I was sharing the way I suspend my hammock with another member and figured I would make it public. I searched as best I could and did not see it posted before. It is not as quickly adjustable as double rings or buckles but it is easy and very secure. I use this lock to connect slacklines to the tree anchors and the tensioner and those get tightened to well over 1k lbs and that is before you start bouncing on them. If anything it is another way to do the same thing. Let me know if you have any questions.
You can start with a ring larks headed to a continuous loop at the gather.
You take a bite in the webbing and pass it through the ring
You pass the bite around the ring and back through the ring
You stick the toggle or biner through the middle of the bite you just passed through the ring again
Pull it tight.
Here it is with a biner. You can use either of the loadable sides and you can load the biner without it slipping. You can see that in the last picture. You can use the side opposite the gate if you don't intend to load it.
Here is a good tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCQLJsSm_ec
Here it is holding my hammock.
Here is how I am using it now. This is with the biner loaded. Never slipped for me. I just leave the straps ring and biner on the wall in the basement to keep the lengths and angles the same and just clip in my hammock when I want to use it.
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