I'm like them for deployment, but I bring along the sack so if it's soaking, it won't get the rest of the gear wet.
I'm like them for deployment, but I bring along the sack so if it's soaking, it won't get the rest of the gear wet.
i keep mine skinned and stuffed in a slightly larger sack with stakes, biners, rings and space blanket, and i keep it bungied to the outside of my pack.
I use my HH SnakeSkin for my tarp only. Once the SS is over the tarp I remove it from the trees, fold it in half and roll it up and throw it in it's sack. It's actually more compact this way than if I put it straight in the stuff sack.
snakeskin works best for a tarp. on the trail the whole hammock gets stuffed with tq&uq/ss attached and stuffed either into the backpack or a separate stuffbag. no sense in having to pack and unpack and "build out" the components every time i set it up. that's a hassle when you've got to deal with the HH tarp+tq+hammock+undercover+underpad+spaceblanket+o vercover going.
recently i got WL's Lazy Slug Tube, which is the best of both approaches. yesterday i bought the new WL sock, which i suppose means the LST will be deployed on another unit in my fleet.
Had snakeskins on my old HH Exped, they worked okay but I prefer the softness of a good sized stuff sack for packing.
Might try them again sometime though
I've been told that stuffing cuben fiber is a bad way to go, but that stuffing sil is fine. I like an organized pack and something that looks the same every time. I roll my tarp up small and tight and then slid a narrow snake skin over the whole thing (one from both ends), I then fold the tarp gently in half and then wrap the tarp around itself. It fits perfectly anywhere I need to put it and it is well organized. I'm sure you could do something similar with folding and sticking it in a pouch, but I currently like DIY narrow snake skins.
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I just made my first set of snake skins for my diy hammock but they fit kinda funny with the ridgeline making the fabic bunch upinside the skin any way to get rid of that?
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