I also use a hammock with web straps, and have thought about this on a number of occasions. trouble is with a granite gear pack that weighs a little over a pound, but has really comfortable traps on it when used with my pad, It becomes kinda hard to get something workable and save any weight. any time I've tried tying up my straps to carry things like this it's just uncomfortable, so my hammock remains single use, and ditto my pack. It's kind of like, you know, I could multi use my spoon and not carry toilet paper as long as I washed it well - but my comfort level would decrease a lot. so I still carry single use toilet paper too <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />