Customer Reviews

2.92 oz Dyneema® Composite Fabric Hybrid CT5K.18/wov.32c

This is the 4th purchase, the other 3 were a few years ago. The first 3 quilts did well (5oz), I needed a warmer one for my next thru hike. Good materials and service. All 4 quilts were a different combination of materials.

1.1 oz Silnylon

For those interested I'd like to point out that the entire hammock from cinch buckle to cinch buckle ended up being spot on to 11' with the hammock body from spreader bar to spreader bar taking up 6' 10". I'm 6' and it's more than comfortable both laying on my back and on my side. The fabric is a lot softer and cotton-like than other fabrics I've used such as Hyper D and Robic. The spreader bars and titanium hardware feel high quality. The amsteel is very easy to work with and creating your seamless loops becomes very easy after the first one. I'm not sure what the stuff sack material is, but it's definitely thinner and lighter than the hammock itself. Mine came in a slightly darker but still similar shade to the dark olive I ordered on the hammock fabric, no complaints there. I do wish they'd include some thinner cordage and some cordlocks to complete the stuff sack, but there was more than enough leftover amsteel you could make into a continuous loop on both sides and tie it off with an overhand knot but not quite enough to make a ridgeline. I'll be ordering some zing-it and micro cord locks on my next order for both of those things.

As the title suggests it's a little more difficult to make than a gathered-end hammock, particularly cleanly rolling the sides. I had to rip the seam a few times on my first try but on my second side I did it in one go. While there's some ripples in my seam I don't think I have any structural concerns.

The biggest change I made over the instruction video was with the 1/2" webbing strips on the hardware attachment points; instead of sewing a line into it and then attaching it all on one side I put webbing on both sides of the hammock and added 7 bar stitches that go through the webbing, hammock, and webbing like a sandwich. The video suggested 9 but 7 should do just fine for my use case.

Other than that I did have a little concern about the laser cut having more of an x cut at the foot and head end where the triangles meet in the middle and the shape didn't seem EXACTLY on point. I didn't measure it but I was able to make it work and trimmed off excess with no issues in the end and I have no concerns about it causing rips or other issues.

Once making the hammock I already have been dreaming up ways to add a bug net similar to the Banyan or Ridgerunner but I think I'll save that for the next one. I do plan to add a ridgeline which I'll probably attach to my cinch buckles and I've already used some of the excess webbing provided and some noseeum mesh I had laying around to make a gear loft within one of the triangle ends.

I purchased this nylon webbing to sew onto the bottom of my Gregory 40 liter backpack. Knowing that my son has more experience than me with this type of project I turned everything over to him. To date he has not expressed any concerns or experienced any problems with the sewing of the nylon webbing to.

The piece seems great. Attaching it to the backpack strap is tricky, but I followed some advice online to make it happen.

1st I took some pliers and near the very bottom of the strap I squeezed to flatten the little tube. Then I took a heat gun and warmed up the plastic part. That made it just pliable enough to force onto the strap.

I had an excellent experience with my first order using Ripstop By The Roll. My custom fabric with my logo looks great, we quickly sent out, and is high quality perfect for a custom bike frame bag. Cheers!

great samples and made choice easy, thanks

This is my third time getting this fabric. I like it that much. It is good strong yet light weight fabric.

Comes with everything you need. Easy to follow video. I made 2 of these before ordering a couple yards of fabric. 10/10 would order again.

Great fabric, easy to work with. Used it to make mat covers for more durability of our sleeping systems. I paired it with a more lightweight fabric to reduce overall weight.

I used lightweight polar tec power wool to make a sun hoody. I am a beginner and managed to make a decent hoody. I recommend this highly.

Thus was my first project other than making a couple of pillow cases. This was a great intro and boosted my confidence to move on to bigger and better ones! Also, I now have a template for making bags without the kit!

Gutermann MARA 70 Thread

Superbly designed and built. Perfect for adding straps to the bottom of the backpack to hold a tent!

The kit made selecting the material for the tarp and tie out reinforcements an easy task. I could have purchased them separate but would have had a lot of left over material. The tarp was easy to sew following the directions on the website.

This particular product is not multicam, which I have bought in the past, but I was looking for the new OCP which this product actually is otherwise known as organizational camo pattern

This is my first and only option regarding blades. It is actually the only one I’ve ever used, since I started sewing stuff. Cut smoothly and lasts long!

This is now my go to thread for stitching bags. It works beautifully on a 14 needle and has yet to fray.

Good for fibreglass replacement

This was the first pattern that I made and I learned so much, I highly recommend this as a first project!

Fabulous product, kept its shape while sewing. Does not unravel along cut lines. Does not stretch much compared to some other meshes. Best of all, 2 weeks in the Everglades with tons of noseeums and hardly any ever got in the tent!

Always a pleasure ordering from RipStop. They have what I need in stock and they ship very quickly. These cord locks worked perfect for the hoodies I’ve made.

Good job!

Great material