That sounds familiar, I think I've tried something similar with my hammock but ran into some bad luck. Also, I have a hennessy hammock so whenever I try attaching things over the bottom of the hammock everything just becomes a hassle, ugh.

Oh and I don't have any trees in my backyard so testing is a no go. I did build a a little hammock stand, but since I've moved I didn't take that with me.

I so wish I had a few trees in my backyard cause it gets really windy and nasty sometimes. Would be great to test the worst conditions.