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Designed to fit around large trees and posts, the ENO SlapStrap Pro system sets your hammock up in just seconds.

Multiple attachment points on each strap enable versatile hammock setup between 2 points up to 20 ft. apart
24 in. longer than the original SlapStraps, the Pro straps are designed to fit around large trees and posts
Easily attach to trees, roof racks, rocks and whatever else you can find
Straps are designed specifically for ENO hammocks but work with most hammocks on the market
2 straps per package
Each strap can support 200 lbs., for a combined capacity of 400 lbs.

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ENO SlapStrap PRO Customer Reviews

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ENO SlapStrap PRO

2.9

(based on 38 reviews)

53%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Easy to use (25)
Easy to set up (24)
Compact (18)
Lightweight (17)
Durable (14)

Cons

Not durable (9)

Best Uses

Backyard (24)
Day trip (22)
Backcountry (14)
Travel (8)
River (6)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Casual/ recreational (18), Avid adventurer (17)
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Survivalist / minimalist (17), Comfort driven (15)
- Was this a gift?:
- No (33)

Reviewed by 38 customers

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May

2013

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Junk

By paddlemonkey

from Minneapolis, mn

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about ENO SlapStrap PRO:

If there wa a way to give zero stars, these straps would deserve it.

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Oct

2012

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

These should not be sold

By mattblick

from Springboro, OH

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Easy to Use

Cons

Expensive
Stretch

Best Uses

Trash can

Comments about ENO SlapStrap PRO:

It is a real shame that Eno makes these. I suspect all Eno dealers have to carry them, and many hammock purchasers are "let down" because of it.

Tree straps (aka Simple Slings) are wonderful to use for hammock suspension, but Eno's decision to continue in making them from nylon is just wrong.

Tree straps should be made of polyester or polyethlene. Nylon stretches and absorbs water, (making it more susceptible to mildew and rot). Think about needing to retension your nylon tent fly - especially after it gets wet. The old polyester tent flys didn't need this. When you have 150-200 pounds on the nylon the result is you go to sleep hanging above the ground and wake up laying on it. (sometimes several times a night). Polyester simple slings (tree straps) do not have this problem.

Secondly there is the matter of price. You can retail purchase custom (choose color, patterns, length, and loop size) 3/4" or 1" polyester webbing simple slings for about half the cost of these.

I do not fault REI for carrying these. Nylon tree straps still beat hurting trees with rope, but there is really no excuse for ENO to continue manufacturing and selling a product made from material not suited for the task.

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Aug

2012

3.0

Pretty Nice

By Johnny Jiver

from Grand Rapids, MI

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Comfortable
Compact
Easy To Set Up
Easy to Use
Good Design
Lightweight

Cons

Not Durable

Best Uses

Backcountry
Backyard
Day Trips
Travel

Comments about ENO SlapStrap PRO:

I got this product today, and I set it up in my backyard to test it out. I do have to agree that it stretches after awhile, and I am looking forward to using it when on my next hiking or camping trip. When I got my ENO, I used tie down straps as my suspension because at the time I didn't want to spend $25 on some straps, but I was at the store today and decided why not. The straps make the hammock much more comfortable than the tie down straps. The sides of the hammock aren't making you tightened in the hammock.

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Jul

2012

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Belive the

By Rob In AL

from Talladega, AL

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Easy To Set Up
Easy to Use
Good Design
Lightweight

Cons

Poor choice of materials

Best Uses

Other

Comments about ENO SlapStrap PRO:

The theory behind the design is good. ENO's choice of material however, is not. When used at their full length, they're only slightly less elastic than bungee cord. If they'd have used something with less elasticity (A LOT less) this would be a great product. That said, for lighter people (less than 130lb (59kg) these "might" not be too elastic.
Also, they're only load rated to 200lbs where the hammock is rated at 400. Big safety issue here! The literature is misleading, in my opinion. Yes, 200+200=400 but that's not how a hammock works
Example: A 200lb load in a hammock hung at 30 degrees generates 200lbs of tension on each strap (too close for comfort) But that's a static load, not a dynamic one, so be sure to lay perfectly still otherwise any "bounce" will increase the tension over the rated limit. At 20 degrees the tension increases to 292 lbs. Incidentally , at 20 degrees, a 130lb person would generate 190lbs of tension, still within the rating but cutting it close. But the strap material is so elastic that most likely you'd be on the ground. So what now? Pull it tighter (decreas the hang angle)? At 5 degrees that 130lb load is now generating over 700lbs of tension, well over the max.!
The options are:
Choice A) Hang it with a high angle so that when you get in it stretches and you end up on the ground
B) pull it tight and risk a failure
C) hang high accomodate the stretch, with a steep enough angle to negate loading issues and need a ladder to get in?

