Here I am 2 years late to this comment, but I'm just now ordering my own XLC. I've been telling loved ones how jolly EXCITED I am, but they don't get it 🤣
@@jbcardinI'm so excited for you!! How are you finding it, have you had a chance to hang it yet? Mine is due to arrive mid week, it's like Christmas come early 😂
@@thenae8572 I love it. I have had it hung ever since it came in. It's way more comfortable than my Eno. Plenty of room and the shelf for storing things is nice. I got the Whoopie suspension. It's infinitely adjustable. You'll love yours.
Could I just loop the tree strap around the tree and then through the loop at the end of the tree strap, or do I need to use a hook or carabiner? I've been doing that, but wonder if I am making a mistake.
I just bought an Eldorado. It's great so far.. But unless you use a Marlon Spike you need 4 fish hooks. You should state this on your website. I just bought what you recommended. Now I am 2 fishhooks short and you guys are a half a world away.
Why does this seem like a needless pain in the ass? Strap around tree Clip carabiner built into the hammock Boom! Done! What's the point? Watching more vids on this topic. Maybe I'll find what I'm missing.
Sounds like you're talking about a daisy chain webbing setup where you clip a biner into the different built in loops for adjustment...whoopies would be a lighter more compact option than that for people concerned about packweight or packed bulk. for a super easy suspension option see our webbing/buckles option. Clip around the tree and just pull to tighten, easy enough to do with gloves on
@@warbonnetoutdoors211 Yea! Aside from maybe weight I still do not see the benefit of using a complicated string with hooks and straps and metal chopsticks. When you can carry 2 straps that loop around a tree and hang your rig.
@@jymmydkid5633 How do you adjust the length of your strap? The whoopie adjusts pretty darn quickly with no knots required, that is the main point of it, but it is certainly one option of many that you have. If you like tying knots or using daisy chain and carabiners those can be good options too depending on your preferences, but some people want a light, low bulk suspension and others want something knot free. A whoopie sling is probably one of the lightest knot free solutions out there and it's pretty easy to adjust once you know how to use it.
@@warbonnetoutdoors211 I can see weight factor. I have to loop straps and a hammock. That's it. I adjust as you would with any loop straps. No knots. I get a 30% sag. Even though I prefer my feet be lower than my head. Just the vids I've watched on the topic seem to have too many parts (too lose) as well as weak spots for breakage. I had a VW bus free roll right through my ENO. Snapped the rope ends and bent the carabiners. Didn't harm Mallo-me straps. Restrung the ENO. Installed a set of nite-ize S-biners and I was back in biz.
Besides feeding the hobby addiction of trying various things, it is super lightweight, easy to connect, disconnect, and adjust, packs up into a very compact size, and the tail of the whoopie under the tarp makes a fine water break. My complete suspension system weighs 5 ounces. No downside to this system at all. I carry two toggles in case the hang is really tight, but otherwise have the whoopie fixed loop larks headed through one of the strap loops, with the hook attached on the adjustable loop end to the hammock continiuos loop.
You can run the video at .75 speed (in Settings), then it's a bit toooo slooooow, but easier to follow. Yup, i had to rewind a couple times to review some of the points!
incredibly confusing --- if this video is for people who DON'T know how to do all this stuff you should take it from the top and be a little more simple about things. It's strange to say but too many suspension options is confusing. Keep it simple with straps and buckles.
Does it bother anyone else that Warbonnet has a logo of a Native American with a Native American head dress and it's owned by a white man? I bought an underquilt from this company and when I saw the logo I had to send it back and they charged me a 20% restocking fee but I could not stomach the cultural appropriation by this company.
You really had to post this exact comment under EVERY Warbonnet video, right? Such a powerful keyboard warrior. Why dont you help your local community instead? might even do some good.
Nope as a quarter Cherokee it doesn't bother me at all, it's pretty nice I think actually to see Brandon Waddy honoring the Ute tribe by using a picture of one of the cheifs from Colorado. I don't why you people get your panties in a bunch at anything that honors native Americans . By the way Brandon isn't native American at all he just felt the need to honor the sky tribe because that's where he builds them.
😂😂😂it doesn't offend me in the slightest ,or my family and I'm a quarter Cherokee, we think it's Great that Brandon Waddy is honoring the Tribes of the Colorado area. Absolutely love that the chief looks like a Ute Indian. What does bother me though is they renamed a football team that we had zero issues with either so some democrat could use it for more nonsense to protest about. You guys constantly whining about other cultures really want to help us ,shut up and mind your own business
This is the best hammock suspension instructional video out there, and I've looked. Thanks Guy's
You should check out Shugemery here on youtube, he has a lot of good instructional/review content, and he's very entertaining to watch.
Great video! I use this system and it’s both lightweight and convenient.
Btw I have a Blackbird XLC in the mail and I’m SO EXCITED
Here I am 2 years late to this comment, but I'm just now ordering my own XLC. I've been telling loved ones how jolly EXCITED I am, but they don't get it 🤣
@@thenae8572 Mine just came in a few days ago!
@@jbcardinI'm so excited for you!! How are you finding it, have you had a chance to hang it yet? Mine is due to arrive mid week, it's like Christmas come early 😂
@@thenae8572 I love it. I have had it hung ever since it came in. It's way more comfortable than my Eno. Plenty of room and the shelf for storing things is nice. I got the Whoopie suspension. It's infinitely adjustable. You'll love yours.
