hammocks.

[Soloman]

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.

 

[Shewie]

Have you tried doing a search, there`s plenty of info on hammocks in previous threads

Also try DD, group buy hammock, henessey etc

 

[nigelp]

Plenty here at hammockfroums.net

Very easy to make a hammock a tutorial was posted here on SOTP

Nigel

 

[woodstock]

I think per pound the DD hammocks take a bit of beating they are well made comfortable and hard to fault

 

[alpha_centaur]

See magikelly on the group buy's

 

[Ogri the trog]

Ditto All of the above,
I'll also add www.imrisk.com for all sorts of hammock related information.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[Chris G]

MK group buys done and dusted; unless MK is up for another group buy...?

 

[Pablo]

I've just done a review on DDHammocks here. There's also a link to a couple of videos at the end of the post.

Cheers,

Pablo.

 

[Chris G]

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

 

[Pablo]

Glad to be of help. Happy hanging!

Pablo.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Get the one with the built in mozzynet, great for midges and slugs.

Nick

 

[Nat]

Good couple of vids there Pablo. It was because of the first one i went and bought a DD hammock

Very happy with it indeed, and Nick at DD is helpful.

 

[Chris G]

SCR - that's the other type! - ARGH!

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

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]

I have a DD Camping Hammock 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.

 

[Chris G]

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]

Another simple way is to drip a bit of wax on where you want the water to fall off, seems to work for me

 

[Chris G]

Both would depend on how saturated the rope became. I guess crabs would be the best option over all.

Chris

 

[Nightwalker]

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.

 

[Brian]

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