I never, ever, eat in a hammock or tent or even store food there. Unless of course it's dark, I'm tired, wet & hungry and it's blowing rain sideways. I ate a dark chocolate bar and Pro Bar before bed and shoved them into a ZipLoc on the ridgeline. Bad idea. My primary food and trash were all in an Outsak that wasn't touched of course. The tent guys got it worse, but I also woke up to a hole in the bug netting right above the storage and a small nibble into the ziploc. I must have tossed and turned because that's as far as it got. Waking up to a mouse in a tent doesn't look fun, so I can imagine inside a zipped up hammock would be pretty horrible.
Mice 20 miles in from your nearest trail head are ravenous!
On the plus side, my new Dream Hammock performed flawlessly on my 5 night PCT hike. Great build quality! I started thinking how much that matters when you're in inclement weather and do not have the option to sleep in the car, another tent or just go home if something failed.
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