OK, I'm new to all of this (2nd post on here) but have decided to buy a hammock and I have been reading and watching videos. I have pretty well settled in on the hammock type and know about some different suspension systems.
What I don't see a lot of discussion about is how LONG my suspension should be. In other words, if my hammock is approximately 10 feet long, how much rope or strap or whoopie sling or whatever I decider to use should I have on each end of the hammock? Yeah, I know it depends on the distance between trees and also the circumference around the trees...................but ballpark.....do I need 10 total feet of suspension......30?........50?......how much is normal?
If whoopie slings are, for example, six feet long each, then how long do my straps need to be to be able to hang between trees under most circumstances? Thanks....
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