'm a connoisseur of BACON." - Anyways - 6/9/13

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    I like to just put it up roughly level. If one side ends up a bit higher than the other I will put my feet on that side. In general, though, I don't think it has a big effect on my comfort.

    I think worrying about actually leveling it is more trouble than it's worth for me and I enjoy myself more if I just throw it up (I work construction and have to worry about leveling enough things already).
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    Foot end higher for the reasons previously stated. It also seems to be more comfortable that way.
    I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. - E. B. White (1899 - 1985)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shug View Post
    Foot end a bit higher .... don't like sliding down to the foot end.
    'nuff said!
    "Is this the best you've got?!!" (Shortoff Mtn., Linville Gorge 2010)

    "Life is tough.....it's even tougher if you're stupid!".....(John Wayne)

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    Foot end higher
    Then chillax !
    The core of mans spirit comes from new experiences

    Into the Wild

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    My eye hooks are level. I wear a soft cotton tea with full length cotton pants so I'm sliding around in the hammock till I reach 'level', whatever that is. My head is above my pelvis which helps with the acid reflux thing. Don't know if my snoring has decreased, should run a mic and see.

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    Foot end higher, but I've found the longer the hammock the less I have to raise the end.

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    The right side or the left side, depending on which side my feet are on.
    " Wiggs "

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