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E**7
Hammock, bug net and underquilt DO fit inside the main sleeve.
YES my generic 10' x double wide hammock, OneTigris 3 Season underquilt and Chill Gorilla Defender 11' bug net do fit into the Chill Gorilla sleaves. I did have to "milk" the skins a little bit to compress the underquilt a little but you can see in the pics that the snake aren't tight and I had no problems getting all three inside the main sleeve. See the pictures. It looks a little bulky but the snake is soft and seems like it compresses well. I like to put my tarp (shelter) up first so I won't put it into the skins but you can see that there is some room to spare.How to figure out if your stuff will fit inside:YMMV, of course what fits depends on the size of your gear. Lay out your setup then gather and gently squeeze around the thickest part of your stuff, probally the middle. Measure around the outside of the thickest part. If it's 12" maybe 12.5" or less your stuff will fit inside easily.I hope that helps!
M**I
Great 1 piece snakeskin
I purchased a Chill Gorilla hexfly and was looking for a good snakeskin for it. I tried the dollar store loofah trick and honestly they got all ripped up the FIRST use, they would have been useless on a multi-day camping trip, was considering getting some Hennessy snakeskins, but I already have my hammock in one of those and wanted to do something different for the tarp, that way if they were both packed next to each other it would be quick and easy to pick it out immediately by sight. This snakeskin is the same material and color as my tarp so it makes it quick and easy to tell it apart from the hammock.The long sleeve, by itself, perfectly fits the hexfly and guylines in it, I have the ends pulled around the anchor points where my ridgeline is tied leaving the ridgeline outside for quick and easy setup. I'm not the biggest fan of a 1 piece snakeskin, I prefer the 2 piece models but this is very well constructed, matches the tarp, looks good, and is of high quality. All packed into it's snakeskin this set up allows the tarp to easily be shoved inside a drybag so in the event of a storm the tarp won't get everything else in my bag soaking wet.I did not need to use the extension sleeve to make this fit the tarp, the extension sleeve is only a bit bigger than my arm from the elbow to the end of my hand, I'm not sure what else I can stuff in there, so right now I'm not using it, I'm sure I'll eventually think of some use for it.
B**A
Great product but pack tarp seperately.
Great product, i would have given 5 stars if were not for the fact that you mention using the skins to keep hammock and tarp together. It works if it's not raining. Anyone with experience knows weather in the mountains turns on a dime and trying to deploy tarp and hammock in the rain, hammock will get wet.Other than that, I love your product and your customer service, that deserves 5 stars.
B**T
GAME CHANGER!
I love the snake sleeves and I can’t wait to actually get some use out of them!! For now it works for house hanging when I have to tear everything down quickly. I can literally hook up my hammock in 7 seconds and tear it down in under 5 seconds if I’m moving fast (those times included hooking the carabiners to the wall).Very solid product and you can tell this company takes pride in the work they do. I can fit my hammock into the 39” sleeve semi-easily WITHOUT folding into thirds, just treat it as a stuff sack and it fits perfect. (Live infinitely double hammock). With it in the smaller sleeve it takes slightly longer to pack it up but is 2x faster to set everything up.My only issue is I can’t decide if I want to use the big sleeve or the small one!Keep up the good work!!!(Update): I can fit my hammock and the bug net (chill gorilla defender) into the 39” sleeve without folding anything. It is somewhat a tight fit but it works! If anyone does it this way make sure you unzip your bugnet about halfway so Air doesn’t get trapped inside as easily.Also, a 12x12 rain fly with fit in the 39” sleeve! It’s tight but works!
S**E
Works!
Got the snakeskin for our ENO Double Nest along with the bug net, underquilt and fly. Chose Chill Gorilla from all the good reviews, and cheaper than going all ENO. Everything looks good so far, I got the snakeskin over the ENO DN, the underquilt, and the bug net. Took teamwork with hubby helping compress the material as I worked the snakeskin over everything. Not sure if the fly would fit inside or not, we didn't try it, everything pretty snug as is. Wanted to try the setup while camping this Memorial Day weekend, but the camp hosts wouldn't allow anything tied on trees in Illinois' Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park. So far we've only set up the rig on a portable hammock stand, but works pretty good. Too bad we couldn't use it camping, the gnats and skeeters were bad there and Dear Hubby just wanted to Chill in the new set up. Wah.Ps, for the ENO Double Nest we only needed the longer sleeve, which could have covered a longer hammock, too, so maybe we'll get a doggie hammock and use the shorter sleeve for that, lol.
R**0
Like the 2 for 1 idea, but....
If you couldn't understand the description this is actually two sleeves that combine into one long sleeve, or a medium length and a short sleeve to use separately. I have had these sleeves for almost a year now, and just set them up for the first time last weekend. I tried to fit the longer of the two over my 12x12 Chill Gorilla tarp. It was close but not quite there. I pitch my tarp in rectangular mode, and the sleeve is about 1 ft shorter than the ridge line of the tarp. I don't mind that too much since it is just a tarp. It would be nice to have the tarp completely covered by the skin, but 6 inches on either end hanging out is fine. The shorter sleeve I attempted to stuff my hammock and underquilt in. It took me about 20 minutes, and a few carpal tunnel stretching exercises, and it just barely cinched around the ends. Biggest sausage I've ever seen.This is a great product and I am impressed by the Chill Gorilla built quality.
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