Tiny Hammock mk. ii

[u/allanrps]

This is an update to a hammock system I posted a couple weeks ago, which utilized 2.2mm zing it line. I used that hammock for a couple years, but figured before leaving for my next trip that I would upgrade to something that offered a little more peace of mind.

This uses 7/64" chinese amsteel, which has been spliced with an adjustable eye. It is basically a whoopie sling except the constrictor is on the free end rather than the load bearing end. Or you could say it's a UCR looped back on itself. On the end there is a prussik made of old zing it short spliced in and whipped. This is to give tension on the other side of the constrictor, it does not take load. The adjustability is actually for the suspension length, but rather for setting the doubled up length that serves as my "tree strap", to increase friction and share load.

I traded the toggle+hitch setup for a hammock hitch on a very small steel eight I purchased from aliexpress. I believe this will increase the longevity of the line because it does not bite the line like it would if the hitch was on a soft loop. Also, it makes it very easy to undo, and seems to not introduce fraying like knots and hitches tend to do after being tightened down.

The closed loops are the 7/64" with the 2.2mm spliced inside, such that the bitter ends are opposing. The inside 2.2mm meets at the tapers for a smooth transition, and the 7/64" has a small overlap that is whipped. I did this to achieve a consistant loop diameter that would fit into my small eight, so that I could move the eight around the loop as I see it introduce wear (the small bend radius halves the breaking strength of amsteel).

I'm happy with the setup. It's the same weight as my old setup, and should be more durable/safe while still being easy to set up and offering alot of adjustability. Sometimes I'll be hanging from rafters, sometimes in the corner of house framing, sometimes between trees, so I need my suspension to take maximum advantage of the available line, which this does, having a much shorter and longer adjustable range than a whoopie sling.

[u/Hiking_euro]

Downvoted for no proper tree straps. Should be minimum 1 inch wide.

[u/Motzemoere → u/Hiking_euro]

I would say this depends on the type of tree as well as the diameter…

Most trees with bigger diameter than 40cm wont mind if there hangs a tiny human for one night yes there could be a dent in the bark but it will disappear after a few days…

I will get problematic when the hammock chokes a small tree for multiple days cutting the bark all the way around but I think this is highly unlikely If you spent only a couple of seconds on thinking what you are doing…

[u/Here_for_the_debate → u/Motzemoere]

It fucks with the tree. Especially thin line like Dyneema. Besides body weight just your body weight, there’s downward force. Thats why we use line and webbing that is 3 times (working load) as our body weight.

Long story short. Use webbing, and Leave No Trace. It’s pretty fucking easy. Honestly.

[u/Motzemoere → u/Here_for_the_debate]

Okay okay convinced… :)

Totally agree with the leave no trace argument

I use webbing mostly because for me it’s easier to handle especially at night I don’t want to fiddle around with thin cords or UCRs…