Feet Left or Feet Right?

[OlTrailDog]

I methodically go from left/side/right/side through the night. Initial direction mostly depends on how the hammock and terrain is laid out if camping.

[WoodsWalker]

Feet right

[Clown Pusher]

Same side that I write with... but I don't want to tell anyone what that is because then you will know which side is my weak side and I will never give these informations to strangers.

[Bernardino]

You can flip the burnet on the BB to make it a left or right lay or head left or right.
From Warbonnet website: "Reversible top allows you to remove and “flip the net” to create a mirror-image or “reverse” lay configuration if desired…Head left, Head right, the choice is yours."
Watch the video below at 1:30 in to see how.
Shug

I have a regular Blackbird and not the XLC, so bug net is fixed on the right side.

[cmoulder]

This thread is a good example of why the answer to any question about anything should begin with "It depends..."

I do sometimes wonder if my very first experience lying in a hammock influenced my preference... like the little ducklings and goslings that 'imprint' on the first thing they see when they hatch.

For me, head right, which I tried first, felt very comfortable and head left felt distinctly 'off balance' and weird. Some say it's easier to reach the zipper when it's on the side opposite one's head, but for me it's just the reverse. The same is said about sleeping bags — which I haven't used for a long time — where I am right handed and also prefer the zipper on the right side. I also sleep about 90% stomach and side at home, but about 80% back and about 20% side, facing both left and right, in the hammock.

But sometimes in a netless symmetrical hammock I will again give head-left a try, just to make sure I'm not missing anything. And it still doesn't work for me.

[iceman857]

Head left, feet right for me. Not sure how that emerged as the choice because I tried both, but for whatever reason it just felt right.

[dscotthep]

Right-handed here and I started out head right because it "seemed" like the correct way to do it (why? no idea). I tried head left and was instantly more comfortable, so I've stuck with that ever since.

[old4hats]

Head left, feet right for me as well.

[oldgringo]

Head right. This is where my body comes to rest in my recliner, too. My body is not perfectly symmetrical...I sorta think this factors into it.

[Shug]

Head right. This is where my body comes to rest in my recliner, too. My body is not perfectly symmetrical...I sorta think this factors into it.

Might be that kitty pushing your head to the right~~!