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   Chief
   Coastal Vagabond

   I used to think that Hennessy Hammocks were among the best camping hammocks in the world. But when I grabbed my Deep Jungle XL to get ready for the Kruger Challenge all of the sil stuff was sticky like it had a very thin layer of glue on it. The rainfly and the SnakeSkins were totaly useless. My hands got sticky handling the stuff.

   When I contacted Hennessy about the issue they responded that it must have been stored in a hot and humid environment. But it was stored at my air conditioned house. They acted like they had never heard of this problem before. I did see one post about it online somewhere.

   Hennessy offered me a 50% discount to replace the hammock. I didn't take them up on it because now I don't trust their materials. I still think they have some of the best designs and I love their SnakeSkins when they are not sticky.

   One more thing. This happened before with another Hennessy Hammock that I had a several years ago. I threw that one out but it was several years old so I didn't think too much about it.

   I have lots of sil covered material from MSR, Cooke Custom Sewing, Big Agnes, and several other companies. I've never seen this problem with any of them.

   So, have any of you experienced this same problem?

   Posted 3 years ago #
2. 

   Fairlane
   Member

   I had exactly the same problem with a REI branded tent. I've done a little research on this issue and I haven't found that there's any consensus as to the cause.

   Posted 3 years ago #
3. 

   BustedRudder
   Member

   Most any tent in storage will fail like this. Some vendors are better than others. Big Agnes replaced an entire tent, Sierra designs not.

   Some say that storing in a bag loose like a down bag helps but I think they all fail eventually, some way faster than others depending on the quality. It will usually be the rainfly first. The water repelent film degrades in time along with the seams of your tent.

   Not much to do because it seems to be across brands and reviews are of no help because it usually takes years.

    

   Posted 3 years ago #
4. 

   Chief
   Coastal Vagabond

   Thanks for the input. But my Cooke Custom Sewing tarp is at least 10 years old and it's fine.

   I will try storing my Big Agnes tent and some other gear in a loose bag like I do for the sleeping bags.

   Posted 3 years ago #
5. 

   stripbuilder
   Member

   I checked both of my hennessy hammocks and both of them are OK. One is 8 yrs old and the other is 12.

   Posted 3 years ago #

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