hammock straps getting wet

[titanium_hiker]

I've always been concerned about this, but I see pictures of tarps that don't seem to extend much more than the end of the hammock. At first I thought: "eww... wet straps wrapped up against my hammock, not fun sleeping" and then I realized that I have snake skins/ hammock tubes (home made) and that the webbing doesn't touch my hammock even when I roll it all up in the webbing to compress it.

I guess I could run the tubes up over the webbing when deployed.

thoughts on wet weather hammocking?

titanium_hiker

[titanium_hiker]

oh yeah- I'm not talking about tree huggers. I'm a speer-type user, so substitute "strap" and "webbing" for "cord" or "rope" if you like.


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TH

[Just Jeff]

I haven't noticed it to be an issue. My straps and Spectra don't absorb water, so coupled with the python skins the quantity of water wasn't enough to worry me. I haven't been thru a hurricane or thru two weeks of extended rain, though - maybe others have a better perspective on that.

[bearbag hanger]

The straps I use don't seem to absorb water and hasn't been a issue. A problem I did have during my 50 mile hike in Maine this year, where it rained pretty much all day every day, is water filled up one of the python skins during the night and dumped water all over my hammock as I was packing it up one morning. Guess I'll have to check them before rolling things up from now on.

[Just Jeff]

Do you use a drip string?

[bearbag hanger]

Do you use a drip string?

Sort of, in the past the python skins seemed to perform that function quite well. They'd get wet on the outside, but never had one fill up with water before. I've never really hiked in that much rain before. Not even during my thru hike two years ago. Guess I'll have to start using them now.