Fully enclosed options

**Obiecamper** · 01-31-2018, 03:33

Hello. Newbie here. I am looking for some fully enclosed options for winter and summer. I'm not going to.sleep well otherwise.

**sidneyhornblower** · 01-31-2018, 04:39

Fully enclosed as in bug net? Or fully enclosed as in a cover?

You have plenty of choices either way. Simplest in either case is to start with a net less hammock. A fronkey style bug net from Dutchware will fully enclose you. Likewise a winter sock or summer sock on a netless hammock is a full enclosure.

Purpose built hammocks with zipped bug nets and/or covers include but are not limited to : Hennessy, Warbonnet, Dutchware, Dream Hammock and others.

I only have personal experience with Warbonnet Ridge Runner, Hennessy Expedition (integrated bug nets) and a Fronkey style removable bug net.

I think I prefer the Fronkey but the Ridge Runner is a genius system.

**Koolranch** · 02-01-2018, 19:48

This sounds like a tent...

**lilricky** · 02-01-2018, 20:00

You may want to look at UGQOutdoor's Winter Dream tarps. They are large tarps with doors that provide you 360 degrees of coverage. They current have them on their penny pincher page here: https://ugqoutdoor.com/tarps/penny-pincher-tarps/ Tell them lilricky sent you!

**PlusOne** · 02-02-2018, 07:49

Clark hammocks, and the Rei Quarter Dome Air are more tent-like to give you that fully enclosed feeling. I've never slept in either though.

**Muddy Creek** · 02-02-2018, 09:07

I have a Warbonnet Ridgerunner. For nice weather, I have the attached bug net. For cold weather, I have their Spindrift sock with double doors. Both configurations under a tarp for snow & rain. Especially with the Spindrift sock, I am as enclosed as much as my claustrophobic mind will allow.

Wayne

**kitsapcowboy** · 02-02-2018, 09:34

Originally Posted by Obiecamper

Hello. Newbie here. I am looking for some fully enclosed options for winter and summer. I'm not going to.sleep well otherwise.

Dutchware Chameleon...

https://dutchwaregear.com/product-ca...cks/chameleon/

**OlTrailDog** · 02-05-2018, 10:33

Dream Hammocks or Warbonnet, and I'm sure others, also produce hammocks with vented top covers like the Chameleon. However as seen in the picture above, they are not "fully enclosed". It isn't a bad idea to be able to vent some moisture so that it doesn't hit dew point on the top cover.

**dakotaross** · 02-05-2018, 11:47

Originally Posted by Obiecamper

Hello. Newbie here. I am looking for some fully enclosed options for winter and summer. I'm not going to.sleep well otherwise.

Lots of options if that's what you want to do. Just wondering, why don't you think you'll sleep well otherwise?

I can tell you that one of the things I have appreciated most in my switch to hammocks is being able to observe my camp from the hammock. It actually gives me a lot of peace of mind, and therefore, I sleep better. The closed up option for me was only a false sense of security that made me wake and wonder each time I heard something. If I wake now, I look and see nothing (probably over 100 outings now with no bears, hogs, snakes, etc. in camp during the night) which means I now wake less, and sleep more (and better).

I generally don't use a net and I either have a small asym tarp or use porch mode in my big tarp. I do carry 1 of 3 net options just in case, but I rarely use them. I do love the feeling of being out in the open, not enclosed. Not saying you're wrong to want to be enclosed, just offering my perspective as food for thought.

**Obiecamper** · 03-14-2018, 21:43

Well my first hammock is on the way. The Rei Quarter Dome is on sale, and with 25 dollar discount it was 112.00 in the cart. Had to pull the trigger on that.
I wonder if they have another model in the works?
Shopping for a tarp now... thanks for your help guys.