Hammock or ground dweller?
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In the woods I'm mostly arboreal but I do go terrestrial on occasion.
I've pretty well got my set up winterised when I need it so why be uncomfortable?
I've pretty well got my set up winterised when I need it so why be uncomfortable?
I just discovered the comfort of a hammock. I now have a problem with sleeping on the ground without a tent or mossy net over me after spending a night with torch in hand scanning the ground after I had a slug in my hair and across my face at 3 in the morning (I knocked it into my bivvy bag). So I borrowed a hammock and discovered how comfy they are, I got three nights really good sleep in it after that. So I would say I am def. a swinger when I camp alone, but I have to say that for family camping, sometimes it is nicer to cuddle up next to your loved ones in a tent.
had lots of tents over the years got a hammock for arras
us army issue with mossie net and tarp a group of us were visiting ww1 sites on a very slim budget
and couldnt get on a camp ground (because we are english we were told)
i just didnt fancy being the one knocking in the tent peg on ground
that has had a couple of thousand shells lobbed at it knowing my luck it would have been
tap tap tap..................
boom
i now have shafted knees so crawling into a tent hurts too much
oh yes ive suffered the attack of the killer snails whilst bivvying up in germany
they do like to go for it about 3am
us army issue with mossie net and tarp a group of us were visiting ww1 sites on a very slim budget
and couldnt get on a camp ground (because we are english we were told)
i just didnt fancy being the one knocking in the tent peg on ground
that has had a couple of thousand shells lobbed at it knowing my luck it would have been
tap tap tap..................
boom
i now have shafted knees so crawling into a tent hurts too much
oh yes ive suffered the attack of the killer snails whilst bivvying up in germany
they do like to go for it about 3am
Trouble I had with the hammock is that it took me a night to get used to it.
I'm a side sleeper which in itself isn't a problem but found that the first night out I woke up every time I rolled over.
Doesn't sound much but was annoying enough to send me back to ground again.
Can't be beaten for comfort though. I regularly hit day three or thereabouts of a trip and start wishing I'd put up with the first night fitful sleep.
I'm a side sleeper which in itself isn't a problem but found that the first night out I woke up every time I rolled over.
Doesn't sound much but was annoying enough to send me back to ground again.
Can't be beaten for comfort though. I regularly hit day three or thereabouts of a trip and start wishing I'd put up with the first night fitful sleep.
I tried sharing a hammock with the dog....once. he was comfortable as a Lord while I was squashed.
Both! depends where I am. if its super cold then a nice tent with a wood burner, and my better half to cuddle up to.
if I'm in the dog house! then its a hammock in the woods until she calms down
if I'm in the dog house! then its a hammock in the woods until she calms down
Voted on the ground, but have always had a hankering for trying a hammock. So on the ground for now, and who knows for the future??
used to be a ground dweller for over 20 years and brought my first hammock this year and never looked back and never had such a good night sleep while out camping so for me its always the hammock root from now on
If there are trees and I'm not with the missus, then it's hammock. If it's a beach, moor or with SWMBO, then it has to be ground, normally a tent.
I selected ground dweller as that's all I've ever known but I'm curious about this whole hammock thing.
Is it possible to use a hammock as a tent or bivvi when there aren't any trees around?
Is it possible to use a hammock as a tent or bivvi when there aren't any trees around?
Not really, but you could use your tarp as a tent. The DD travel hammock has a bivi base, but none that I know of are completely waterproof. Also you want your hammock to breathe, so waterproofing one yourself could be tricky to get right.
Adam
@stirling 3749 - Set the hammock on a ground sheet on the ground, tie the suspension cords to your trekking poles to lift the bug net off your face, hang the tarp from the trekking poles. The hammock gives you a bug/snake free environment and the tarp keeps you dry.
See photo here
http://hennessyhammock.com/articles/hh_as_a_tent/
See photo here
http://hennessyhammock.com/articles/hh_as_a_tent/
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I must be one of the relatively few peoiple who started with a hammock but are currently 'ground' dwelling. Mind you I do have an exped downmat on a camp bed with a memory foam mattress on top with a US sleep system on top of that.
Yes I know, before you say it - big softie. I plead guilty as charged.
I will probably end up somewhere inbetween - a camp bed suspended between two trees
Yes I know, before you say it - big softie. I plead guilty as charged.
I will probably end up somewhere inbetween - a camp bed suspended between two trees
I use an old Army Hammock-stretcher. it's bulky and heavy, but very versatile. It's a hammock or a groundsheet as required, and as it has wide pole sleeves on all four sides with a little bit of work to find straight poles, it can be a raised, heated bed. Whichever way I rig it, I put a German folding kip mat and a 3/4 length Therm-a-rest on top, and usually get a good nights sleep.
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