which carabiners for hammocks?

[fish]

been looking on ebay and there are just so many to choose from! needs to be a load bearing one as apposed to the type you just hang kit from off your rucksack.what do you hammockers use?

[JonnyP]

Any of the proper climbing type ones will do. Just don't use the kit clip type

[jus_young]

As my hammock came from DD, I just did the easiest thing and bought the ones that DD sell on their site. I have recently bought some of these, don't know why but they were on offer and I thought they may come in useful at some point. They are suitable for swinging from.

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/climbing/quickdraws

[jus_young]

As my hammock came from DD, I just did the easiest thing and bought the ones that DD sell on their site. I have recently bought some of these, don't know why but they were on offer and I thought they may come in useful at some point. They are suitable for swinging from.

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/climbing/quickdraws

Knew the ones I bought would come in handy, fitted them the the boys hammock last night so he can hang his hammock up as soon as he opens it up on Christmas Day

[Scott]

I got some really light weight ones from needlesports.com about £5 each but plenty strong enough. They are about 35g each

[CanadianMike]

At least you know ahead of time, I've used the 4" accessory clip types in the past, only to find the gate and spring pops out after a few sit downs..... lol, but you can also look at the much cheaper steel types used to link chains together, usually only a few bucks each but are designed for heavy loads.

[fish]

thanks for the ideas chaps.

[AdrianRose]

I have a set of carabiners you can have for free pal.

They are fall arrest carabiners so are ridiculously strong.

PM me your address and I'll post them to you.

Ade

[AdrianRose]

Here's a picture for ya Fish buddy.



They are rated at 22kn, which if my maths is any good, equates to approx 5000lbs of force.

So perfectly fine for hammocking.

Ade.

[paulthefish2009]

nice one adrian,very generous mate,looks like just what Fish was after. Paul