This year I've taken some time to rethink my Bushcraft activities and from this I drew some conclusions :
1. I'm not really a Bushcrafter as such. Sure I can light a fire with Flint and steel, I can tie many knots, I can forage a little, build shelters, find tinder, carve
things etc and I do enjoy practising i.e making cordage.
2. What I really enjoy is going out for the day walking, finding somewhere to set up a hammock. Make a brew using my Honey stove, maybe cooking some
something, observing nature and then coming home.
3. Having the occasional overnighter with my son but only through the late Spring, summer, maybe early autumn. I don't want to stay out when it's cold or
wet.
4. Basically I am a bit of a softie.
From these conclusions I wanted:
1. An overnight kit.
2. A bimble kit.
From this I identified some gaps in my present kit. As the bimble kit would be the most used my kit would have to fit in my recently acquired Yugoslavia bag. My overnight kit is pretty sorted but I wanted a small light hammock. A quick search led me to the DD Superlight range. As I have a Frontline and a 3x3 tarp and a travel hammock I knew that DD was a company I could trust to deliver. So on Thursday night after the footy I ordered one. When I got home tonight it was waiting for me. I was impressed. Here's what I found
The chick peas are there for scale. Even though I have seen the video my first thought was God it's small. An info guide was attached explaining how to set it up. Very clear and concise. There were some other leaflets included about the DD range.
I am lucky as we have plenty of trees to hang from where I live so out I went. After reading how to use the Soft Shackles, as I have never used them before, I hung the hammock. Two minutes later it was blowing in the wind.
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Now to get in it. I have to admit I was nervous that it would take my weight so I hung it low to the ground. No pics of this but I gingerly got in. Ten minutes later I got out it took my weight easily. I inspected the stitching which I have to say was good quality. I thought it would be hard to undo the shackles but they were a doddle. A minute later and it was back in its stuff sack.
In conclusion I am well chuffed it was all I could hope for. Small and ridiculously light perfect for what I wanted. The quality is excellent and I have no reason to believe it won't last.
Some might say at £52 it's a bit steep, but it comes with everything you need and is very comfy. It does the job I wanted it too.
So if you are looking for a small, light hammock for an afternoon snooze in the woods this does the job.
No affiliation etc just a happy customer.
1. I'm not really a Bushcrafter as such. Sure I can light a fire with Flint and steel, I can tie many knots, I can forage a little, build shelters, find tinder, carve
things etc and I do enjoy practising i.e making cordage.
2. What I really enjoy is going out for the day walking, finding somewhere to set up a hammock. Make a brew using my Honey stove, maybe cooking some
something, observing nature and then coming home.
3. Having the occasional overnighter with my son but only through the late Spring, summer, maybe early autumn. I don't want to stay out when it's cold or
wet.
4. Basically I am a bit of a softie.
From these conclusions I wanted:
1. An overnight kit.
2. A bimble kit.
From this I identified some gaps in my present kit. As the bimble kit would be the most used my kit would have to fit in my recently acquired Yugoslavia bag. My overnight kit is pretty sorted but I wanted a small light hammock. A quick search led me to the DD Superlight range. As I have a Frontline and a 3x3 tarp and a travel hammock I knew that DD was a company I could trust to deliver. So on Thursday night after the footy I ordered one. When I got home tonight it was waiting for me. I was impressed. Here's what I found
The chick peas are there for scale. Even though I have seen the video my first thought was God it's small. An info guide was attached explaining how to set it up. Very clear and concise. There were some other leaflets included about the DD range.
I am lucky as we have plenty of trees to hang from where I live so out I went. After reading how to use the Soft Shackles, as I have never used them before, I hung the hammock. Two minutes later it was blowing in the wind.
Now to get in it. I have to admit I was nervous that it would take my weight so I hung it low to the ground. No pics of this but I gingerly got in. Ten minutes later I got out it took my weight easily. I inspected the stitching which I have to say was good quality. I thought it would be hard to undo the shackles but they were a doddle. A minute later and it was back in its stuff sack.
In conclusion I am well chuffed it was all I could hope for. Small and ridiculously light perfect for what I wanted. The quality is excellent and I have no reason to believe it won't last.
Some might say at £52 it's a bit steep, but it comes with everything you need and is very comfy. It does the job I wanted it too.
So if you are looking for a small, light hammock for an afternoon snooze in the woods this does the job.
No affiliation etc just a happy customer.
