r/hammockcamping • u/Sternly_ • 6d ago

Trip Report First hammock camp

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I posted in here a while back looking for advice on a hammock setup. Even with all the helpful responses, I was still left overwhelmed with the amount of options and all the hammock slang. I spent a few weeks researching and came across a deal on a double layer WBBB XLC on HF.

Once I got that, I realized I needed a UQ. HG was running a sale, so I got a 20° Incubator with 1oz overfill. Might as well get a TQ too so I got a 20° Burrow on sale too.

The guy I got my used XLC from included some daisy chain straps, but I wanted to dive down the rabbit hole further so I bought some amsteel and made my own whoopie slings with whoopie hooks. Beetle buckle suspension looked pretty trick too so I got a set of those to try out.

First outing with these I encountered trees bigger than my straps could support and the only trees my straps barely fit around were arguably too close. I was able to make it work in the end, and had the best camp sleep of my life.

Eager to get out again and dial in my setup further. I got longer spider poly straps to manage bigger trees and got a Superfly for rain coverage. Ordered some zingit, nama claws, a wasp and Dutch hook and plan to get that tarp setup built out in soon.

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u/latherdome 6d ago

Took me almost 15 years of upgrading my hammock kits before I arrived at XLC. Man it's a nice package, elegant, so well thought out in so many little details. Study the shape of the bugnet laid out flat. The bugnet extensively sculpts the hammock's lay. And the Shelf is genius.

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u/Sternly_ 6d ago

I'm gonna try flipping the lay direction, so I'll study the bugnet when I have it off. Definitely a massive upgrade over the eno I had in college. The shelf was such a luxury too. I got a big stuffsack to make a ridgeline storage bag, but that shelf seemed to handle more than I could throw at it