Hi and welcome, it is great you are so supportive of this.
If you haven't already, be sure to check out Shug's videos on youtube and Derek Hansen's book (3.99 kindle version) on amazon -
Ultimate-Hang-Illustrated-Hammock-Camping. Those two will really get you both up to speed on the many available options.
Make sure to check out dutchwaregear.com to help with the set up, especially if you/he is uncomfortable relying on knots. Dutch also sells a
very reasonable bug net (...and hammock, and sock and stakes and filters and stoves and fabric and lights
).
I can't recommend the book enough, especially if you are the researching type, it will give a good foundation of knowledge to build on. Derek also has a nice web site as well (theultimatehang.com).
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