I recently purchased the DD Superlightweight (SLW) hammock and mosquito net from Diamond Dave (thanks David) and have had a chance to pitch it a couple of times (though not the opportunity to sleep in it yet). Here are my initial impressions...
Wow these are light!
Wow these are small!
The soft shackles and whoopie slings are a brilliant idea and sooo easy to use/ set up even though I did feel a little bit apprehensive about whether they would support my weight they were fine. Kudos to whomever invented these things they are brilliant.
As you may know my only other hammock experience is with my TW Hornet XL, so I can only compare it with that (A little skewed as they are different 'animals' designed for different types of trips etc.) However, they both are top notch quality wise (both in terms of materials and build quality) .
The DD SLW is of course much narrower that the TW and this is where my only concern lies.
In the TW I can get an extremely comfortable diagonal lie, sleep on my side and front and generally have acres of room. The DD felt 'constrictive' in comparison and hugs the area around the shoulders quite tightly. Whilst this is Ok when lying on your back I'm not sure that I could spent a whole night this way and I doubt that a comfortable diagonal lie is achievable unless you actually put your head/ neck on the outside edge of the hammock.
So in summary an extremely well made and thought out light weight low pack size piece of kit, ideal for when size/ weight considerations are more important than comfort.
As a ‘gear-head’ I’m super impressed with the SLW set-up, I have a local meet to go to on the 16th-18th of October and hope to use the DD SLW set-up for the whole weekend so I shall report back on how I get on.
In addition I now have the DD underquilt (which I have tried with the TW, with much success) I will be trying this with the SLW in October as well.
If anyone has any questions or any tips on using the DD SLW set-up then please do comment.
Cheers
Steve
Wow these are light!
Wow these are small!
The soft shackles and whoopie slings are a brilliant idea and sooo easy to use/ set up even though I did feel a little bit apprehensive about whether they would support my weight they were fine. Kudos to whomever invented these things they are brilliant.
As you may know my only other hammock experience is with my TW Hornet XL, so I can only compare it with that (A little skewed as they are different 'animals' designed for different types of trips etc.) However, they both are top notch quality wise (both in terms of materials and build quality) .
The DD SLW is of course much narrower that the TW and this is where my only concern lies.
In the TW I can get an extremely comfortable diagonal lie, sleep on my side and front and generally have acres of room. The DD felt 'constrictive' in comparison and hugs the area around the shoulders quite tightly. Whilst this is Ok when lying on your back I'm not sure that I could spent a whole night this way and I doubt that a comfortable diagonal lie is achievable unless you actually put your head/ neck on the outside edge of the hammock.
So in summary an extremely well made and thought out light weight low pack size piece of kit, ideal for when size/ weight considerations are more important than comfort.
As a ‘gear-head’ I’m super impressed with the SLW set-up, I have a local meet to go to on the 16th-18th of October and hope to use the DD SLW set-up for the whole weekend so I shall report back on how I get on.
In addition I now have the DD underquilt (which I have tried with the TW, with much success) I will be trying this with the SLW in October as well.
If anyone has any questions or any tips on using the DD SLW set-up then please do comment.
Cheers
Steve
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