Originally Posted by
BillyBob58
I had the same problem. The webbing that came with my Claytors ( I don't know if they are all the same) was also a major conduit of water into my hammock. As it was as much wicking as anything else, drip lines would not help. My hammock would quickly be soaked with any significant rain.
However, once I followed Claytor's advice to put a simple knot in the webbing, one on each side of the hammock channel, 90% plus of the water was stopped. I added another knot on each side and as far as I could tell with testing and real world use, essentially 100% of water was stopped. ( I only use it on the foot end, with polyester webbing and cinch buckle on the head end) My son also has had good luck with the webbing on both ends.
bronconite, the knot technique might not work with yours, but a quick test in the back yard with a hose or bucket should tell you all you need to know.
I had a friend who took a dif approach with the stock webbing. He cut off a piece of it on each side of the hammock channel. Then I tied a bow line on each side of the channel, instead of on just one side as per Claytors directions. Then he just clipped his carabiner through the bowlines. He attached the remaining line to the biner, around the tree and back to the biner and did a slipped half hitch plus another half hitch as per Claytor. So, a biner between tree strap and hammock bowlines. Worked just fine, for the added weight of the biner on each end, which he had with him anyway.
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