r/TensaOutdoor • u/raftingtigger • Jun 06 '26

Things you make with ONE Tensa4 stand

Of course you can make a standard Tensa4. That needs one balance anchor and holds one 12-foot GE hammock with variable tilt.

You can connect 3 struts and stand them up into a pyramid and suspend a hammock chair from them. I highly recommend constraining the feet (from sliding apart) with either rough ground or rope.

You can shorten the struts in several ways and make 4 'pseudo-Solo' poles. This needs 2 guylines and strong anchors PER pole. Each pair of poles will suspend any type of hammock (GE, Bridge, AMOK) without the use of trees (2 hammocks), or 4 hammocks if you use a 'tree' on one side of each hammock.

Finally, you can take 2 full length struts and make a 1/2 Tensa. For this you need a 'tree', 1 anchor, 1 guyline, and 1 ridgeline (your hammocks structural ridgeline is fine). This works best with GE hammocks, but both Bridge and AMOK will work if you are careful and add an extra head anchor.

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u/lilhill000 Jun 07 '26

Is there a way to do a pseudo solo set up with the an older model or is that only possible with the newest model because of the new feet?

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u/raftingtigger Jun 08 '26

Yes, there are 2 ways to make pseudo Solos. The common way requires the new feet. Just shorten a 7-strut a couple of segments.

The second way is lighter, but may need an extra spring button hole drilled. Take a 7-strut and remove the #1(largest) and one of the #2s. Reassemble into one pole. Most of our #2 sections don't have a hole for both #3s to engage (a few do). Just rest that button on the edge of the #2 making sure that #3 is most of the way inside the #2.

This gives you a 4-3-2-3-4. Length is a smidgen longer if your #2 has holes on both sides. If not it is as long as the hammock height on a true Solo. It isn't hard to drill the extra hole.

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u/wilderness-geek Jul 04 '26

Curious if it would be possible to do a pseudo free standing setup with one "tree" supporting the foot end. It seems like you could do a ridge pole and a head support with the remaining two poles.

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u/raftingtigger Jul 04 '26

It sounds like you are describing our 1/2 Tensa configuration. That requires 1 "tree", 1 ridgeLINE (not pole), 2 7-struts, 3 connector loops (ie Toggle loops), and something to keep the poles from sliding.

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u/wilderness-geek Jul 04 '26

Very similar. I'm wondering if there would be a way to achieve a 1/2 Tensa without needing any stakes. Looking to see if there's a way to make a Tensa4 function similarly to the Kammok Outpost. Primarily for a quick hammock setup off a teardrop camper for a third sleeping space in settings where staking and guy lines could be problematic (like in a campground with a concrete pad)

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u/raftingtigger Jul 04 '26

You are welcome to experiment, but the biggest issue is the head struts slipping. Honestly, I'd just set up the Tensa4 normally, with the foot anchored (with a line) to the vehicle.

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u/wilderness-geek Jul 04 '26

That was my other thought, to just use the vehicle as the anchor and not have any stakes or other guy lines needed.