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The ultimate ultralight saddle?

Pretty sure he meant just tie the bridge straight to the fleece so you don't have carabiners and extra ropes. It would still slide through the tether carabiner.
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I'm not following you. If you don't use a bridge, what's connecting it to your tether?
My continuous loops attach directly to a carabineer on my tether. No bridge. I've hunted a season and a half with that setup and found no need for a bridge despite using a bridge the previous 11 seasons. I can spin freely in my hammock seat, thus no need for a bridge. This will not work if you have the hammock seat strapped to you though.
 
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So I’m guessing that you have enough material that the length of the fleece , combined with the length of your continuous loops is making up the gap normally provided by your bridge. How long is your saddle, width wise?


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So I’m guessing that you have enough material that the length of the fleece , combined with the length of your continuous loops is making up the gap normally provided by your bridge. How long is your saddle, width wise?


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I just made one last night at 30", I wouldn't make it any smaller. I also have one at 38" that is pretty long. I have a 36" waist.
 
So there is a fair amount of sewing involved in this? I love how small it is but not sure I can sew
You can do it without any sewing, look for Dave's video, I'll see if I can find the link.

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Not yet, dealing with a distraction at the moment, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be great.

Can I ask what climbing method and platform you use? And what pack you use to pack it all in? After reading that WTH article it's clear that you go further than the average dude, so that really piqued my interest.

Thanks
 
I made a few fleece saddles lately. One was a thin fleece that stretched like a rubber band. Wasn’t good material for a saddle. The other was a double sided polar fleece. It was the right material but I ran out trying to find the right size.
Order a 80% wool blanket. Didn’t want to hem it up yet because I was playing with patterns and it started to tare right under my bridge loop on the bottom edge. Wouldn’t have done that if it was hemmed but when hemmed, rolled over twice, it is pretty thick. I decided to order more polar fleece. It was more comfortable and packable.
 
What size is everyone using? I built my first one based off of @justsomedude large size and it seemed to have too much material, then I made a smaller one and I whipped the ends and didn't have enough to put my butt into, lol. Curious whats working for other folks, also I'm down 2 thread injectors so things are on hold for the moment.
 
I made a few different sizes. Here’s what I found:
Different material stretches differently so one persons size may not work for you.
The wider I made my saddle, from lower back to under thigh, the more material bunched up at the bridge ends, making it thicker on the hip area giving more of a squeeze feeling. As of right now, I have found that I like it around 20in without a hem.
I tried cutting the width end that goes under your thighs in a radius for some slack under the thighs. It didn’t seem to help on a hammock end style saddle.
To add some freedom under your thighs the biggest help was cutting the length ends, the ends that the bridge ties to asymmetrical like Justsomedude recommended. The biggest I’ve tried was 3in longer on the end that goes under your thighs than the end that goes against your lower back. This made a huge difference in comfort.
My length ends, bridge ends, of fabric are cut around 40in with the end that goes against your lower back being 3in less. That’s before I add a hem. Your hem style, material stretchyness, and tie off system can change this measurement drastically. It’s a trial and error thing. That’s why I ran out of material before finding exactly how I want my finished hammock saddle.
 
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My experience with wool is that is will deteriorate over time and it can give. Fleece just seems to last and is really hard to tear. I definitely recommend a heavier fleece like polar fleece of old.
 
to get the width correct you could take a jogging suit bottom and fold it in half so it looked like one long leg then tie the knots that dave showed and you can untie and adjust then retie.i used a pair just to see how sitting like this would feel before i ordered one that i would feel safe in while actually off the gr\ound, although a jogging suit bottom would be pretty tough in itself.
 
Anybody have any opinions as to a saddle made if 1.1oz nylon ripstop? Two yards of it in Realtree camo somehow wound up in my mailbox.

I accidentally ordered some of that material because I didn’t realize it was tent type material. Decided against trying to make a saddle with it because it doesn’t breath very well. It is just too hot in the south and sounded like the beginning of a bad case of swamp@ss.
 
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