Setting up hammocks are both art & science; adding TTTs to the mix adds an additional learning curve but, once you have got it down it opens a world of opportunities for great hangs. Thanks for sharing. 🎉
I have followed the Tensa development from the outset, but I can't get a successful hang for love nor money. How do you guage the angle of the single pole so it doesn't bend and crease? I have ruined numerous 'strong poles' trying to replicate this system.
@simoneverett6081 hi, Just for curiosity, when you say that you have damaged numerous poles, were they Tensa or other brands? These Tensa poles ARE carbon fiber which lends itself to be very strong. Anyway, I attempt to "guesstimate" the angle for the pole, I just "cock" it over slightly for the angle. Although, when i had JUST received it, I kinda held my forefinger like a hand-pistol "L" 👆 That would give a 90° right angle; half of that is 45°, so a bit shallower put me about 30°. I must say that I was a bit skeptical of these, but having bought the one pole first, was IMPRESSED, I bought the second! I used them in Wyoming motorcycling in truly treeless areas, and I had ZERO problems feeling secure! I used the shorter boom stakes in loamy soils. My buddy was skeptical when is saw me in a hammock out there, but was impressed equally!
@@onemileattatime2642 I can't get the Tensa in the UK, not affordably, the shipping, import duty and Value Added Tax put one pole and two boomstakes at nearly $600 by the time it gets here. Totally uneconomic. I have tried aluminium poles of 2mm thickness wall, that is about 14swg. 6ft long to hang my HH Safari from. The poles just folded in the middle. I must have my hanging angles/distances from the hammock ends all wrong and be multiplying the forces. The ground pegging held, but could be improved with ground load spreaders (boomstakes). For the time being I am still trying to work out what height to set the hammock at from the outset. Even with trees I can't seem to get it right. A rough starting height would be good. I think I am starting too high off the ground.
The Tensa Trekking Trees with extenders for hammock mode stand roughly 1.2 meters. For my hammock hangs, I prefer trees roughly 5 "paces" apart or about 4.6m; my hammock is 3.35m long not including the straps. This arrangement typically affords me the opportunity to get a nearly ideal angle on the steps at 30° from their anchor point on a tree. The straps tend to wrap around trees at roughly eye height or a bit higher Although, I have hung between trees with approximately 9 paces. This gap is significantly greater, at raising the height of the straps on the trees is paramount. Hanging this span definitely requires a Ridgeline on the hammock to share the load.
@@onemileattatime2642 Thank you very much. I shall try again with shorter poles. I can make up 1.2m with the remaining sections by discarding the bent sections.
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Setting up hammocks are both art & science; adding TTTs to the mix adds an additional learning curve but, once you have got it down it opens a world of opportunities for great hangs. Thanks for sharing. 🎉
I have followed the Tensa development from the outset, but I can't get a successful hang for love nor money. How do you guage the angle of the single pole so it doesn't bend and crease? I have ruined numerous 'strong poles' trying to replicate this system.
@simoneverett6081 hi,
Just for curiosity, when you say that you have damaged numerous poles, were they Tensa or other brands?
These Tensa poles ARE carbon fiber which lends itself to be very strong.
Anyway, I attempt to "guesstimate" the angle for the pole, I just "cock" it over slightly for the angle. Although, when i had JUST received it, I kinda held my forefinger like a hand-pistol "L" 👆 That would give a 90° right angle; half of that is 45°, so a bit shallower put me about 30°.
I must say that I was a bit skeptical of these, but having bought the one pole first, was IMPRESSED, I bought the second! I used them in Wyoming motorcycling in truly treeless areas, and I had ZERO problems feeling secure! I used the shorter boom stakes in loamy soils.
My buddy was skeptical when is saw me in a hammock out there, but was impressed equally!
@@onemileattatime2642 I can't get the Tensa in the UK, not affordably, the shipping, import duty and Value Added Tax put one pole and two boomstakes at nearly $600 by the time it gets here. Totally uneconomic. I have tried aluminium poles of 2mm thickness wall, that is about 14swg. 6ft long to hang my HH Safari from. The poles just folded in the middle. I must have my hanging angles/distances from the hammock ends all wrong and be multiplying the forces. The ground pegging held, but could be improved with ground load spreaders (boomstakes). For the time being I am still trying to work out what height to set the hammock at from the outset. Even with trees I can't seem to get it right. A rough starting height would be good. I think I am starting too high off the ground.
The Tensa Trekking Trees with extenders for hammock mode stand roughly 1.2 meters.
For my hammock hangs, I prefer trees roughly 5 "paces" apart or about 4.6m; my hammock is 3.35m long not including the straps.
This arrangement typically affords me the opportunity to get a nearly ideal angle on the steps at 30° from their anchor point on a tree. The straps tend to wrap around trees at roughly eye height or a bit higher
Although, I have hung between trees with approximately 9 paces. This gap is significantly greater, at raising the height of the straps on the trees is paramount. Hanging this span definitely requires a Ridgeline on the hammock to share the load.
@@onemileattatime2642 Thank you very much. I shall try again with shorter poles. I can make up 1.2m with the remaining sections by discarding the bent sections.
@simoneverett6081 "SHUG" on YT is a cooky yet fun source on many things "hammock", knots, tarp, straps.
Hos videos a couple years back are the best.