When I go in my Hex and it rains, I get cheesed off with the lack of porch. Trying to get all your kit in and what not can be slightly irritating. Don't get me wrong, it's a great tent and mine is a keeper as I can't think of another tent that can be put up so easily by one guy without any poles and weighs less than a kilogramme, is green so blends in and is cool! When I hammock, I use a huge tarp in a similar way to Wayland. It gives you a massive area to work underneath and can become a meeting point. You get 360 degree viewing so no surprises from folk creeping up on you for a laugh! No drips from condensation. No hard divit in your back that you didn't feel when you got in and then wake up at 2 in the morning to find the boulder in your shoulder blades, you can sling the hammock low and use it as a good chair, it just has so many uses. It's more of a versatile camp. Weight wise, maybe an extra kilogramme if you are carrying a sleeping bag too, bulk wise I won't argue with you. An underblanket and sleeping bag does take up a fair bit of room. I prefer the tarp and hammock over the tent, tarp and ground dwelling comes between the two. So long as I'm outdoors though, I don't really care!
