If you have been following the recent hammock threads you will know that I have tried a parachute silk hammock in an Ecosystem type set up. I am very pleased with it and was looking at trying to make a couple of extra but in searching for the "silk" I discovered it was cheaper to buy the hammocks from the manufacturer. There is of course a catch, I have to buy 50 and the manufacturer is in Bali. However if I buy 50 it works out at about £10 each for the double size (which is the best size for our purposes). That is the price delivered to me. There MAY be import duties on this but at the worst possable case I would think the price posted to you, including packaging, PayPal etc may get as high as £20 (still a saving of £15 on buying in the UK). Most likely the cost would be nearer £15.
Below is the link to the manufacturers site and the relavent page
http://www.hammock-nsl.com/h_double/h_double_index.htm
I am not trying to make money on this. The only advantage for me is that I will end up with some at a good price, the same as you. I am willing to take up to 10 as I am confident I have enough friends and family that would want one to use that number.
Now the disclamers. I have not actually seen any of these hammocks but suspect that this is the manufacturer that supplies this style of hammock to many different suppliers. If this is the case my experiance of these hammocks is that they are well made and robust. The width is always about 2m but the lenth can vary from 2.8m -3.2m so this may be a consideration if you intend to use it under a tarp (In saying this mine is 3.2m long but because of the "sloop" is still well protected by a 3m tarp). The order for these would be for all one colour which is likely to be Silver dark / Green bottle which MAY look like this in action.
So the colours are pretty subdued. NOTE the hammocks do not come with hanging ropes. Only loops and hooks at the end.
So who would be interested and in how many? I am just gauging interest at this stage so there is no commitment at this stage.
Below is the link to the manufacturers site and the relavent page
http://www.hammock-nsl.com/h_double/h_double_index.htm
I am not trying to make money on this. The only advantage for me is that I will end up with some at a good price, the same as you. I am willing to take up to 10 as I am confident I have enough friends and family that would want one to use that number.
Now the disclamers. I have not actually seen any of these hammocks but suspect that this is the manufacturer that supplies this style of hammock to many different suppliers. If this is the case my experiance of these hammocks is that they are well made and robust. The width is always about 2m but the lenth can vary from 2.8m -3.2m so this may be a consideration if you intend to use it under a tarp (In saying this mine is 3.2m long but because of the "sloop" is still well protected by a 3m tarp). The order for these would be for all one colour which is likely to be Silver dark / Green bottle which MAY look like this in action.
So the colours are pretty subdued. NOTE the hammocks do not come with hanging ropes. Only loops and hooks at the end.
So who would be interested and in how many? I am just gauging interest at this stage so there is no commitment at this stage.
