Comments on: Better ways to hang a Hennessey Hammock http://alexwetmore.org/archives/610 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:41:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: AlexWetmore http://alexwetmore.org/archives/610/comment-page-1#comment-4713 AlexWetmore Tue, 04 May 2010 16:42:33 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2010/05/03/better-ways-to-hang-a-hennessey-hammock.aspx#comment-4713 I''ll weigh mine when I''m at home. My hammock weight also includes the "Super Shelter" (under tarp and insulation), which I carry instead of a pad. I think it is around 3lbs total, maybe a bit more. Add a 2lb sleeping bag and I don''t think 5lbs is so bad for a comfortable night''s sleep. You''ll get to see it in person in June on our S48O trip too. I”ll weigh mine when I”m at home. My hammock weight also includes the “Super Shelter” (under tarp and insulation), which I carry instead of a pad. I think it is around 3lbs total, maybe a bit more. Add a 2lb sleeping bag and I don”t think 5lbs is so bad for a comfortable night’’s sleep.

You”ll get to see it in person in June on our S48O trip too.

]]> By: Pat S http://alexwetmore.org/archives/610/comment-page-1#comment-4712 Pat S Tue, 04 May 2010 06:13:45 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2010/05/03/better-ways-to-hang-a-hennessey-hammock.aspx#comment-4712 Alex and Andre, nice solutions to a pesky problem. Your post got me thinking, and I was goofing around with my gear and a scale tonight. I''ve done something somewhat similar to what Andre''s done. Except that my webbing is set up as just a single choke on the tree and so it''s shorter (12'' of webbing per end). I haven''t studied webbing, I just grabbed mine quick from REI and it''s flat but tubular in constuction and so I''m thinking it''s probably climbing-quality and that single-layer stuff would be plenty strong and much lighter. My additional gear is attached to the hammock, but I did my best to isolate and weigh it and the added webbing and hardware combine for 1 lb-5 oz. Damn, that''s a lot. When I weigh the whole setup - hammock, rainfly, stakes, bag, webbing hardware and all - it comes in at 3 lb-14 oz. (Subtracting the webbing/hardware leaves me with 2 lb-9 oz, which is actually less than Hennessy''s advertised weight of 2 lb-12 oz. Kudos to them for not dinking around with the numbers.) I also weighed my REI Quarter Dome T1 tent and it weighs 3 lb-5 oz, compared to the published "average weight" of 3 lbs-6 oz. My package weight also included the footprint, which is not in the "average weight" definition, so the measured weight came in well under what REI says it weighs. Attaboys/girls to REI as well for not jerking us around with weight games. Anyway, I''d be curious to know what kind of weight you guys have added to your hammocks. My mod is dirt simple, but obviously quite heavy. Alex, yours looks pretty damn light. Andre, yours looks likely as heavy as mine. My 4 lbs total is okay if I''m sticking pretty close to home, but if I''m trying to be fast and light enough to get 60-70 miles out, that''s a bunch of weight. I ain''t never goin'' back to lashing, but at this point, I guess I''d be willing to trade some moderate knots for a few ounces. Bottom line for me, I guess, is a starting place, a work in progress. Alex and Andre, nice solutions to a pesky problem.

Your post got me thinking, and I was goofing around with my gear and a scale tonight. I”ve done something somewhat similar to what Andre’’s done. Except that my webbing is set up as just a single choke on the tree and so it’’s shorter (12” of webbing per end). I haven”t studied webbing, I just grabbed mine quick from REI and it’’s flat but tubular in constuction and so I”m thinking it’’s probably climbing-quality and that single-layer stuff would be plenty strong and much lighter.

My additional gear is attached to the hammock, but I did my best to isolate and weigh it and the added webbing and hardware combine for 1 lb-5 oz. Damn, that’’s a lot. When I weigh the whole setup – hammock, rainfly, stakes, bag, webbing hardware and all – it comes in at 3 lb-14 oz. (Subtracting the webbing/hardware leaves me with 2 lb-9 oz, which is actually less than Hennessy’’s advertised weight of 2 lb-12 oz. Kudos to them for not dinking around with the numbers.)

I also weighed my REI Quarter Dome T1 tent and it weighs 3 lb-5 oz, compared to the published “average weight” of 3 lbs-6 oz. My package weight also included the footprint, which is not in the “average weight” definition, so the measured weight came in well under what REI says it weighs. Attaboys/girls to REI as well for not jerking us around with weight games.

Anyway, I”d be curious to know what kind of weight you guys have added to your hammocks. My mod is dirt simple, but obviously quite heavy. Alex, yours looks pretty damn light. Andre, yours looks likely as heavy as mine. My 4 lbs total is okay if I”m sticking pretty close to home, but if I”m trying to be fast and light enough to get 60-70 miles out, that’’s a bunch of weight. I ain”t never goin” back to lashing, but at this point, I guess I”d be willing to trade some moderate knots for a few ounces.

Bottom line for me, I guess, is a starting place, a work in progress.

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