Hello all! As you can tell from the fact this is my first post, I'm a total hammock newb. A group of buddies and I do adventure camping every year, and this year we are doing mountain bike camping... so we all decided to make the switch to hammocks.
The rub for me is that I am 6'7" tall, 370 and have very wide shoulders, and only buy American Made products unless there literally is no other option. Oh, and I have horrible back pain from a spine fracture a few years ago.
The other thing I want is an integrated bug net. Living in the NE, the mosquitoes eat me alive so I know I will need one, and don't want to mess around with a separate item. And finally, ideally, the hammock has the ability to swap out the bug net for a cover, for winter camping. Naturally, we are talking double layer with my weight.
I've been reading and researching for about 3 weeks now, and have narrowed down the list of possible vendors/hammocks to the following:
Hammeck Envy
Dream Hammock Thunderbird
Simply Light Designs Trail Lair
Tree to Tree Switchback
Warbonnet Blackbird XLC.
I've already emailed Hammeck to get their take/quote. Ideally also I would love for the outer layer and cover, if possible, to be camo material... and the inner layer to be some sort of blaze orange.
My questions:
1. If the makers of the above read this, what say ye? Something you think you can make work for me?
2. Did I miss any possible makers that make something like what I am looking for?
3. What suspensions should I be looking at given my size?
4. What am I missing? Remember, I have literally no hammock experience or knowledge outside of my 3 weeks of reading all I could find and watching Shug videos....
Thanks very much in advance for your help, suggestions and ideas!
Hal
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