I just got a Hennessy Explorer Deluxe hammock and supershelter for my birthday. After one night, I'm a convert, It was maybe my best night sleep ever. From now on, if I'm sleeping solo, I'll be in a hammock. Why did not try this years ago?
Anyone else got the hammock bug?
I started with the hennessy explorer ultralight when I got into backpacking, because it was light and cheapr than most of the decent single-person tents, and I didn't want to sleep on the ground.
I got the bigger tarp and bought an underquilt (because the first night I used it, it was 40 degrees and I didnt have a quilt and was very cold. The things you learn...). Ive replaced my heavy sleeping bag with a top quilt, so now my quilts together weigh what my sleeping bag alone weighed.
I bought an ENO hammock too, for my Winter hammock. It's even lighter than the Hennessy, and doesn't have a bug net, so it makes a good hammock for cold/bug free weather.
I modified my ENO with whoopie slings. Wow, what difference! Going back to do the mod on the Hennessy as soon as more whoopies arrive.
If you've already got the hennessy, you can spend $50 and get an ENO single, because you have everything else (straps, tarps...) that ENO makes you buy seperately.