Sure, Brent. No prob...hey, wait a minute... Son-of-a...


ha, ha, ha

There is a slit for ingress/egress, and there is some velcro, but I never fell out of mine. It's not like the slit is right under your arse, or anything. The velcro is just for holding the slit closed to keep out mosquitos and what not; it's not a load-bearing component of the hammock at all. I honestly can't see how a person could actually fall out of one. I know it all sounds weird and I was just as skeptical when I first heard about it. I think my first comment was something like, "Well, that's just stupid." Believe it or not, they do work as advertised.

thanks for the extra scoop. I was picturing the slit the whole length and thought that with a few wrong turns in the middle of the night that'd be ass-through-the-whole comedy. ;) I wonder if you could put a space blanket or those mylar-bubble insulation panels on the top to help with the sun. very nifty indeed. in the desert here I think we'd have to bring our own poles or wrestle with a cactus, but I still really like it.

on my wish list:
titanium spork
steel collapsible chopsticks
sierra/zzzip stove
badonkadonk

Anything on anyone else's wish list?

FYI, I have a book entitled "Hammock Camping: The Complete Guide to Greater Comfort, Convenience, and Freedom" by Ed Speer. ISBN 0-9718594-4-2.

Speer Hammocks, Inc.
34 Clear Creek Road
Marion, NC 28752-6407

e-mail: info@speerhammocks.com
www.speerhammocks.com

It's all about how to make your own 4-season camping hammock. Speer will make and sell you one, but the book is really good and very thorough. No entry slit in the bottom, but he does introduce you to his own, more impressive innovation in camping-hammock design: a sleeping bag that wraps around the outside of the hammock, like a coccoon. He calls it a pea pod.

He coaches you through making the hammock with detachable mosi netting, tarp, insulating mods, and the pea pod bag, which is much warmer in cold weather than putting a sleeping bag inside of a hammock. I've tested it, and it does work much better that way. The insulation doesn't get all compressed by your bodyweight, which negates the insulating value. You can also wear the pea pod bag as a garment. It's very innovative.

I like the Henessey better for warmer weather (when I still had mine), but the Speer is much better for the colder months, ime. Of course, i haven't tried the Henessey 4-season kit, so I can't make a comparison, yet.

Mick my call was about 6 months ago. I'm glad to see the new models are out already.

.22's are so small I really prefer a pump to a lever, but that's just me. They lend so well to quick follow-ups or rapid fire, I prefer an in-line action movement like a pump, keeps the point of aim truer on such a small little shooter.

Anyone have problems with 10-22 cycling? I tend to lean towards manually cycled actions for reliability, and I'm gonna get a rimfire soon. But unless I'm mistaken, the 10-22 seems reliable enough to use. Would you stake your life on it? or would you go with a manually cycled .22?