New Hanger Anxiety

[Bling]

Hey all, I am new to Hammocks and have a few questions and concerns. I bought an ENO Double a few days ago for use in my bedroom because my bed is no longer working for me. My problem is I don't know if I am doing things right or wrong. I have the hammock hanging as close to 30* as I could guess, but I feel like I am moving around in it wrong. It doesn't help that I also keep hearing what i THINK may or may not be stitches popping at the gathered ends. I have spent the last 4 days trying to search the web, but I can't figure out how to word it so I came here. This is causing me enough anxiety to the point were I can't get a full night sleep because I am scared to move.(Honestly, it still has been better sleep than the bed lol.) I weigh 260 that's why I went with ENO. Is there a wrong way to move around inside the hammock, or am I just being paranoid?

[Catavarie]

Welcome Aboard!

More than likely what you're hearing is the fabric stretching. If you're concerned that you may fall, take that matress you're no longer using and lay it on the floor under your hammock until you get comfortable with it. I have yet to find a wrong way to move around in a hammock. It can take a lot of shuffing, sliding, and grunting around in (and that's by myself ). Probably the only thing worth worrying about would be the stress you're placing on the structure of your house. It's a hot debate at times here, how to properly hang in your home. But if you're getting better sleep than your bed than you're doing it right.

[Pipsissewa]

What he said!

[sparkytxn]

No doubt it is weird drifting off to sleep while suspended in the air. The suspension also makes some popping noises... knots pulling tight, rubbing as it moves on hardware, rope stretching, and all amplified by the tight fabric under you like a drum. For me it was like living in an old house - right spooky bunch of noises until I got used to it all.

[Bling]

Thanks for the boost in confidence, it makes me feel better. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't something unusual.

[DivaB]

The noise from my suspension still bothers me, but I don't hear any from my Eno. I would definitely go with what Catavarie said and put that mattress under you, and wiggle all you want without any fear so that you get the feel of it while being protected if you fall.

[bigbamaguy]

I have two ENO DN's and outweigh you by 50 lbs.........I have no issues with the ENOs what so ever. Even with the suspension changes, SRL and the dog thrown in with me, I have no doubts that the ENO will hold you.

[Bubba]

I've been in my ENO with my wife so we were pushing 400 lbs. No worries.
Are you using the ENO slap straps? If you are, the you will find they stretch and continue to do so over the course of the night. The stretching may be contributing to the noises you are hearing. Just make sure your anchor points are solid and if you have nylon webbing, get some polyester webbing for your suspension and you'll be good to go.

[ernesthemmingway]

I actually sat and watched it while I sat down in the hammock one night. The loudest noise is made by that length of rope at the end of the hammock attached to the carabiner. If theyre twisted when you get in the hammock the "pop" out straight and make a very unsettling but harmless noise.

[Catavarie]

Just wait till you switch out to whoopies. Nothing like staring at your hammock trying to figure out how those small lines are going to hold your weight.

I was all in fits my first time thinking that someone had been messing with me. I probably tugged on those things about 20 times before gingerly lowering my buttocks into the hammock that I had setup a mere 12 inches from the ground, didn't want to fall too far. Once I was completely in the hammock I felt a bit better and reached over the side and pushed against the ground to give myself a little swing. Next thing I knew it was 2 hours later.

Never looked back since then.