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A hammock may give you a bad back. Most dont keep out mozzies.
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Just checked out the Hennessey Hammock website. They look great! Seem like just the thing for South America. Wish I had know about them when I got into camping I've already spent way over what one of them costs on sleeping bags,a thermarest, and tent.

Much more flexible to set up than trying to find a flat, non-rocky area in some areas also will be cooler to use in the warm weather. I can't believe that this is the first I heard of them.

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they ain't no cheaper, but Clarke tents (UK manufacture, I think) are also on my review list as well as Hennessey. Lightness and ease of use far better than tents. Slept in hammocks many times- and they really are better than tents for keeping out the creepie-crawlies.
There is no outdoor gear effective against jags and thieves.
My trip is to Belize-I will probably bring my tent as a "base", but sleep in the hammock.
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I've had a Henessey for years and would never go back to a normal tent on hard ground again. The comments above implying that a hammock can give you a "bad back" are simply false. If that were true, entire cultures in South and Central America who sleep on hammocks 365 days a year would have a chiropractic epidemic on their hands spanning generations.

It took a few nights for me to get used to the feel of a hammock, but once you're accustomed to it you'll never go back. Your weight feels much more evenly distributed and I don't toss and turn at all, where I always do on a flat surface.

If you're like me and always woke up exhausted when camping from getting a poor night's sleep on the ground, give a hammock a try for about three nights and by the third night you'll be sold. Make your own at home for free to test it out before buying one. You can pull the knots off the web and use a sheet.
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I've had a Henessey for years and would never go back to a normal tent on hard ground again. ...... entire cultures in South and Central America who sleep on hammocks 365 days a year would have a chiropractic epidemic on their hands spanning generations.

..... Your weight feels much more evenly distributed and I don't toss and turn at all, where I always do on a flat surface.

If you're like me and always woke up exhausted when camping from getting a poor night's sleep on the ground, give a hammock a try for about three nights and by the third night you'll be sold.
Thanks Cereal for your statement...
I totally agree !
have used a Hennessy over a period of three years for 365 nights the year... what else can I say.. YOU ARE TOTALY RIGHT !!

Well just one addition.... the outdoor shop industry for the common mass... make much more dosh on hanging on telling people to buy tents for comfort, better spending for a 4,5Kg - £500 Tent, additionally for groundsheet's, spike's, tent, poles, extra bags and straps, bigger luggage and all this heavy crap... simply they can charge you far more and make a good living out of it by NOT even mention the existence of a Hennessy Hammock at all.....

just think about this matter too....

for some one playing with the thought may buying a Hennessy now...
you will be thankful in daytimes not to carry a ton of gear, and your back will thanks you for the best night sleep ever, being fresh and relaxed next morning again and again...
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