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Jun

2012

5.0

Sweet!

By Tbank

from Fort Collins, CO

About Me Environmentalist

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Pros

Durable
Easy To Set Up
Easy to Use
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry
Backyard
Day Trips
River
Travel

Comments about ENO SlapStrap PRO:

Way better then the Grand Trunk ropes that come with the hammock. Sturdy, and reliable

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May

2012

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Works, but has issues

By sYnOnYx

from Las Vegas, NV

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Easy To Set Up
Lightweight

Cons

Not Durable

Best Uses

Backyard

Comments about ENO SlapStrap PRO:

I would not spring for the slap straps. They tend to slip alot! Some rope could make better holds and cheaper granted you tie them with a good knot.

These stretched a few inches on my first use. One minute I was a good 2ft off the ground, then next about a foot.

The only 2 pros:
Easy to setup
Holds 350lbs no problem

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May

2012

1.0

Not what you want.

By BraveSaintStuart

from Central Florida

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Cons

Too Stretchy

Best Uses

A multi-dog leash

Comments about ENO SlapStrap PRO:

I should have paid attention to the other reviews. It's incredibly difficult to get the correct tension with these nylon straps. I can have it as tight as possible, and as soon as I sit in the hammock, I'm on the ground.

There are more effective ways to hang your hammock. Just don't be fooled into thinking this is the way to go.

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Feb

2012

(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

A Far stretch from Home Folks!!

By Ben.Zef

from Big Bear City California

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Nice bag

Cons

Not Durable
Stretches way too much

Best Uses

Backyard
Day Trips

Comments about ENO SlapStrap PRO:

I have three sets of these straps, and all I can say, is they keep each other good company in my shed.

The memory and tensile strength is such, that by the morning, your behind is on the ground. Or below!!

I use REI climbing rope - which works wonderfully, and won't stretch anywhere near the amount these straps do.

The rope works hard and is versatile, while the straps hardly work at all.

For day use, the slap straps will work. But for a good nights' sleep, have the folks at REI cut you a piece of climbing rope.

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Feb

2012

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

A good start

By AlanValentinus

from Austin TX

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Durable
Easy To Set Up

Cons

Bulky
Difficult to Use

Best Uses

Backyard
Day Trips
School
Travel
Winter Camping

Comments about ENO SlapStrap PRO:

Slap straps are for people who want to conveniently hang a typical camping hammock. And that they do with ease. but thats it.

the good.

they are easy. they make sense just from looking at them so anybody can use them and they dont have to put much thought into their use. You dont have to learn a bunch about suspension to make these work, you can just look loop and clip, easy. If someone uneducated on it tried to use my ultralight suspension they would be confused at best and hurt them selves at worst, so Easy can sometimes be worth the space that these take up.

I like that ENO is promoting webbing straps instead of rope like other companies, rope IS bad for trees, so it is nice that ENO is pushing people to use webbing instead, GO ENO.

The prostraps are just as effective as the regular slap straps and they are a bit smaller. I dont think any one really needs the extra strength of the regular slap straps unless you anticipate a bunch of dumb kids piling into the hammock all at once or someone who is really over weight. So I think the pro straps are an improvement.
They do what they are supposed to do and are relatively portable.

the bad

both kinds of straps are bulky as hell compaired to advanced Hammock camping suspensions and tree straps. Even the huge rope biner tree strap suspension I have on my DoubleNest now is smaller and more portable than either of the eno straps.

Another product out there python straps is an improvement on both kinds of straps. they take a bit less space as the pro straps has the same strength and has tons and tons more loops to adjust your hammock with.

I have had the regular slap straps for a few years but when I upgraded I bypassed both the pro straps AND the Python straps in favor of lighter more adjustable, though complex and harder to find, suspensions.

The slap straps or the pro straps are not perfect suspensions, but they are decent beginner suspensions. I used these straps on many a trip and they kept me in the tree long enough to keep my interest up to be willing to learn some better suspension methods. So while I dont plan on using these kinds of straps any longer I think highly of them and would recommend them to beginner hammockers.