Can you lie flat in a Clark?

**SnoMan** · 02-24-2012, 17:41

I know in a WBBB you can lie diagonally and get pretty flat. Can you do the same in a clark?

**Southpaw** · 02-24-2012, 18:00

Depends on how tall you are. I'm 5'8 and I can get pretty flat in the 250 and in the NA just a little bit of a banana.

**Jerven** · 02-24-2012, 23:06

I can get a similar lay in my TX-200 compared to my WBBB. Gotta love the weathershield and netting that fully stores away if needed! It's a toss up between the two, love them both!

**slinky** · 02-25-2012, 00:51

Diagonal yes, flat no. Even in the diagonal you still have the banana effect. The baby and the ballerina lay work good for me.

**bacon_grease** · 02-25-2012, 11:27

Originally Posted by SnoMan

I know in a WBBB you can lie diagonally and get pretty flat. Can you do the same in a clark?

Yes, you can get quite flat in a Clark, but it takes some fiddling with the suspension.

I have, no fooling, woken up in the morning on my stomach. Of course, considering my Budda-like physique, there was probably a MAJOR curve that my stomach filled...

**nateseviltwin** · 02-25-2012, 12:53

I'm 5'7" and have no problem getting flat in my nx 250.

**DemostiX** · 02-27-2012, 15:14

I believe I'm flat when I lay on my side with legs out and comfortable. Small bed Clark or large. I don't think I'm flexible enough that a pronounced sag would go unnoticed. But, I have no photos to prove I am flat.

That said, I have found remarkable and even funny photos and videos HF forum member have had taken of them in which they say they are demonstrating a flat lay. From the same photo I see not just butt-cheek push-out but a 170-160 degree jackknife when I use the line of the back and the legs to estimate the bending.

I'm not disputing their claim to be comfortable, just the characterization of the lay as "flat."

**Karl B. Andersen** · 02-29-2012, 07:48

Would you not be able to lay flatter in a shorter 150?
Seems to me the shorter the hang - the flatter.
Geometry.

**dman** · 02-29-2012, 08:31

I am 6' tall and cannot get a flat comfortable lay in my sons NX 150 however my NX 250 lays almost flat (depending on the tension of the hang) and feels like a totally different hammock than the 150. The shoulder squeeze of the 150 is a bit much for me as well, I wear a 46 reg suit coat.

**DemostiX** · 02-29-2012, 22:32

Originally Posted by dman

I am 6' tall and cannot get a flat comfortable lay in my sons NX 150 however my NX 250 lays almost flat (depending on the tension of the hang) and feels like a totally different hammock than the 150. The shoulder squeeze of the 150 is a bit much for me as well, I wear a 46 reg suit coat.

I'm sure you know what you are doing. But, I'm not alone in often not understanding what is going on. For example, sometimes the NX 150 bed-sized Tropical 2 seems narrow to me, and there's more shoulder squeeze than I want. Is my hang different? Did the way I ran and tightened the suspension on the UQ make that much difference in squeezing the sides?

Nah........ the problem went away when I realized I was laying on a big pleat or two at the bottom of the hammock. As soon as I raised one shoulder and butt cheek, then the other, and smoothed the hammock bed out beneath me , the shoulder squeeze was gone as the missing and necessary width returned. (But I'm a suit size 42, not a 46)