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Anyone else like sleeping in "tent hammocks" when camping? (Original Post) canoeist52 Dec 2011 OP
I'd love to for the weight savings. rrneck Dec 2011 #1
I've got to try that out! backtoblue Dec 2011 #2
I'd like to try one someday, but most of my backpacking trips petronius Dec 2011 #3
I get what you're saying... canoeist52 Dec 2011 #4
Can I fit a wildlife biology coed in there with me? Kolesar Jan 2012 #5
well....they do make a double one ..... canoeist52 Jan 2012 #6

petronius

(26,602 posts)
3. I'd like to try one someday, but most of my backpacking trips
Wed Dec 28, 2011, 09:46 PM
Dec 2011

involve a lot of nights at/above the treeline, so a tent or tarp is more useful. When a trip is entirely in trees it's usually car-camping with my wife - so again, a tent is more fun...

canoeist52

(2,282 posts)
4. I get what you're saying...
Wed Dec 28, 2011, 11:28 PM
Dec 2011

I think that's the only drawback to the hammocks...although, they say, "where there's a will".

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