>>2709955The suspension:
First step, most of the time, is throwing away whatever suspension came with your hammock and getting a real one. You can use tree straps with knots, tree straps with buckles, straps with daisy chains or tree huggers with whoopie slings. Google all of that, all of them work, some will be heavier or lighter, easier or more fiddly to use. One important thing is to have webbing or some sort of flat ribbon going around the tree to not damage the bark. Another thing is to have a carabiner or some other piece of hardware to act as a breaker between your suspension and the continuous loop of your hammock. If it's raining, water should drip from the carabiner before reaching your hammock and soaking into the fabric. Another reason is that you don't want to pack your wet suspension together with your hammock. If using carabiners, get the aluminum climbing ones instead of the heavy steel shit they give with most cheap hammocks. Dutchware whoopie hooks are great if you use whoopie slings. With tree huggers you want the shortest ones that will fully wrap around the widest tree you expect to hang from.
