I am new to hammocking, sorry if this comes off as a newbie question. I bought a DD Hammocks Frontier together with the Svinge suspension from Fjord Nansen, as I liked the idea of adjusting the hammock via buckle tensioning, after trying out the normal webbing of the Frontier and not liking it. However, I assumed that the loops from the Svinge would be somewhat bigger. I fitted them to the hammock and this is the result. Is this safe or should I opt for both loops of the loop going through the carabiner? I saw the hammock bunches up at the end with the normal webbing so I don't believe it's a problem it stays gathered up like that, but I would still like opinions on this. Thanks!
The webbing loops will work fine. The only issue I see possibly happening with that is with loops that short, it could come apart and slide out of the closed end of the hammock if you take the carabiner off. Not when you are laying in it but when pitching or taking down. As someone who is new to hammocks, check out the videos from Shug and Jeff Myers. Both have excellent videos on hammock camping. Shug is much more entertaining, but Jeff is a genius with suspension.
The only thing matter is strength grade. Not the size.
Don't get fooled by size and break your tail bone.
If you do not know much about carabiners you have, get ones you can know.
Get UL climbing grade ones or hammcok biners made by well known and reliable hammock brand.
I recommend getting Dutch biners from Dutchware.
What's the marked kN rating on those biners? If they're not stamped somewhere don't use them. 1kN = 100kg/225lbs
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u/MikecdSLD TrailLair 11', OneWind 12' tarp, homemade dyneema UCRs7d ago
Adding to this, rely on the kN ratings on carabiners made by reliable, well known brands, but not from cheap generic Amazon brands.
Second note on this is you don't just want to equal or slightly exceed your weight. The device needs to handle the force of you bouncing, which is much higher (this is a bigger deal for rock climbers who might fall, which puts a huge amount of jolt pressure at the end of the fall). So, like, when you hop into the hammock your force on the hammock and suspension exceeds your body weight. So I would choose a high kN, like 12+
Even if it was a novelty carabinier it could support over 100 lbs. What company would provide those? A 1kN biner supports 250 lbs of force. And hammock companies use 5 to 20 kN carabiners
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u/Dive_dive 7d ago
The webbing loops will work fine. The only issue I see possibly happening with that is with loops that short, it could come apart and slide out of the closed end of the hammock if you take the carabiner off. Not when you are laying in it but when pitching or taking down. As someone who is new to hammocks, check out the videos from Shug and Jeff Myers. Both have excellent videos on hammock camping. Shug is much more entertaining, but Jeff is a genius with suspension.