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Hi to those who love a good nights sleep.
1st, two years ago I bought a cheep pad at Target - It is 28" (I think) wide and way too thin for the ground BUT great for hammocks! Real thin and light - you wonder why anyone would buy such a thing... HAMMOCKS it is great for my Clark anyway.
I've got four generations of Clarks. I've used the above pad down to 20 degrees with a slight breeze.
More tips for anyone who has a clark - like how to keep the netting out of your face...!
Glad I found this forum - and I backup all the positive things said!
Oh, has anyone climbed a tree... hung their hammock... spent the night?
Peace,
Rob
hey rob, i hung out at the Keefer Oak for some time, does that count.
Hi to those who love a good nights sleep.
1st, two years ago I bought a cheep pad at Target - It is 28" (I think) wide and way too thin for the ground BUT great for hammocks! Real thin and light - you wonder why anyone would buy such a thing... HAMMOCKS it is great for my Clark anyway.
I've got four generations of Clarks. I've used the above pad down to 20 degrees with a slight breeze.
More tips for anyone who has a clark - like how to keep the netting out of your face...!
Glad I found this forum - and I backup all the positive things said!
Oh, has anyone climbed a tree... hung their hammock... spent the night?
Peace,
Rob
cool,i love my hennesey hammock:cool: neo
Trooper347
12-07-2005, 12:00
Welcome to the community RobK. I have a Clark Hammock, just got it last month, and I am going to use it on my thru attempt. Any tips you have please don't be shy on posting them :D . Very few up to date reviews on the Clarks can be found on the web, except for the homepage, and for such a nice product, that is a shame. Thanks for any info you may share with us!
Welcome to the community RobK. I have a Clark Hammock, just got it last month, and I am going to use it on my thru attempt. Any tips you have please don't be shy on posting them :D . Very few up to date reviews on the Clarks can be found on the web, except for the homepage, and for such a nice product, that is a shame. Thanks for any info you may share with us!
hammocks are cool period,i guess there are more hennessey hammock
and speer hammock users here,but their are a few people here that use
several different hammocks,i use my byer hammock in winter time and my
hennessey hammock in buggy weather,i have seen clark hammocks here on whiteblaze:cool: neo
hey troop, i've used my clark over 100 nights thru the first 750 miles thru the AT NOBO, any questions, i's be happy to help ya all i can....with some lite pad, you're good to go day one...even in the smokies where you are legally bound to stay at shelter, you can...and should hammock in the rafters...means thinking for a minute, but if no one cares, you can swing there too!
i'll never pass three forks again...too nice of a spot to sleep....but i like water sounds at night...
durability....never had a single structural problem....not a stitch
ease of use...heck you bought one...sleep one night on a shelter floor vs comfort of a clark....hehehe gawd help us all
you write the review....
for the solitude factor, yer golden in the clark ....i should say any hammock
for warmth factor vs weight factor i'd say honnestly, i never saw anyone sept me in 04 hammocking for 60 days into the hike...HH folks just seriously are too wt conscience to weather the cold....in this case heat factor....clark will seriously give you 2 to 10+ degrees comfort value....i will bet money on this... come summer the HH's will sweat you on weight factor....a given...even at day one. on a 22* night when they freeze, yer wondering what pcs o gear will dry first.
be sure to find those sweet spots along the way.....i found a few spots that japanese garden folks long for....one near Roan, jan liteshoe pointed me to it....but she was SOBO at the time
"...HH folks just seriously are too wt conscience to weather the cold..."
Sounds like fighting words!
Lumberjack
12-08-2005, 14:35
Naw just ignorant trolling...Ive used my HH from 110 down to 0.
Hey guys,
I've talked with some HH folks that said their pads slip out from under them several times during the night.
One of them said he was going to try a couple of lines (of Seam Grip) down the middle of his pad. Never found out how well it worked. I know it will stop the slipping but how quickly will the tacky Seam Grip pick up dirt etc...
Just an Idea we came up with that day, at the 2001 PA Ruck.
The last Clark hammock I bought was actually the very first "Tropical" ever made. I demo'd it at the Ruck. The oldest one I have is a "Mark I" where the rain fly is sewn in just behind the zippers above your feet, the rest of the fly is the same just no clip at the foot end. It is about 15" shorter that any of the new Clark's today. I don't have the new larger rain fly... but would like to buy a fly where one side is a foot wider than the other. and It is no difference head to toe (parallel sides)...
Ahhh, I love to sit in my Clark... look up and "feel" all that is going on around me. Before I lost my middle Bradford Pear tree (this fall), I had the Morning Doves (a pair in each tree) to where I could get in and out with out spooking them - I was now an (excepted) part of their environment! I would be out there on the weekends studying. And if there is a new moon, and the wind has blown in some clean fresh air, I'd be out off the corner of my deck with out the netting or the fly. Nothing like waking at 2am and seeing ALL those stars!
Ok, now you can see that this newly 48 year old needs to get a life! What am I saying - I LIKE the life I just described!
Thanks guys - It's nice to talk to folk that understand the joy of overnight hammocking.
Peace, Rob
Lumberjack
12-10-2005, 11:44
Or just go with an under quilt.... no pad at all to sneak away from you.
my pad never slips out from under me in my byer or hennessey hammock:cool: neo
Hey guys,
I've talked with some HH folks that said their pads slip out from under them several times during the night.
One of them said he was going to try a couple of lines (of Seam Grip) down the middle of his pad. Never found out how well it worked. I know it will stop the slipping but how quickly will the tacky Seam Grip pick up dirt etc...
Just an Idea we came up with that day, at the 2001 PA Ruck.
The last Clark hammock I bought was actually the very first "Tropical" ever made. I demo'd it at the Ruck. The oldest one I have is a "Mark I" where the rain fly is sewn in just behind the zippers above your feet, the rest of the fly is the same just no clip at the foot end. It is about 15" shorter that any of the new Clark's today. I don't have the new larger rain fly... but would like to buy a fly where one side is a foot wider than the other. and It is no difference head to toe (parallel sides)...
Ahhh, I love to sit in my Clark... look up and "feel" all that is going on around me. Before I lost my middle Bradford Pear tree (this fall), I had the Morning Doves (a pair in each tree) to where I could get in and out with out spooking them - I was now an (excepted) part of their environment! I would be out there on the weekends studying. And if there is a new moon, and the wind has blown in some clean fresh air, I'd be out off the corner of my deck with out the netting or the fly. Nothing like waking at 2am and seeing ALL those stars!
Ok, now you can see that this newly 48 year old needs to get a life! What am I saying - I LIKE the life I just described!
Thanks guys - It's nice to talk to folk that understand the joy of overnight hammocking.
Peace, Rob
This is a real easy problem to fix. I used shelf paper from WalMart--the waffle type stuff, white and sticky. I cut 4-4"x4" squares and glued them to the underside of the sleeping pad, evenly spaced down the middle from shoulder to calf. Now it does not slip at all. Total additional weight is about 1 oz. This stuff is so sticky that you might be able to simply lay some under the pad without glue. Mine has gotten dirty and it still works fine.
Stag
Stag, that's a great idea. Despite making and using underquilts, there's a lot I like about the pads -- light, simple, easy to replace, and cheap.