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  • #1304233
    mark henley
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    @flash582

    Thoughts?

    10.5 Modified ION
    1.5 Pack frame, sit pad, foot pad
    13.8 JRB Stealth
    10 IX underquilt
    0.9 Dp bug net
    0.1 Foil for esbit for fire backup
    11.5 DIY 10 x 4.5 ft 1.6 oz hammock & goodies
    1.9 food bag
    1 Zing it x 40 ft + Cuben rock bag
    1 Beer can pot & foil
    0.5 Spoon
    0.1 Ziplock?
    0.1 Cuben ditty bag
    0.9 Fire steel and mini bic
    4 Wind shirt
    0.3 Chafing/cotton
    1 Aqua Mira
    7.5 Poncho tarp & line
    1.4 2 one l water bottles
    1.8 Spare socks
    2 .3 first aid and repair kit
    1 Small headlamp
    0.2 Toothbrush & Floss
    0.5 2 tent stakes
    0.3 Alcohol gel
    0.5 Pack towel
    4 Cell phone, cash, credit
    0.3 Deet
    1 Neck knife
    0.2 Car key
    4.9875 Total LBS
    Consumables
    4.5 3 days food
    2.2 Water
    0.0625 2 fuel tabs
    0.125 TP
    0.125 Medications
    7.0125 Consumable weight
    12 Total Weight

    #1996777
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    0.3 Chafing/cotton

    What's that?

    When and where are you planning on using this set up? What will you be wearing while underway?

    #1996791
    mark henley
    Member

    @flash582

    Minimum temps of 45 degrees here in Texas ….

    Chaffing is hydropel with some cotton balls

    Wearing bug away shirt and zip offs, compression shorts, lightweight cap, smart wool socks, Nike trail runners. Also a bug away bandana …

    #1996793
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Go.

    Have you ever lit Esbit with your steel?

    #1996795
    mark henley
    Member

    @flash582

    A few drops of alcohol gel helps that spark catch on the esbit. Once I had to resort to a bit of hydropel on a cotton ball to get it going with my steel.

    #1996801
    mark henley
    Member

    @flash582

    Missed the stealth up weight … It's 5.125 lbs …… Darn!

    #1996900
    todd
    BPL Member

    @funnymo

    Locale: SE USA

    Hi Mark,

    Outstanding hammock list! Wow.

    Is your IX UQ a 2 layer, 3/4 length? Just curious. If MYOG, any construction details are appreciated since I have a good bit of IX waiting….

    Thanks,
    Todd

    #2002558
    mark henley
    Member

    @flash582

    Sorry for the delayed response

    It's a clone of the baby orca, two layers and a torso heater (smaller middle layer with sewed in ribs.

    The layers are all differentially cut.

    If I were to make another one I would use this:

    https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=23881

    #2002567
    Dale Wambaugh
    BPL Member

    @dwambaugh

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Nice. How is the poncho for coverage? Do you rig it a-frame or asym, or ???

    I have a Hennessy Cape which is as big as their standard asym tarp– a couple ounces more than the poncho.

    #2002833
    mark henley
    Member

    @flash582

    I shortened the hammock to 9.5 ft with a 7' 5" ridge line. The lay is almost identical to the 10.5 ft length with a 83% ridge. The poncho has a 9.9 ft ridgeline when hung asym ….. So there's 15 inches on each end …. In the rain you just drop the poncho right to the hammock ridgeline …. Not all that different from my old Hennessy.

    I thought seriously about the cape …. …. But I'm also considering a custom 6 x 9 Cuben poncho.

    #2002862
    Dale Wambaugh
    BPL Member

    @dwambaugh

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    "I thought seriously about the cape …. …. But I'm also considering a custom 6 x 9 Cuben poncho"

    I've lusted for a Zpacks hammock tarp @ 6.5oz, but I need a $250 windfall to go with it :)

    I've thought about a poncho with "wings" that fold under, giving nearly twice the width. The back could have some extra length too.

    I have the XL cape which is 137" x 120", giving pretty good coverage @ 12oz. It would be great knocked off in Cuben. I picked up a Backpacker model Hennessy that makes a light combo with the cape. It's a bottom entry model, which is useable, but I don't care for it much— I'm waiting until Winter to have 2QZQ add a zipper.

    I use an undercover and the foam pad from the Hennessy SuperShelter along with a space blanket for the UQ. Your differential cut/layered IQ is a good idea. I have one undercover that is also a poncho, which works well.

    I don't think I would fit well in your rig, but it *is* light.

    #2002950
    mark henley
    Member

    @flash582

    My other hammock is a Hennessy ULBA …. I shortened the ridgeline on that one too for abetter lay …..

    I'm 5'11" and 230 lbs, with really wide shoulders ….. You'd be surprised. I depart from the conventional theories that longer and wider is better, I don't care much for hammocks wider than 4.5 ft myself ….. More sag = flat lay is what works for me.

    That zpacksTarp …. Awesome piece of kit! One of these days ….

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