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SunnyDay
07/03/2014 07:43PM
  
quote RainGearRight: "I showed my wife this and her eyes lite up. That never happens when I show her gear! Summer gear funds were spent last year but I'll be picking one of these up this fall. We've tried hanging next to each other and it's not always doable. This might be no different but it sure looks cool. Wonder if a superfly would be able to cover it?"


Happy wife, happy life!
Or...Happy spouse, happy house!


I was also thinking a bigger fly would be better.


Thanks for the review Woods Walker.



 
SunnyDay
07/04/2014 10:39AM
  
This looks like a good idea too.
Honeymoon suite


Here are his plans for the tarp, which looks like it would work over a vertex. He did alter them and added a vestibule.
Suite plans-(Honeymoon-Suite)/page4&highlight=honeymoon+suite

Plans are on page 4.

 
OBX2Kayak
06/27/2014 06:43PM
  
Don't come knockin if the hammock's a rockin.
 
AlfalfaMale
06/27/2014 05:17PM
  
Would love to try one. Curious about the Flex 180 too.
 
Exo
06/28/2014 11:43AM
  
The vertex looks like the ticket. With a nice price tag as well.
 
SunnyDay
06/27/2014 10:45AM
  
Anyone every try one of these? Clark Vertex
 
SunnyDay
06/27/2014 08:25PM
  
I wish they had some pictures of two people in the flex. That looks interesting too.
 
daverr
06/30/2014 02:30PM
  
You probably already saw this:


https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?7764-Clark-Vertex-Hammock-with-Pictures
 
SunnyDay
06/30/2014 07:13PM
  
quote daverr: "You probably already saw this:



https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?7764-Clark-Vertex-Hammock-with-Pictures"



Thank you, I did. I have seen and read so much about Clark and other hammocks my head is spinning. Making myself wait till we try sleeping in a single hammock to see if we like it before spending money.


I have lots of sites added to my favorite lists with lots of info to study, even diy supplies , sorry, I don't remember who suggested that site, but some things seem pretty easy to make with their instructions and supplies.

Didn't know this hanging bug would be so catchy!!
 
Alan Gage
06/30/2014 03:50PM
  
quote Dammfast: "two in the same hammock is going to transfer motion to other sleeping in it.


Dammfast"


Sounds similar to a bed. :)


I'm sure, like everything else, once you get used to it you don't notice.


Alan
 
AlfalfaMale
07/01/2014 08:32AM
  
quote SunnyDay: "Didn't know this hanging bug would be so catchy!!"

Careful, you can go from knowing nothing about hammocks to having three, along with tarps, spools of amsteel, shock cord and webbing lying about, all in about 6 weeks.
Yep, it's entirely possible. And very doable.
Yep. It sure is.

 
RainGearRight
07/02/2014 02:32PM
  
I showed my wife this and her eyes lite up. That never happens when I show her gear! Summer gear funds were spent last year but I'll be picking one of these up this fall. We've tried hanging next to each other and it's not always doable. This might be no different but it sure looks cool. Wonder if a superfly would be able to cover it?
 
Woods Walker
07/01/2014 09:11PM
  
My brother got one when they 1st came out. He used it on a couple of BWCA trips so far. It is him & his younger son... he loves it. I have laid in it with my wife & it seems pretty nice.
 
SunnyDay
06/28/2014 06:12PM
  
I have spent too many uncomfortable nights just waiting for morning so I can get up. For a few years now I've had a very nice soft Big Agnes air mattress and sleeping bag that I love. What a step up they were from the self inflating pads and REI mummy bags we'd had since our honeymoon 30 years ago! My middle aged bones just can't get comfortable on the ground any more.


Received an unexpected check and so am seriously considering spending it to join the ranks of you "hangers". I probably should find a single to borrow to try first.
 
ECpizza
06/28/2014 10:07PM
  
Sunny Day,
I am new to the hammock. I've spent 3 nights in the hammock (only slept 1 1/2 nights, stories elsewhere). I was hooked from the first moment, even if I haven't got it totally figured out yet. After night #2 in which I gave up at 5:30 a.m. Not having slept more than a half hour, my wife commented that she thought I was making a mistake. Well, I've spent the first 45 years of my life learning to sleep in a tent and still wake up sore. I think that in 3 nights I've dialed in my hammock enough to at least top a better night on the ground. I spent some time today tying bright yellow cord and some shock cord tensioners to my fly to replace the black cord that was on there. I'm ready for a week in the woods.


A double hammock would be awesome. My one wish is to go a week just me and the Mrs., the problem is that going with her means sharing the tent, meaning sleep on the ground again. But I got a Cub Zip with my hammock, so I'm thinking of adding some woopie slings and better webbing to make it capable of supporting a bit more than it is rated for. Maybe I'll get her to like the hammock too.
 
Dammfast
06/29/2014 06:28AM
  
I would see if I could track one down to try out. There is a learning curve with hammocks but like stated above my worst night in a hammock is by the best night sleeping in the woods. Over at the hammockforums website you could write up a post and see if there was anybody in your area that has one to try. The first time I brought my son the the BWCA he slept in a hammock right next to mine under one tarp, in fact he was sooooo close that every time he rolled around it woke me. Night two he was under his own tarp,two in the same hammock is going to transfer motion to other sleeping in it. I have heard good things about the Clark hammocks never tried one though. Good luck


Dammfast
 
SunnyDay
06/29/2014 11:15PM
  
Thanks for the advice. I have been doing lots of reading here and on hammockforums. There was actually a review with pictures from someone who bought a vertex. He said sleeping partner didn't notice too much transfer of motion. Not a lot of information after he went camping.


My husband, Bellolake is happy to go along with what makes me happy and good at figuring out details. He likes new toys too :) A hammock would be good for him to take on cycle trips too.


Still in research mode, but its fun to think of something different that might make camping comfortable again.