Fitting Whoopie Slings

[andibs]

Evening all

I've just purchased my first hammock and hope to test drive it on Sunday night. It's a TW Hornet and I've also got some DD tree huggers and whoopie slings.

SO, newbie hanger question is

Do I fit the slings direct through the hammock ends or

Do I make a loop of the fabric webbing that came with it and attach the slings to that

Cheers
Andy

 

[sunndog]

You can just thread them through the hammock's channel.
i always think they are a bit thin for that though and prefer to use a webbing loop on the hammock and larks head the whoopies to that, just seems a bit more sympathetic

 

[Imagnu]

The dd site shows them being threaded through the hammock end direct. I've just got some and did the same

 

[copper_head]

I prefer the method sundog describes... Something like this...

 

[Paulm]

Through the hammock channel directly worked fine and held up perfectly in use on my DD camping and frontline hammocks, but no harm in using to a short loop of webbing if you prefer or it's easier. I figured the less component parts the less to fail and lower the weight but realistically that probably doesn't matter much in reality !

Cheers, Paul

 

[sunndog]

One thing worth mentioning, DD whoopies don't come with any beads to stop the loops pulling back through.
No big deal as long as you're aware of it

 

[mick91]

Ratchet straps work surprisingly well

 

[dewi]

Ratchet straps work surprisingly well

Got any pictures of that?

 

[mick91]

I haven't. But will get some

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[mick91]

Like so

 

[NS40]

One thing worth mentioning, DD whoopies don't come with any beads to stop the loops pulling back through.
No big deal as long as you're aware of it

I add beads to any whoopies I make now but when I first started hammocking it didn't occur to me that they could pull through. On one outing, my son managed to exactly that while setting up.

I've since added split rings (like you would put keys on) into the adjustable loop of any old whoopies to stop this happening. On of my project for this weekend is to make a spare whoopie to keep in my pack.

 

[Harvestman]

I add beads to any whoopies I make now but when I first started hammocking it didn't occur to me that they could pull through. On one outing, my son managed to exactly that while setting up.

I've since added split rings (like you would put keys on) into the adjustable loop of any old whoopies to stop this happening. On of my project for this weekend is to make a spare whoopie to keep in my pack.

I use cheap karabiners for the same purpose. Using different coloured ones at each end tells me which end is which too, as I only have entry to my hammock from one side.

 

[Imagnu]

The dd ones do now come with a bead fitted

 

[Tommyd345]

Like so

That's not a hammock! That's a portable palace!! Lol!

 

[mick91]

That's not a hammock! That's a portable palace!! Lol!

I have to agree I don't see the need for those fancy gimmicky things and use a very basic nylon job. But it was the first Google showed me with the ratchet strap method