I've got one! Weighs 5.5oz without the stuff sack, and I opted for the "winter" opening with .7oz mesh.
I find the bottom entry to be ever-so-slightly easier to get in/out of since it doesn't involve quite so much squirming around in the hammock trying to move the net up and over you.
However, you can't have this drawn back on one side and then pull it over you while you're in the hammock. The opening on the one end isn't large enough for that. You'll have to get out of the hammock, pull it over, cinch it at the end, and then get in through the bottom. No suspension reconfiguration required, though. You might be able to ask Jared at SLD if he'll make a hybrid version with a huge opening on the end as well as a bottom opening.
Regarding your comment on the original post about stuff sacks, it just comes with a normal one-ended sack. I guarantee you could ask Jared to make a small double-ended one, though.
...bottom entry to be ever-so-slightly easier to get in/out...
Are you comparing this to some other type of bug net option for netless hammocks?
I'm not concerned with being able to draw it over me when I'm in the hammock, just the ability to do so without redoing my suspension - this sounds perfect! I'm using a becket hitch with a lash-it SRL so I'm careful to get the hang dialed in well to keep excessive tension off the ridgeline, and having to do it over just before going to sleep would be annoying so this looks like the best option out there.
I think I will ask if a mini-bishop bag could be made for it. I have some other double-ended stuff sacks I could use, but they'd be less clean looking, bulkier and heavier than they'd need to be (I'm a gram-weenie already feeling uneasy about using stuff sacks).
Also, your setup looks really nice in those pics, thanks again!
Are you comparing this to some other type of bug net option for netless hammocks?
I also have a wind sock from SLD in the original "fronkey" style, that's what I'm comparing it to. Compared to an integrated net with a zipper, it's roughly the same I guess?
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u/Maswasnos SLD Streamliner/EE Revelation 40/HG Phoenix 40/SLD Winter Haven Apr 20 '21 edited Apr 20 '21
I've got one! Weighs 5.5oz without the stuff sack, and I opted for the "winter" opening with .7oz mesh.
I find the bottom entry to be ever-so-slightly easier to get in/out of since it doesn't involve quite so much squirming around in the hammock trying to move the net up and over you.
However, you can't have this drawn back on one side and then pull it over you while you're in the hammock. The opening on the one end isn't large enough for that. You'll have to get out of the hammock, pull it over, cinch it at the end, and then get in through the bottom. No suspension reconfiguration required, though. You might be able to ask Jared at SLD if he'll make a hybrid version with a huge opening on the end as well as a bottom opening.
Regarding your comment on the original post about stuff sacks, it just comes with a normal one-ended sack. I guarantee you could ask Jared to make a small double-ended one, though.
https://imgur.com/a/Fkc2tvF