Forget the Ninox. All that talk about "flatlay" hammock is 100% marketing. I have experimented a lot with shaping the ends of gathered end hammocks, and while you can probably create a hammock that will allow you to sleep on your stomach, it will become more uncomfortable or even unusable for side- and back-sleeping. Ever since giving up on making a shaped hammock, I have been interested in other people's results, and have bought a couple of shaped hammocks, including the Ninox. As in my own experiments, none really improved the lay.
So far, the only "gathered end" hammock I have found that did allow comfortable side-sleeping (and possibly stomach sleeping - I can't say for sure because I cannot sleep on my stomach) was a Mexican / Mayan hammock. This was not due to the length - as I have used longer GE hammocks made from fabric and none offered a comparable lay - but probably rather due to the weave. Which unfortunately makes it problematic for camping conditions.
For a camping hammock, I think you would have to either buy a 90° hammock (
HammockTent,
Amok or
Cross Hammock) - or make your own. This hammock type has a flatter lay than all the bridge hammocks I have used so far.
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