Description
The next evolution of the idea to tension the fly
with rocks or other weights is to clip a funnel onto the two side "O" rings of the rainfly. The narrow
end of each funnel is threaded to screw onto a hydration water bag or any size of pop bottle.
As the rain water drips off the low corners of the rainfly into the bottle, the weight of the water in the
bottle lowers the fly automatically for storm conditions, maintaining tension on the fly and giving you
several liters of fresh drinking water ready to go in the morning. Just another way to make your
Hennessy Hammock more useful. Fine-tuning the production of this design has taken a little longer than expected, but we think you'll find it well worth the wait. Patent pending.
Helpful tip!
Helpful tip! It's fairly easy to
snap the funnels on to each side of
the hammock fly, but it's not easy
to unsnap them because it's difficult
to get your fingers down into the
funnel to release the hook. We suggest
that you modify the hook by trimming
off enough of the straight side so
that the funnel can be easily attached
and detached. We suggest a pair of
heavy scissors, tin snips or file.
Placing the hook between a knife and
a cutting board is also possible with
care.
Tip from user: Perhaps my notions
of impurities outside funnels and
water bottles contaminating pure water
may be unwarranted. But I'd imagine
that just a few water-borne cysts
that escaped purification may suffice
to generate lots of cysts in a person's
body.
Whether one is pouring impure
water or pure water into bottles,
a funnel makes it practical to keep
the outside of the bottles dry --
good for people who put filled bottles
inside packs. Your funnels thread
well onto my Platypus bottles and
also sit nicely atop my wide-mouth
Nalgene bottles. I have given funnels
to a grandnephew, a Scout...It's difficult
to find lightweight funnels with sufficiently
wide mouths to make pouring water
into bottles fast and easy. And you
have the funnels...whatever, the funnels
have more benefits than helping to
tension a rainfly and provide an additional
water source. A. L.
Tip from Tom - Platypus makes a 2
liter bladder that fits the funnel
when the piece of filter mesh included
with the funnels is screwed over the
threads of the bladder. MEC also sells
a 2 litre bladder that fits really
well. |
Specifications |
