Seventh Hammock Group Buy

[Hjaltlander]

Hi John,

My hammocks just arrived, WOW! they are really good, I'm very impressed, thanks.

I was wondering though, what would be the best material to suspend them? I had been thinking about some form of canvas tape or simmilar, any ideas? Oh and where to get it to?

Hjaltlander

 

[Zammo]

Can someone please put a picture up of one?

 

[MagiKelly]

Hi John,

My hammocks just arrived, WOW! they are really good, I'm very impressed, thanks.

I was wondering though, what would be the best material to suspend them? I had been thinking about some form of canvas tape or simmilar, any ideas? Oh and where to get it to?

Hjaltlander

The best thing to use is climbing tape. you can use webbing but I do not like as much. Rope will damage the trees so tape is my preferred choice.

My favourite tape is this one

http://www.kayaksandpaddles.co.uk/canoe/kayak/uk/shop/rock-climbing-hardware/edelrid-products/edelrid-tape.htm

Not cheap but good.

 

[MagiKelly]

Can someone please put a picture up of one?

There are a lot of pictures of the hammocks on the forum. If you do a search on Group Buy Hammocks and have a look through the threads you should see quite a lot. I have to go now but later I can have a look through and link to some.

 

[MagiKelly]

Can someone please put a picture up of one?

Some pictures here

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showpost.php?p=143913&postcount=1

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showpost.php?p=127323&postcount=8

 

[boots12]

Thank You John
Got out of bed this morring to a nice early Christmas present
I cant call its snail mail as it arrived much sooner than i expected.
MANY THANKS
Stephen

 

[Bumblebee]

The best thing to use is climbing tape. you can use webbing but I do not like as much. Rope will damage the trees so tape is my preferred choice.

My favourite tape is this one

http://www.kayaksandpaddles.co.uk/canoe/kayak/uk/shop/rock-climbing-hardware/edelrid-products/edelrid-tape.htm

Not cheap but good.

I got lucky and won an eBay action for ~30m really high quality climbing tape for just ~15GBP including postage from the US.
Cheap webbing (anyone want some?) stretches quite a bit if you are "solidly built" but climbing tape doesn't stretch at all.

 

[slamdunk]

Thanks MK - arrived safe & sound this morning. Really appreciate your efforts. :You_Rock_

 

[Halfdevil333]

got them this morning.superb quality.
Thanks MK.

Halfdevil333

Oh i see people are asking what to put them up with and i have checked out climbing tape but how much of this will i need to buy????

 

[MagiKelly]

Oh i see people are asking what to put them up with and i have checked out climbing tape but how much of this will i need to buy????

I use 5m on each end. This gives plenty for wide trees and for plenty of adjustment.

 

[Bootstrap Bob]

Hammock arrived today, thanks MK.
Excellent quality, most impressed

 

[Aragorn]

mine here safe and sound, excellent service mate, better than evilbay

 

[Deleted member 4605]

Mine arrived this morning. Very impressed, both with the quality and the fantastic service MagiKelly.

:You_Rock_

 

[dwardo]

Yup arrived yesterday and the missus got to it before the dog did . It looks like a great bit of kit and packs down to nothing.

The only gutting part is i cant get out this weekend to try it and have racked my brains trying to think of a way of testing it in the house

Cheers again yer a star

 

[Lostdog]

MagiKelly,

My two hammocks arrived yesterday safe and sound. Thanks again for your outstanding efforts. :You_Rock_

Cheers.

 

[stovie]

PayPal sent John.
Thanks for all your efforts.

 

[pibbleb]

Big cheer to Magikelly. Top Goods and top service. :You_Rock_

Pib

 

[reddave]

Unbelievable. Delivered to my door before I got back home from my little adventure. Not only an excellent set of kit, but rapid delivery too. Much respect to you, MK !!

 

[Zodiak]

Got mine today it feel like a really nice bit of kit so thanks again. :You_Rock_

I got it out in the living room , clipped it over the stairs and 'er indoors said that it definatley wont take my weight. Which was nice.

I had a kip in it this evening at my Scout HQ, it was fantastic until it rained and I realised that my hootichie is slightly shorter so I am going to have to investigate pitching it diagonally or using end covers again. However MUCH easier than my old mini hammocks and much more comfortable.

To suspend it I used a combination of old climbing slings and carabiners, OK for now but I need to get some tape by the summer.

 

[billycan]

Excellent, got mine this morning! It looks really well made and is surprisingly small when packed up, i like the stitched bag, one less thing to have to put somewhere when your out in the woods and it acts like a pocket.
Cant wait to use it!!

Cheers again Magikelly!!! :You_Rock_