Ultralight Homemade Hammock

[wentworth]

Woohoo! I've just finished one of Risk's "Warmhammocks", but one with a bag of down sewed to the bottom of it, instead of synthetic insulation.
I ordered some 900 loft down from Ed Speer, so now I have a hammock and underquilt combined. The whole thing, with spectra support lines weighs 535grams! (19 oz)

When I lie down in the hammock, I can feel there is about 3 to 4 inches of down underneath me. I tested it today in the backyard, and was toasty warm at 5 degrees C. In a couple of weeks I'll be using it around freezing in the Gross Valley (here in Oz)

I'll have some pictures of it up in a couple of days.
My pack weight is decreasing....

 

[Big John]

Sounds good, have you got a pattern for it we could take a look at?

 

[Buckshot]

Sounds great Aris,
It'd be good to see some pics of it

Cheers

Mark

 

[wentworth]

It's based on this link, but it doesn't have the quilting to hold the insulation in place. The down just lofts up in the bag. the darts in the hem make it puff out and not become compressed.

http://www.imrisk.com/hammock/warmhammock.htm

The pocket on my hammock is 102 cm by 122cm. Filled with 4 oz of down.

 

[gregorach]

So is it basically a big bag then? I'd be slightly worried about the down migrating to the lowest point during the night... Be interested to hear how it pans out, as I've been considering doing something very similar (as an underblanket) myself.

 

[wentworth]

I've just posted a pic of the new hammock in my gallery. Now I don't seem to have any space left in it...
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1101&cat=500&ppuser=696