Not to make you an Unhappy Camper but there are a lot of problems here. 1. Please don’t use those cords on trees, those will hurt trees. Straps are a better option. Here in Texas state parks “require” two inch straps but I’ve never been checked. 2. I went to the manufacturers website for specs and that hammock is listed as 115 inches long. I’m afraid that a 9 foot hammock is a lounging hammock and not a camping hammock. 3. To properly sleep in a hammock (and get those benefits to your back), you don’t lay in a hammock lengthwise, AKA “the banana”. You lay on a diagonal. This requires a properly sized and setup hammock. I don’t know your exact height but you’re definitely taller than me and the general rule of thumb for camping hammock lengths is to start around twice your height. Just from eyeballing I would say you have to be at least six feet tall so there is a good chance that you would need to be in a 12 foot hammock but regardless I think nothing under 11 feet for you. 4. You did pretty good with the Onetigris, I have one of those for loaner hammocks. 5. Proper hammock hanging is done at a 30 degree angle because as you approach zero (straight across) the forces you apply to the trees multiply. Your hang angle looked pretty good. A quick way to sloppily check your 30 degree hang is to make finger guns. The angle between the top of your thumb to the end of your index finger is about 30. 6. A good camping hammock will have a center ridgeline that maintains the proper hammock sag regardless of strap angle. To lay on the diagonal means your head is on the left or right of that ridgeline with your feet on the opposite side (to help you visualize). Off the top of my head 550 cord is the weight rating. When a hammock is advertised to support 400 to 500 pounds it is always made from basically taffeta nylon and are all more or less the same. Kammok, ENO, Wise Owl, etc. Good camping hammocks from cottage vendors are usually made from ripstop nylon and to get the weight rating you need you would probably need a double layer ripstop. If you want a good 11 or 12 foot hammock on a budget, try out a Onewind from their website or Amazon, all three of my loaners are from them. If you want to learn a lot more join us on hammock forums dot net and look up Shug Emery’s videos here on UA-cam. Or if you find yourself in the DFW area and want to go play with a lot of different hammock camping setups just holler. Hope you take this in the helpful spirit it was intended, I don’t want you to have a bad time from the wrong gear.
Nice review of this hammock
Thank you
Not to make you an Unhappy Camper but there are a lot of problems here.
1. Please don’t use those cords on trees, those will hurt trees. Straps are a better option. Here in Texas state parks “require” two inch straps but I’ve never been checked.
2. I went to the manufacturers website for specs and that hammock is listed as 115 inches long. I’m afraid that a 9 foot hammock is a lounging hammock and not a camping hammock.
3. To properly sleep in a hammock (and get those benefits to your back), you don’t lay in a hammock lengthwise, AKA “the banana”. You lay on a diagonal. This requires a properly sized and setup hammock. I don’t know your exact height but you’re definitely taller than me and the general rule of thumb for camping hammock lengths is to start around twice your height. Just from eyeballing I would say you have to be at least six feet tall so there is a good chance that you would need to be in a 12 foot hammock but regardless I think nothing under 11 feet for you.
4. You did pretty good with the Onetigris, I have one of those for loaner hammocks.
5. Proper hammock hanging is done at a 30 degree angle because as you approach zero (straight across) the forces you apply to the trees multiply. Your hang angle looked pretty good. A quick way to sloppily check your 30 degree hang is to make finger guns. The angle between the top of your thumb to the end of your index finger is about 30.
6. A good camping hammock will have a center ridgeline that maintains the proper hammock sag regardless of strap angle. To lay on the diagonal means your head is on the left or right of that ridgeline with your feet on the opposite side (to help you visualize).
Off the top of my head 550 cord is the weight rating.
When a hammock is advertised to support 400 to 500 pounds it is always made from basically taffeta nylon and are all more or less the same. Kammok, ENO, Wise Owl, etc.
Good camping hammocks from cottage vendors are usually made from ripstop nylon and to get the weight rating you need you would probably need a double layer ripstop.
If you want a good 11 or 12 foot hammock on a budget, try out a Onewind from their website or Amazon, all three of my loaners are from them.
If you want to learn a lot more join us on hammock forums dot net and look up Shug Emery’s videos here on UA-cam. Or if you find yourself in the DFW area and want to go play with a lot of different hammock camping setups just holler.
Hope you take this in the helpful spirit it was intended, I don’t want you to have a bad time from the wrong gear.