My Top Hammocking Tips and Hacks :: Get the most out of your Hammock Experience 

Nice video...Another option on the hang time hook is to simply attach a wide rubber band from one corner to the other diagonally on your phone and just put it over the Ridgeline before you attach the other end to your phone...Super simple and no extra weight...If you want it to hang lower just purchase some pipe cleaners and twist a couple together and wrap one end around the Ridgeline and the other around the rubber band on the back of the phone..I use this all the time and just leave it in my Ridgeline organizer when not using it...

Hammocks in good weather are a no-Brainer. In colder it's still my go-to. I expect extra weight in cold weather anyway

You said you don't like extra gear but cinch buckles with 15 foot straps are my go to. Along with Duch clips and other Dutchware gear make my hammock life easier. Maybe one day I'll make a video of it but I don't have a video personality so it would be dull. Hang on my friend. Love your videos.

I have been watching videos and reading books, recommendations, etc. for months in anticipation of buying and using a hammock when backpacking. To a large degree I have been confused about the huge variety of techniques and hardware involved in hanging the hammock and tarp - whoopee slings, dutchware, purrsig knots, etc. your hang in this video seems very simple and effective! If I can do what you demonstrated in this video, do I need more exotic techniques or equipment or is the basic sufficient? Just found your channel - love your work. Thank you, Butch

I particularly enjoyed you explaining the ideal taughtness of the Ridgeline in detail. This is something I have struggled to establish on my own. But I look forward to using your method as a guideline. 🙏🤘

Real good info thanks mister 🤠 I am new at hammock this helped me plenty.

And I'm just back from my first trip with the HangTime Hook. Love it!

I have a hangtime hook it's freaking awesome had it a few years

I really like hanging in my Warbonnet XLC hammock!!

For me it seems to have been an evolution. Dutch stuff (a variety and liked/like all of it) and cinch buckles and straps. But along the way doing backpacking trips, I just keep whittling things down to the least possible number of ‘things’. It may not seem to be the simplest...until you get used to it. But I have ended up with the same suspension system you have now. Took me a few years, and you were the biggest reason I am there now. Thanks! I keep the other systems for use by folks that hammock camp with me and don’t have their own systems.

Ladies hair ties hold the phone just great! Awesome tips really enjoyed it!

A ton of great info. I’ve finally decided to leave SoCal and head back to S.C. so I’ll be transitioning to a hammock soon. I’ll be sure to keep this video in my favorites and refer back to it for the tips.

Good tip Mark , thanks for sharing 😉👍👌

Nice. I've been using rings and carabiners for years, but I'm seriously thinking of trying the becket hitch. I usually hang my hammock on one of my anchor trees either by a carabiner hooked on my tree strap or the stub of a branch on a tree. Keeps it up off of the ground and harder for mice to reach. I don't hang my pack from the suspension because it usually weighs too much--I know, I've got a lot of work to do! LOL!

Great video, my friend. Thank you for all of your tips and tricks. God bless you. John

Thanks for sharing. Waiting on the hang time hook and the Banyon bridge hammock to become available. Just got my HG 12’ tarp with doors so it a waiting game for the rest of my hammock gear.

Dang, I'll just use carabiners...lol 😆

Great video ... plus I loved the background music!!

Very informative ❤️

I gotta get that hangtime hook. There were many times out on trail last year when I wished I had one.

Great stuff bro

Great tips

Good tips

I like the tip for using your finger & thumb to check the 30° angle as well as the tip of clipping your pack to the cord. Don't know why I never though to of that. Thanks

I use an Ultrapod tripod with a phone attachment. It works good to hang my phone on the ridgeline.

great tips on adjusting the ridgeline, many thanks

in place of the hang time hook its also possible to use a large black clamping paper clip on your ridgeline to clip your phone - might not be the perfect angle but a lot cheaper. I also use office style clamping paper clips for hanging laundry while camping.

I think this may have been the only video that had music on it. It was something I tried, didn't like and haven't really done since!

