Are the ENO Slap Straps/ Pro Pointless?

[Bamaman35]

I have both a blackbird with whoopie slings and an eno with slapstraps. I personally like the slap straps when I'm not backpacking. They do stretch, but I mean cmon, how hard is it to adjust it up one loop after an hour or so.

I personally think they are a good thing to have, it just depends on your application.

[HammockBrother]

I have gotten a good laugh at all of the great explanations on the slap straps. The slap strap concept is not pointless, the slap strap themselves are. As people are saying they stretch terribly. If you are looking for a functioning unit of the same concept the atlas straps are it. They do the same thing without the stretch, but a DIY strap w/toggle is cheaper and works as good. I have a pair of the atlas straps that I bought before I knew about the hammock forum cult. Now that I have drank the Kool-Aid I know better and use DIY with a pair of Dutch Strap Buckles.

Yah, I know what you mean by DIY straps. Hell I was looking on the web and found this. http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-...k-Tree-Straps/ This is probably one of the most simplest alternatives I just found for straps.

[HammockBrother]

I have both a blackbird with whoopie slings and an eno with slapstraps. I personally like the slap straps when I'm not backpacking. They do stretch, but I mean cmon, how hard is it to adjust it up one loop after an hour or so.

I personally think they are a good thing to have, it just depends on your application.

I guess I kind of went berserk on the Slap Strap... haha. But, I have a question about the whoopie slings. Do you have to do adjustments, like tapering before you use them as a suspension system?

[SilvrSurfr]

I guess I kind of went berserk on the Slap Strap... haha. But, I have a question about the whoopie slings. Do you have to do adjustments, like tapering before you use them as a suspension system?

Tapering is recommended for the construction of most spliced Amsteel products. It's not an adjustment but a method of construction.

[HammockBrother]

Tapering is recommended for the construction of most spliced Amsteel products. It's not an adjustment but a method of construction.

So I guess, there are tons of videos on it.

[nuttysquirrel]

but I mean cmon, how hard is it to adjust it up one loop after an hour or so.

try doing that while asleep.

[Bamaman35]

try doing that while asleep.

In my experience it stretches within the first hour or so... which I usually spend when I first get to camp. Then you tighten them up, and by night time they are good to go. YMMV

Also, I use them mostly for recreational purposes.

[cougarmeat]

Note that with the "straps" you are usually considering a Marlin Spike hitch and whoopie sling set up. When you use the ENO atlas Straps or Kammock's Python straps (or a rock climber's Daisy Chain) you are using a carabiner to clip into a fixed loop. In that case, the adjustments are like steps instead of a continual adjustment you can get with a whoopie sling. But I've found clipping into a fixed loop to be good enough (for now) and a lot easier than fussing with the constriction of a whoopie sling - especially with wet/cold hands. Maybe some day I'll come full circle and return to a line and double ring set up.

[Loki]

The point of the nylon ENO Slap Straps is to ease your transition from camping on the ground to hanging in a hammock. You can start the evening hanging in a hammock, but the ENO Slap Straps stretch so when you wake up in the morning you are on the ground. They're a great invention!

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Silvrsurfr you are great!

[DuckBump]

I bought a couple sets of the Atlas straps for my ENOs (before finding this forum) and they work great. But had I known, i would've just made my own and saves some money.