I was using a ENO but then I got a deal on a TarpTent Contrail and went back to the ground because of the huge weight savings.
I was using a ENO but then I got a deal on a TarpTent Contrail and went back to the ground because of the huge weight savings.
RIAP
Warbonnet 1.0 double. Wife hangs in a 1.1 single. We sleep GOOD!
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. -Kahlil Gibran
I started with a Hennessey, then moved to a JRB Bear Mtn Bridge Hammock for greater comfort. If I'm going out for a short time where I know it'll be buggy, I still use the Hennessey with its built-in bugnet. (I usually split my ticket when voting, too!)
"It goes to show you never can tell." - Charles Edward Anderson Berry
Blackbird Double 1.1 also.
Warbonnet Blackbird 1.1 double. Love it! Wish I could sleep in it in my house!
Speer hammock, Warbonnet Blackbird 1.1 DL hammock, JRB Bridge hammock, DIY bridge hammock
Conquest: It is not the Mountain we conquer but Ourselves
HH Hyperlite and MacCat tarp.
I am going to change it up to a Darien UL.
Both the Hyperlite and MacCat did awesome on the thru!
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warbonnet blackbird
Just got my Hennessey Expedition Zip Saturday and loving it.
EZ-DOES-IT
Life has no remote. Get up and change it yourself!
Anybody use a Grand Trunk double hammock? I just bought one from the Clymb. They gave me a $20 credit (which would have expired tomorrow) and $20 off their discounted price. This thing will be delivered for $28. It comes with the hanging ropes too. I figure I can sell it for about that if it doesn't work out. The only reviews are on Amazon and seem good but I doubt those reviews are from LD backpackers.
First hammock was a Hennessy and probably would have given up on hammocking as it was very uncomfortable but fortunately purchased a WBBB and found what a difference it made in getting a good nights sleep, so I use it year round unless the temps are into the teens. I gave the Hennessy away.
I've looked at hammocks before but stayed away due to weight but I'm rethinking it and now believe I can do the hammock thing at or a little below my current tent weight, I'll have to do some experimenting to find out for sure, it will depend on how much my UQ and TQ end up weighing which I have yet to make. I've made two hammocks, a single and a double, the one I see using is 13 oz, 11' long. The tarp at present is 12' long x 10' wide, I'll need to shave some weight off it.
I personally own a Clark NX 250, Dream Hammocks Thunderbird, Tree to Tree Gear, Claytor Jungle, Warbonnet Ridgerunner and an ENO. I had a Warbonnet Blackbird but didn't care for it. My current favorite is my Ridgerunner.
Cat in the Hat
Warbonnet Blackbird 1.7 single paired with a Warbonnet edge tarp, 3 season yeti underquilt, and a golite 3 season topquilt.
Awesome and highly recommended.
However, it is a little on the heavy side. But I could reduce weight by switching to a 1.1 single with whoopie slings, but Im happy with what I have right now.
For a thru, I would go with a darien dream with a hammock gear cuben fiber tarp.
Warbonnet Traveler 1.1 single - 7.7 oz with whoopee slings.
I am not young enough to know everything.
I hike the Long Trail last year with a Darien UL hammock. It is light, but I think the 1.0 single layer is too light.
Laying in the hammock feels like you are a watermelon, or a cantaloupe being carried in a plastic grocery bag. There's not a lot of support. You really sink right down into it. I weigh 180.
Not being negative but that's my experience.
Maybe I'm the last one to find out but I just saw that ENO is coming out with a new model. It seems to be a single nest with a integrated zippered big net, called the Jungle Nest. It weighs in at 1lb 11oz which isn't too bad. At 99 bucks it may make my birthday wish list. Has anyone seen one in person yet?
RIAP
Wbbb 1.1 double. I recommend the double cause skeeters can't get you through it. I also have a couple Hennessy asym's that I use to introduce people to hammocks.
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