Links
Our goal is to help you design and build your own gear. Use these links to fuel your creativity. And for those of you who would prefer to have someone else build your gear, you’ll also find a great list of our gear making friends.
| DIY Gear Resources – Websites and Resources to help spur you on to DIY greatness. | |||
| Hammock Forums
A direct link to the DIY subforum of HammockForums.net. The greatest minds of the hammock camping world congregate here. |
Backpacking Light
The MYOG (Make Your Own Gear) section of Backpacking Light. The place to go for help in lightening your load. |
To The Woods
To The Woods is a great resource for hammock camping information along with a list of DIY projects. |
Backpacking.net
Backpacking.net’s Make Your Own Gear page has some great projects – backpacks, shelters, stoves, and more. |
| Sketch Up
Google Sketch Up is a free 2D and 3D modeling program. We have found it to be a great help in project design. |
Trail Cooking
Great DIY meal ideas for backpacking. Build you own freezer bag cozies with materials right here at DIY Gear Supply. |
Zen Stoves
Zen Stoves is perhaps the best alcohol stove resource available. Full of tips, tricks, and great do-it-yourself ideas. |
Super Cat Stove
Jim Wood’s write up on the Super Cat Stove is the most comprehensive we have found. For a fool proof stove, this is IT! |
| Gear to Buy – Professionally made gear from our gear building friends. | |||
| Hammock Gear
Exceptionally crafted lightweight down quilts and cuben tarps.
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Enlightened Equipment
Ultralight backpacking quilts. Adult and child sizes available. |
OES
Outdoor Equipment Supplier, high quality backpacking tarps and home to the MacCat. |
Warbonnet Outdoors
Warbonnet Outdoors, home of the Blackbird Hammock. High quality hammocks, tarps, and quilts. |
| Whoopie Slings
Whoopie Slings – your one stop shop for innovative hammock and tarp suspension solutions. |
Minibull Design
Minibull Design has some of the coolest, or I should say hottest, alcohol stoves available. |
Tree to Tree Trail Gear
Tree to Tree Trail Gear, home of the Switchback Hammock, Speer Hammock products, and Molly Mac Gear. |
Gargoyle Gear
Gargoyle Gear has unique tarps and other gear for backpacking. He also builds custom tarps to your specs. |
| Dream-Hammock
Home of the Danger Bird and Dream Hammock (one of the widest hammocks available). |
Arrowhead Equipment
All sorts of hammock gear and other camping accessories, as well as Tenkara Fishing gear. |
2QZQ Hammock Specialties
Hammock mods and accessories. |
Black Rock Gear
Down Hats, mitts, vest, etc. |
| Luke’s Ultralight
Ultralight clothing and gear. |
Te Wa Underquilts
Hammock Underquilts. |
Oware
Ultralight camping gear. |
Titanium Goat
Ultralight camping stoves, shelters, gear and materials. |
| Underground Quilts
Top quilts and underquilts to keep you warm. |
Lawson Equipment
Variety of great backpacking gear, from shelters to accessories. |
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