Could I just loop the tree strap around the tree and then through the loop at the end of the tree strap, or do I need to use a hook or carabiner?
I've been doing that, but wonder if I am making a mistake.
I just bought an Eldorado. It's great so far.. But unless you use a Marlon Spike you need 4 fish hooks. You should state this on your website. I just bought what you recommended. Now I am 2 fishhooks short and you guys are a half a world away.
Cant u just use a nail instead?
Some more easily acquired carabiners could be used for the tree straps, too, but I agree.
On the knot, and NOT on the toggle!
Good video!
Just one thing:
Never around the toggle!
You want your whoopie sling around the marlin spike NOT the toggle!
Great great great product 11/10. Seriously. Love these straps and everything else I’ve gotten thru these guys.
Nice video :)
What kind of tree strap are you using in the video?
It’s called Dynaweave and can be purchased from warbinnet outdoors USA or Henge Hammocks on eBay UK 😉👍
Why does this seem like a needless pain in the ass?
Strap around tree
Clip carabiner built into the hammock
Boom!
Done!
What's the point?
Watching more vids on this topic.
Maybe I'll find what I'm missing.
Sounds like you're talking about a daisy chain webbing setup where you clip a biner into the different built in loops for adjustment...whoopies would be a lighter more compact option than that for people concerned about packweight or packed bulk. for a super easy suspension option see our webbing/buckles option. Clip around the tree and just pull to tighten, easy enough to do with gloves on
@@warbonnetoutdoors211
Yea!
Aside from maybe weight I still do not see the benefit of using a complicated string with hooks and straps and metal chopsticks.
When you can carry 2 straps that loop around a tree and hang your rig.
@@jymmydkid5633 How do you adjust the length of your strap? The whoopie adjusts pretty darn quickly with no knots required, that is the main point of it, but it is certainly one option of many that you have. If you like tying knots or using daisy chain and carabiners those can be good options too depending on your preferences, but some people want a light, low bulk suspension and others want something knot free. A whoopie sling is probably one of the lightest knot free solutions out there and it's pretty easy to adjust once you know how to use it.
@@warbonnetoutdoors211
I can see weight factor.
I have to loop straps and a hammock.
That's it.
I adjust as you would with any loop straps.
No knots.
I get a 30% sag.
Even though I prefer my feet be lower than my head.
Just the vids I've watched on the topic seem to have too many parts (too lose) as well as weak spots for breakage.
I had a VW bus free roll right through my ENO.
Snapped the rope ends and bent the carabiners.
Didn't harm Mallo-me straps.
Restrung the ENO.
Installed a set of nite-ize S-biners and I was back in biz.
Besides feeding the hobby addiction of trying various things, it is super lightweight, easy to connect, disconnect, and adjust, packs up into a very compact size, and the tail of the whoopie under the tarp makes a fine water break. My complete suspension system weighs 5 ounces. No downside to this system at all. I carry two toggles in case the hang is really tight, but otherwise have the whoopie fixed loop larks headed through one of the strap loops, with the hook attached on the adjustable loop end to the hammock continiuos loop.
Thank you! 💖
Wow, could you speak any faster?! We’re trying to learn!
You can run the video at .75 speed (in Settings), then it's a bit toooo slooooow, but easier to follow. Yup, i had to rewind a couple times to review some of the points!
incredibly confusing --- if this video is for people who DON'T know how to do all this stuff you should take it from the top and be a little more simple about things. It's strange to say but too many suspension options is confusing. Keep it simple with straps and buckles.
Yeah this is not a great video
Does it bother anyone else that Warbonnet has a logo of a Native American with a Native American head dress and it's owned by a white man? I bought an underquilt from this company and when I saw the logo I had to send it back and they charged me a 20% restocking fee but I could not stomach the cultural appropriation by this company.
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No it does not bother me. How do you know he doesn’t have any native blood in his veins.
You really had to post this exact comment under EVERY Warbonnet video, right? Such a powerful keyboard warrior. Why dont you help your local community instead? might even do some good.
No, but your constant whining on every WB video bothers me. You need help.
Nope as a quarter Cherokee it doesn't bother me at all, it's pretty nice I think actually to see Brandon Waddy honoring the Ute tribe by using a picture of one of the cheifs from Colorado. I don't why you people get your panties in a bunch at anything that honors native Americans . By the way Brandon isn't native American at all he just felt the need to honor the sky tribe because that's where he builds them.
Change your name. Unless maybe you're Indigenous and have been honoured with a headdress?
Clean your foot--it stinks--or change your name.
Read up on DNA research...there is no such thing as indigenous in the USA.
Who the hell are you, the headdress police? F off!
😂😂😂it doesn't offend me in the slightest ,or my family and I'm a quarter Cherokee, we think it's Great that Brandon Waddy is honoring the Tribes of the Colorado area. Absolutely love that the chief looks like a Ute Indian. What does bother me though is they renamed a football team that we had zero issues with either so some democrat could use it for more nonsense to protest about. You guys constantly whining about other cultures really want to help us ,shut up and mind your own business