Your First and Current Hammock?

[Ozzitoolmetallicrue]

Warbonnet Traveler XLC Double Layer. Now Dream Hammock Darien with Bug Net.

[Donfish06]

I started out with a cheap-o, the Hammock Bliss No-See-Um-No-More. After that I joined hammock forums and bought a used Hennesy Explorer. Man, I thought I was in heaven. A REAL hammock! I thought the Hennessy hammocks were the epitome of hammocks, and I had arrived. Then I started seeing things about these 11' Dream Hammocks. I live in Ohio so I was able to meet up with Randy and Deanna to test out the different fabrics, cause I had no idea what HyperD was vs Hexon, etc. I ended up buying a Sparrow with 1.6 Hyper D and still have it to this day. (SOLD the Explorer) Then I backed the Ninox System from Sierra Madre Research, and that really is the most comfortable gathered end hammock I've been in. It is so comfy, but not the same quality as my Sparrow. Although I ended up using the Ninox more often, there were always times when I just craved the Sparrows better fabric. Since the ninox I have been content, and frankly not active on the forum for the past 3 or 4 years or what not.

Then something unusual happened. I still get emails when something goes for sale in the for sale thread, and Peppy was selling a Towns End Luxury Bridge Hammock... "A whosy-whatzit?" was my first thought. I looked into them and read up on Just Bill's site and somehow In a matter of 1 week my perfect hammock life was turned upside down and I'm now in a bridge hammock. The Luxury Bridge.

[BuckeyeFan]

First hammock was a Hennessy Expedition Asym Zip - I didn't know any better. Now I have a Dutch Chameleon and have elevated my knowledge.

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[cmoulder]

I didn't get into this hammock thing until Nov '17 but my first, and still fave, is the DH Darien 10'x64" Robic 1.7

I have several others to choose from although for material it's always something in the 1.6-1.7 range for my weight and durability needs.

[Randonneur]

My 1st hammock was a $15 Groupon special. It was probably 8' with rope suspension. I bought it on a whim and didn't know anything about hammocks other that the rope spreader bar hammocks you put in your backyard. I threw the Groupon hammock in my kayak to lounge in while I was on a week long kayak camping trip but my primary sleep system was a 1 man tent. A couple of days into the trip I set up the hammock on a bank while I was stopped for the day and I'm quite sure I set it up completely wrong but it held my weight so I climbed in to give it a test. The next thing I knew I had slept through the night and had no idea what had just happened. I knew I was on to something though so I decided to explore the world of hammocks and that led me here.
A couple of weeks ago at Hangcon I ordered a custom Walhalla hammock. Between the Groupon hammock and the Walhalla hammock have been many others. Some homemade. I'm really looking forward to getting to know my new Walhalla rig.

[JollyRoger70]

Like Donfish06, I started with Hammock Bliss, a Sky Bed in my case. It’s actually a solid design with a pad sleeve; it lets you get a fairly flat lay in a fairly short hammock, and it’s not that hard to add a ridgeline. I still use it as a loaner sometimes. Then I got hooked like the rest of us, with a couple of Trail Lairs, an SLD Voyageur, and a Ridgerunner. I tend to switch between them for various reasons — they’re each better for different use cases, and I like fiddling with them.


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[Crazytown3]

My first hammock was a cheap one I bought at Costco, not sure of the brand name, but equivalent to all the others of that same type. My current varies between 3; 2 DIY (11ft 1.9 RS Dark Olive, 11ft 1.1 MARPAT poly), but typically my Warbonnet Eldorado.

[sideshowraheem]

Bought a Warbonnet Blackbird used online for cheap.

Slept in it a few times in the yard and I was hooked. Since then I've gotten a Darian FreeBird, a Warbonnet XLC and Trail Lair. Most often used these days in the Trail Lair but it just depends on what kind of trip Im going on.

Have still yet to try a camping bridge hammock. One day!

[brohawk]

First hammock was a Dutchware netless and current and final is a WB RR. Once I went to the bridge I don't see myself going back. Granted, I have probably owned 20 different brands of hammocks in between but I enjoy the bridge for sure.

[Tangent]

First hammock I laid in was a Hennessy Scout. That experience got me thinking I didn't have to give up camping. The ground just hurts too much because of some old injuries. The first hammock I bought and slept in was a Warbonnet Blackbird. I loved it so much I wanted more, so I get a Dream Hammock Sparrow 11ft. Now I sleep in an 11ft DIY Chameleon clone made of 1.7 MTN from RSBTR. I'm currently working on adding an integrated bugnet. I made a bugnet for it that works (RSBTR zippered bugnet), but I've decided I like integrated better.

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