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Anybody got any good advice on hammocks.
Im looking for a basic hammock for use with a tarp.The vast majority of models ive seen have mozzie nets and such like attached.
Have you tried doing a search, there`s plenty of info on hammocks in previous threads
Also try DD, group buy hammock, henessey etc
Plenty here at hammockfroums.net (http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/index.php)
Very easy to make a hammock a tutorial was posted here on SOTP (http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/making_hammock.htm)
Nigel
woodstock
11-10-2007, 20:49
I think per pound the DD hammocks take a bit of beating they are well made comfortable and hard to fault
alpha_centaur
11-10-2007, 21:07
See magikelly on the group buy's
Ogri the trog
11-10-2007, 21:29
Ditto All of the above,
I'll also add www.imrisk.com for all sorts of hammock related information.
ATB
Ogri the trog
MK group buys done and dusted; unless MK is up for another group buy...?
I've just done a review on DDHammocks here (http://pablo475.blogspot.com/). There's also a link to a couple of videos at the end of the post.
Cheers,
Pablo.
Pablo, Brilliant. I've been looking into hammocks for a few weeks now and thought that the DD's were the best all rounder, especially for a novice due to their price tag. The only decision I had to make was which type and thanks to your blog that's now taken care of as well!
(Camping version by the way!)
Chris
Glad to be of help. Happy hanging!
Pablo.
Scots_Charles_River
14-10-2007, 18:01
Get the one with the built in mozzynet, great for midges and slugs.
Nick
Good couple of vids there Pablo. It was because of the first one i went and bought a DD hammock :D
Very happy with it indeed, and Nick at DD is helpful.
SCR - that's the other type! - ARGH!:confused:
Scots_Charles_River
15-10-2007, 10:17
Chris G,
Hi, I bought the Travel version over a year ago with built in net and no zip for the two sections.So whatever hey are called getting a net is a must I think.
Soloman,
If you are SotP Soloman, I'll bring mine tomorrow to show you.
Nick
Nightwalker
15-10-2007, 11:20
I have a DD Camping Hammock (http://www.ddhammocks.com/products/index.htm) which was new to me back at this Summer's Bushmoot, its great, but one piece of advice.. waterproof it! In the sense of the webbing (rope) In torrential rain the webbing that comes with the hammock can soak up the water like a wick and it will run down and soak your hammock and sleeping kit if your not careful. I recommend using a couple of carabinas to sit between the webbing and your hammock so the water will hit that and drop off. Oh and regards the tip of having little cotton drip-lines dangling from the webbing; that technique dosent work! Don't rely on it in heavy rain.
We use plastic zip ties/cable ties at work where drip looks are impossible. If you fitted a could to these to the lines at the end of the hammock and cut off the long length of plastic I would have thought that that would also work? Cheaper than crabs any day.
Chris
PS - still not sure which hammock to get!
john habb
15-10-2007, 12:56
Another simple way is to drip a bit of wax on where you want the water to fall off, seems to work for me:) :)
Both would depend on how saturated the rope became. I guess crabs would be the best option over all.
Chris
Nightwalker
15-10-2007, 14:47
Yeah, tbh imo I cant see the cable-ties working and I know the wax technique would be useless with the style of webbing attached to my hammock. A section of wax on the webbing would stop the water dripping down on the surface of the webbing but it also soaks through the core, so im pretty sure it would still get through.
Nightwalker,
I use half a squash ball on my hammock lines to stop the water running down to my hammock. Cut the squash ball in half, make a small cut in the ball and slide the half onto the webbing, with the inside of the ball facing away from the hammock, obviously repeat for all hammock lines. It has worked well for me in torrential rain in the jungle, it also makes it more difficult for little creepy crawlies to use the webbing as access to a large meal, i.e. You!
Brian
Cheers for advice will need it this weekend.
Soloman.
Scots_Charles_River
16-10-2007, 19:53
Nightwalker,
Cut the squash ball in half, make a small cut in the ball and slide the half onto the webbing, with the inside of the ball facing away from the hammock, obviously repeat for all hammock lines.
Brian
Good tip.
Nick
Good tip but still going to suffer from wicking when the lines are saturated IMHO.
Chris,
Never had a problem with it even during torrential jungle down poors mate, only way to know is to try ;)
Brian
Spose I need to get a hammock then!
(coat on (again) and heading for the door!)
Chris
Matt Weir
17-10-2007, 17:26
I know one tip when it comes to hammock tapes and that is...
Never hang/rest your axe on them overnight as when you check them in the morning you will find that they may well have almost worn through and you are left wondering how about a length of 2" with just 10% of it remaining managed to not snap and dump a 17 stone bloke head first to the ground :o
Nightwalker
20-10-2007, 23:53
Im pretty sure the two DD Hammocks I have seen would both suffer from the webbing wicking the water down even with that squash ball trick, you must just be lucky with your type of webbing, good trick for certain webbing-types though.
Ive only really gone out with mine when there has been a bit of a risk of rain but if I was you id use a goretex bivvie bag than you dont have any further problems
Ogri the trog
21-10-2007, 20:20
Ive only really gone out with mine when there has been a bit of a risk of rain but if I was you id use a goretex bivvie bag than you dont have any further problems
Methinks you are being a little defeatist there Brom,
Try any combination of the methods shown above and avoid the dreadful dance of trying to get into two bags whilst in a hammock. A welded steel ring or a karabiner at each end will solve all rain wicking problems.
And welcome to the forum by the way ;)
ATB
Ogri the trog
Nightwalker
22-10-2007, 07:19
Ive only really gone out with mine when there has been a bit of a risk of rain but if I was you id use a goretex bivvie bag than you dont have any further problemsTis funny you should say that actually, I've tried and tested that method; one rainny night at the Bushmoot, my friend and I returned to our hammocks which were under the same tarp, his webbing (standard-DD stuff) looked the same as mine but was ever so slightly different in thickness, his had soaked down the water faster and his hammock was wet, mine was not, with him moaning suffciently :rolleyes: I offered to swap hammocks, let him use my dry one and I'd kip it the wet one because I had a gortex bivvy-bag and he didnt. I can safely say its not really comfortable, so I wouldn't call it a solution to the problem.
Methinks you are being a little defeatist there Brom,
Try any combination of the methods shown above and avoid the dreadful dance of trying to get into two bags whilst in a hammock. A welded steel ring or a karabiner at each end will solve all rain wicking problems.
And welcome to the forum by the way ;)
ATB
Ogri the trogI'd second that!
Welcome to the community Brom.