Ring Buckle Supports

[Cannibal]

I have a HH that is set-up in that manner and it works great. The rings or buckles just make it that much easier.

[stoikurt]

The purpose of the carabiner is only to avoid having to thread the strap through the loop, right??

Well, that and not having to thread the strap through the ring buckles each time, too.

I don't see the carabiners weight being justified from the backpacking point of view. But that's just me.

Sounds like the ones you found are considerably heavier than the ones most of us use. The Camp Nano is only 28 grams or only about 1 ounce each. Not enough weight penalty for the convenience for most of us.

[Cannibal]

Sounds like the ones you found are considerably heavier than the ones most of us use. The Camp Nano is only 28 grams or only about 1 ounce each. Not enough weight penalty for the convenience for most of us.

OK, why has nobody told the Cannibal about these!?!?

Off to spend more money.

[Otter1]

OK, why has nobody told the Cannibal about these!?!?

Off to spend more money.

Just Jeff wrote about them on his site
http://www.tothewoods.net/HomemadeGe...upports.html:p

[schrochem]

OK, why has nobody told the Cannibal about these!?!?

Off to spend more money.

REI also has another one besides the nano that is 28-30g

EDIT: here they are

a dollar more but rei was out of the nanos when I went

[FanaticFringer]

OK, why has nobody told the Cannibal about these!?!?

Off to spend more money.

Their mentioned maybe 2,000,000 times on this thread and elsewhere.
Get with the program Mr.

[FanaticFringer]

REI also has another one besides the nano that is 28-30g

EDIT: here they are

a dollar more but rei was out of the nanos when I went

Those must have recently become available. Saw them awhile back and they were not ready for shipping.

[FanaticFringer]

Here are the specs of the two biners:
Camp USA Nano
Weight 28 grams
Strength major axis open 9 kilonewtons
Strength major axis closed 22 kilonewtons
Gate open clearance 21 millimeters


Black Diamond Oz Wiregate
Weight 28 grams
Strength major axis open 8 kilonewtons
Strength major axis closed 20 kilonewtons
Gate open clearance 22 millimeters

[warbonnetguy]

hey everyone, someone just posted a thread about the new fig 9's, then someone commented on how it would be nice if they were strong enough to be used for a suspension system, and it got me thinking about how beefy they look compared to their weight rating, and i figured they were probably alot stronger than listed, so

i tried it, and it held, i even bounced moderately (would have bounced hard, but i don't want to collapse the celing in my garage). i'll have to ask my fiancee to look and see if it flexes when i bounce, i couldn't see any flex from the hammock.

this is the old fig. 9 rated to 150# and weighing 29 grams.

i used a slightly different wrap than is directed to create more holding power on the line. i definately think a covered line would be best due to those sharp teeth.

looks like maybe there's another option here.

[warbonnetguy]

no visible flex during moderate bouncing, which tells me it's probably nowhere close to breaking.