Check tree trunk all around for poison ivy. I found a perfect tree last weekend ran straps around forgot this step. Still scratching. 🤦‍♀️

Only mentioning this because I saw you post in other comments that you were curious to hear people’s reactions. Jazz music is definitely an acquired taste and not one I care for FWIW. I’d take the Hans Zimmer type stuff over most other kinds of non-lyric type music any day, but no music choice you go with will please everyone. 🤷🏻‍♂️ As for your tips, I’ve seen the finger gun thing before. I try to use it and I also got one of those “hangles” from Dutch and yet I still seem to always manage to hang in such a way where my ridgeline is too tight and nearly guitar string tight when I’m laying in my hammock (DH sparrow). I don’t know if I’m consistently picking trees too far apart or what but it’s a frustration for sure. My straps are always head height or slightly higher. It definitely takes a fair amount of fiddling to get it to the point I can get comfortable. The issue I get the most is the side wall of the hammock putting pressure on my outer foot (right foot since I have a right lay hammock) that pushes it inwards if that makes sense. I often have to either find a way to sleep on my side without getting too much pressure on my “bottom” shoulder, or sleep in what I call the figure 4 position where my left leg is mostly straight and my right leg is bent and resting against my left calf to be comfortable. Never had a perfect sleep but it’s still way more comfortable than sleeping on some thin inflatable mat on the hard ground. F that. Definitely looking at trying a bridge hammock in the near future. I’ve laid in one and based on that experience I think I’d like it more than my GE. I just need Dutch to get the banyans back in stock; ideally offer a double layer option too. Edit: typo

Good tips, thanks. Not sure we needed the pron musak though :)

You are way beyond my level on the hammock front!!

I love the Peanuts music!!! YES!!! Nice vid bro!

Wish I had one to enjoy.

You make it look so easy. I got a chameleon 2 months ago, set it up between 2 trees. The ridge line was too tight and o couldn’t get it right. There aren’t 2 trees of the 40 on my property that are close enough. It’s been in the box since. Hgh😬

That was quick! Thanks, this was exactly what I was thinking! Would the Beckett hitch work with an unmodified Ridge outdoors with the webbing loops instead of more typical continuous loops, or is there a chance it might make it more difficult?

I have a Sheltowee under quilt and I leave it attached to my hammock and it’s all packed into a bishop’s bag. One less step when I’m setting up.

I have my ridgeline organizer right behind my hangtime hook and that's where I put my battery bank along with other things. Works out great. What are those straps you have?

Awesome video !! What material are you using for your tree straps ? Looking for something I can get in Australia ! :) Edit: oops this was answered on a other comment :) now to see if I can get something in Aus

What are those straps? Or what's the lightest one piece strap? I currently use the nylon ones from Dutch, but looking to go lighter while using the Becket hitch. Thanks

Nice lounge music 👍😊 have you ever had the Beckett knot tighten up so much that it jammed? I used to use a heavy nylon strap attached to a carabiner with what might be described as a Windsor knot (like a necktie). To my knowledge, I was the only one to use that method, which was solid, and quickly adjustable with a reliably easy release. No drip issues, and I would tie up the slack as you did. The issue was that the webbing was heavy and absorbed water. I'm currently using a Hummingbird Hammock with the company's tree straps and whoopie slings. Very nice, but the hammock (single) is short and narrow and cannot use a ridgeline or it would be right in my face lying down. I make do with a pass through zipperless sleeping bag (old Golite, discontinued), and can add additional insulation under the top of the bag. My question is, what strap are you using? The whoopie sling system needs some extra room between trees to deploy, and sometimes I can't find the perfect pair. One tip that I would like to pass on is to avoid hanging under or from mature trees during a windstorm. Branches could come down and impale your tarp (or other more important things), and, lightning, we know, often makes contact with the tallest things in the forest. Thanks. 👍

You could put sharpie marks on your tarp ridgeline and use it like a tape measure to check tree spacing.

What kind of webbing do you use? I use the antigravity gear mule tape, but your set up seems much easier.

Would you hang it the same height if you were putting a underquilt on or would you go higher as it looks like it would be close to the floor

Will the becket hitch work with Spectra cord?

Except fer filmin whut a person is doin, or if ya need gps, electronics should be illegal in the stix...lol.

What kind of straps are you using to hang your hammock?

You're a big guy. Do you ever do a double Becket Hitch? I'm 190lbs and I just feel more comfortable doing a double

Good tips but I would leave the music out of the video

Goddamn! This is the 2nd easiest hammock knot that I ever seen! 😊 Another easiest knot is here:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6frvlomiHAQ.html

time 7:45, “That 20 degree angle …” ? Don’t you mean 30 degree?

As a recent user of hammocks, I really tried to listen to your tips, but the club music with a nature background was so distracting. Please consider leaving music for just the intro.

When sitting that low to the ground, does your underquilt touch the ground?

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