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Tensa Outdoor Tensa4 User Manual

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Tensa4 Hammock Stand
User Guide
Setting up ...................................................................................................1
Adjustment ...............................................................................................5
Anchoring ..................................................................................................6
Pitching a tarp ...........................................................................................7
Tips and tricks ...........................................................................................8
Don'ts .........................................................................................................9

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Tensa4 Hammock Stand User Guide Setting up ....................1 Adjustment ....................5 Anchoring ....................6 Pitching a tarp ...................7 Tips and tricks ...................8 Don'ts ......................9...
  • Page 2 Tensa4 is a highly portable hammock stand, suitable for outdoors or inside, on flat or sloping ground, whether for travel, recreation, or full-time use as a bed. It accommodates gathered-end hammocks up t0 12 feet long, with a ~30° sag and the foot end higher than the head, for laying flat on the diagonal.

  • Page 3: Setting Up

    Setting up Check to assure your stand is complete, identifying the following: Four 4-segment tubing sections, and four Four ball-loop connectors 3-segment sections Four lines: orange baseline, black ridgeline, and Two ground anchors, one screw for soft two black & orange guylines ground, and one nail type for hard 2.
  • Page 4 3. Arrange the four poles in a figure-8, laying the orange baseline between one pair of corners (the feet), and the black ridgeline between the other (the apexes). 4. Join the poles and lines at the corners as shown, inspecting loops for damage or excessive wear: Thread ball loop through one foot …then through the other...
  • Page 5 5. Put the stand’s feet near their final place, spreading the baseline by about your body length, laying the apexes together in a V shape. If on a slope, assure that the feet are level. A good place provides for a foot- end anchor a body length or more away in the direction the V points.
  • Page 6 Adjust the guyline length or feet position so the stand leans away from the anchor, with the head end lower than the foot. 9. Attach and anchor the head end guyline. Its main purpose is to prevent the stand collapsing toward the foot side. Do not tighten it, now or ever. Leave it slack so the head end apex is free to move at least several inches.

  • Page 7: Adjustment

    Pole, guyline, and hammock connection detail. Adjustment “There’s gonna be a little bit of tweaking, but once it’s set, it’s set.” — Sean “Shug” Emery Test and adjust the hang. Start by sitting in the hammock, always keeping your body weight centered on the lower (head) side of the baseline.

  • Page 8: Anchoring

    Problem Remedies Head or feet touch poles • Widen baseline. • Shorten hammock suspension overall, or lengthen on contact end, shorten on non-contact end . • If head touches, reduce stand tilt. • If feet touch, increase stand tilt. • Verify that stand feet are level. •...

  • Page 9: Pitching A Tarp

    Longer tarps call for creativity or the Tarp Extensions for Tensa4 accessory (sold separately; shown right) which also increases headroom. Never tension a tarp by tightening the...

  • Page 10: Tips And Tricks

    If you can’t anchor the head end, hang a counterweight such as a pack or water vessel from the head apex to stabilize. Two hammocks, one tree, one Tensa4 Split the stand into two inverted V’s. Hang foot ends of the hammocks from the tree (or pole, vehicle, etc).

  • Page 11: Don'ts

    “flower,” each hammock a petal. Don’ts There is more than one acceptable way to do most things with Tensa4, but a few things especially to avoid: • Don’t attach hammock suspension around both poles on either end, as this can bend the poles inward under load, damaging or destroying them.
  • Page 12 • Don’t grip, push or pull on the poles while anybody is in the hammock. • Don’t swing in the hammock enough to collide with the poles. • Don’t collapse the poles when dirty, as they may jam. Wipe them down as necessary, optionally applying a light waxy or silicone lubricant.