I highly suggest going out and hiking for the day and trying it when you're exhausted and there is no bed to bail to, it may make all the difference.
I highly suggest going out and hiking for the day and trying it when you're exhausted and there is no bed to bail to, it may make all the difference.
Agreed... Also, when I first started hammock camping, it would take two nights before I'd start to get consistent extended sleep. I think there is a mental side that isn't used to sleeping in such a fashion that can keep you awake.
After a while, you'll likely get used to it and it just becomes another way that you sleep.
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Hennessy hammock
Warbonnet Blackbird
Warbonnet Ridgerunner
Hennessy Explorer XL
Dutchware Chameleon 11 foot
I have not been comfortable for more than a few hours in any of them. I am a side sleeper and thought the Ridgerunner would be the winner but it is too narrow. I ordered an Amok Draumr which was supposed to be delivered yesterday but is still on a truck somewhere. I may soon have a number of hardly used hammocks for sale...we'll see.
i think hammock sleeping is an acquired taste, something that takes practice...bed sleeping was interrupted with shoulder pain from side sleeping...for years i've been sleeping in a very comfortable chair, no side sleeping, & it took practice...with another bicycle tour in my future, i discovered this forum...the idea of sleeping on the ground again inspired me to practice hammock sleeping...have installed a hammock in the extra bedroom, & it has been a learning experience...all the answers to how to do it are contained here & youtube...it takes research & practice on the concepts of how to...the nalgene bottle was the key to my success...g
Well, I have a son-in-law and a grandson who would like to get their hands on a couple of them, so all is not lost. I really really gave the chameleon a good try. Slept in it 5 nights in a row hanging outside my house and then hung it in the trees about 4 miles away for the big test. Comfortable for a while but no real sleep. I think I am just not made for a gathered end hammock and the ridgerunner (bridge hammock) was ok but like sleeping in a culvert and I could not draw my legs up enough to be comfortable on my side. The Amok Draumr promises to be a different beast entirely so I look forward to trying that if USPS ever gets it together to deliver it.
I bit the bullet and set off on a week-long hike with only my WBBB XLC the first time I slept in my hammock.
Prior to that, just a couple of goes setting it up to make sure I knew how to do it.
Sleeping mat and sleeping bag because I already had them.
Found I adjusted quickly (the long days I was doing probably helped). My record one night was 10 hours sleep!
A Nalgene bottle is (not surprisingly) a bottle made of Nalgene.
They have three main uses:
1. Carrying drinking water
2. Putting hot water in to use as a hot-water bottle
3. Peeing in so you don’t have to get out of your hammock in the middle of the night
Make sure you don’t mix up the above uses!
Not sure whether the reference above is to uses 2 or 3.
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