cuben fiber hammocks

[rick mccoll]

Aside from the cost, why are not more hammocks made from this material?

I am aware of a least one failure; but reading the report, it seems to be a solvable issue.

[Chris Peichel]

I personally would not want to sleep in a non-breathable hammock. When it is warm you would end up with a wet back. This is the reason I ended up making an underquilt. Sleeping on a foam pad with a 60* night low temp, I ended up chilled in the am from the puddles of sweat trapped in the z-lite valleys.

And…from seeing postings on the testing done on cuben fiber seams and attachment points, it appears that when cuben reaches it limit it fails completely. Nylon has a lot more give.

[Ryan Smith]

I made a channeled hammock out of .74 oz cuben fiber and Amsteel a few mos ago. First tried gathered ends just for simplicity and the cuben wanted to tear in/near the gather. I've only used it a couple times so far, no issues yet. It has held me fine – 6'4" 205lbs. Although every time I'm in it I expect it to let me fall right through. lol…If you're under 200lbs I think you will be fine honestly.

Ryan

[rick mccoll]

Ryan,
did you experience any moisture problems, as anticipated by Chris?

[Travis Leanna]

I vaguely remember someone here experimenting with cuben for hammock material, and finding that it just didn't hold up well for a reason I can't remember.

Of course, I could be going crazy….

[BlackHatGuy]

"I vaguely remember someone here experimenting with cuben for hammock material, and finding that it just didn't hold up well for a reason I can't remember. … Of course, I could be going crazy…."

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[Bill Fornshell]

If you check the date of this thread you will see that my Cuben Hammock is 4 years old. I have used it a lot over the years and have not had a problem with it.

When I made it I was after the lightest weight gear list I could make. Cuben Fiber was used for as many items as I could design.

I weigh about 150 with no cloths on so weight was not a very big problem for me. The Cuben I used was 0.47 ounces per sq yard.

Cuben Hammock Thread

I only had 10 seconds to get into my hammock before my camera took the picture. I can get down lower into the hammock but didn't have time to for this picture.

[ziff house]

course, I could be going crazy….''

That happens to me alot, now where did i put that bolt i just had,,

[Ryan Smith]

Rick,

No moisture issues yet. My opinion is that it wont be as bad as many people think.

Ryan

[Cayenne Redmonk]

IIRC Lawson was going to make cuben hammocks.
One puncture under load cause catastrophic failure.
He decided not to sell them commercially.

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