SUL hammock

**SGT Rock** · 05-12-2010, 18:22

Originally Posted by drewboy

Just read your gear eval report. Very inspiring! A nice and honest accounting on how to get a hanging base weight below 5lbs for general conditions, with even a few luxury items thrown in. I'm definitely planning some SUL summer adventures with my Nano 7. I'll be trying out my IX underquilt for the first time this weekend. Am looking forward to your review of that.

If I could get a cuben tarp I could go even lower. I'm waiting for all the experts to burn in the learning curve before I venture off that cliff.

The Nano 7 was a little tricky to get a good lay in. With a pad it was even more complicated. If I was able to stick it with the IX underquilt it would have been more simple.

What I found was you gotta trust the hammock. With a normal width hammock you have some fabric still on the sides when you get at the right angle so you feel like you are still IN a hammock. With the Nano 7 you feel like you are about to roll out of the side when you find that spot - at least I did. But once I got it, it was like butter.

What I would recommend to the Cuben hammock guys is go a little wider than the 48" width that the Nano 7 does to get that feel back. I think (I don't know for sure) that the optimal width while still getting the totally secure feeling would be about 52"-54". Mountaineer is going ~52" with his cuben hammock which probably does the trick.