Hello all. I'm an engineer in Huntsville, AL. I used to do a fair bit of camping and backpacking when I was growing up, but that was quite some time ago. Between school, work, and raising kids, I haven't done a lot of camping in the last 10-15 years. My 4 kids are old enough to camp, and as my sons are in a scouting program, I'm gradually coming back up to speed with the modern gear options for backpacking and hammock camping.
I'm essentially brand new to hammocking. I camped out in a hammock a few times 25 years ago when I was in Boy Scouts, though that was in a big heavy woven cloth hammock from South America. I tried camping out in a cheap hammock my parents gave me with a bunch of random camping gear they had collected over the years. That was one of my more miserable camping experiences. I purchased Fox Neolite Double hammocks for a couple of my kids last year, and they love camping in them. I went ahead and purchased OneTigris underquilts for them, and they've been pretty happy even camping in the winter in Alabama (lows in the upper 20s to low 30s).
Yesterday, after spending weeks watching video after video and reading tons of reviews, I finally bought a hammock system for myself:
- Dutchware Gear Chameleon
- Warbonnet Yeti Underquilt
- Hammock Gear Quest tarp
After submitting orders for everything, I commented to my wife that Dutch is a genius both in coming up with great gear ideas, but also in having those ideas conveniently presented on his site for unsuspecting new customers to come along and say, "I've never thought of that, but it's brilliant, and I definitely need it!" So, after spending roughly double what I thought I was going to spend on a new sleep system, I'm looking forward to trying it out in a few weeks.
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