My setup for a stop on a roadtrip in middle of nowhere Queensland AUS
sometimes you have to get creative 🤷♀️
strung way way way way too tight, though. potentially damaging your hammock once you leap 5 feet to enter it.
With a structural ridgeline, it doesn't matter how tight the suspension system is, the hammock itself will be right.
Been camping in a hammock for over 10 years and never had one tear on me. It’s not as high as it may seem in the photo, just a small hop to get inside. But this is how I sleep best anyways, any less taught and I wake up with pain in my back. To each their own I suppose
Check out a bridge hammock. They lay flat and are much easier on the back.
Bruh, that’s a shipping container… they are standardized so we can judge the actual height pretty well, I’m over 6ft tall and I’d have to climb into that thing.
Also it is in fact waaaaay too tight. I have been camping in hammocks for almost 20yrs so I win.
10 years of hanging wrong. I'm pretty sure you haven't slept diagonally in a proper camping hammock yet.
What’s right and wrong if what I’m doing works for me?
You hang it tight to create a flat as possible lay bc otherwise as you mentioned your back will hurt. All the while creating immense stress on your attachment points.
With a proper camping hammock you can lay almost perfectly flat using a diagonal lay while achieving that 30 degree angle everyone talks about. This maximizes comfort and minimizes stress on your gear and attachment points.
I hope you don't hang it so tight on actual trees because that's how hammocks get banned.
I don't want to discourage you from doing what you're doing and enjoying.
But if you ever have the chance to get a proper camping hammock and have a glorious night's sleep in diagonal lay. Please give it a try.
This is true for a comfort part. But daenu80 is not wrong. The horizontal force on your attachment point is 1/2 your body weight times the tangent of the hang angle. If you are at a typical 30°, this means the lateral force is 200lbs if you weight 200lbs. But if the angle is 10° this goes up to over 550lbs. Which if it is a shipping container it is not going to matter. But if it is a tree with thin bark (like a birch), this can hurt the tree. Though if it is an old oak, it is not going to matter. And it can be hard on your gear.
But if it works for you, great. Just be careful with smaller trees.
No harm if its a shipping container, just watch hangs on trees that are that tight. Really easy to damage trees with straps at that angle.
Ignore everyone here OP. Glad you're having fun and getting good night's sleep with your setup!
Creative hangs can be the best ones.
looks like my hammok lol, whats the bug net? Dutchware bottom entry?
Both the hammock and the bug net are eno brand, nothing too fancy
I think this is a Nakie Hammock. They are popular in Australia. It’s made in China and does not have a structural ridge line. The only other proper hammocks readily available in Australia are Hennessy.
I got my hammock off amazon for $35 US. It was similar colors, and even though it was cheap it actually ended up being lighter and worked great.
Its that bug net that I think is fantastic, I'm looking into them at the moment.
Happy Trails from the other side of Earth 🤙
This is the one I think https://nakie.co/products/bug-net :)
i love urban hangs, this one is so unique
clever spot! strung way way way way too tight, though. potentially damaging your hammock once you leap 5 feet to enter it.
angle your suspension around 30 degrees so the weight on your cordage and suspension points is roughly your body weight instead of 30x.
that ground looks compacted, would hate for damage to dump you onto it from that height.