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This hammock strap is very dangerous: My mother (completely average weight, approx 145 lbs) was climbing into the hammock yesterday and the strap just snapped at the point where the loop holding the metal ring terminates -- the stitching seems to have weakened the strap in such a way that it fails abruptly -- manufacturing defect! Please look at the photo to see what happened. This was a very scary situation because my mother who is not young could have easily broken her back; she considers herself very lucky to have escaped with a bad sprain. We bought these hammock straps just last year (12 months ago) and they saw very light use. We were happy with the product until yesterday, but with this sudden catastrophic failure of course everything changes, this product should be recalled from the market place. I can only imagine what might happen if someone suspended a hammock over a hard surface or at some height and such a failure occurred.