My philosophy on hammock camping is that I can use the same off the shelf equipment that I use for tent camping with little or no modifications. If I have to glue or stitch I’m not interested. So I got this reusable emergency blanket and sandwiched a thermarest basecamp pad, some nite-ize figure 9′s and the rope that is included. What I did was make an improvised underquilt by using the therma rest to provide the insulation and the emergency blanket as the wind protection. I then tied each end of the blanket to a piece of 3mm rope (provided when you buy a figure 9), through the clip of the ENO single nest an crossed the lines over the hammock. Now I can get into the hammock and tighten the lines overhead to press the blanket underside of the hammock. The only issues I experienced was being a bit cold under my lower thighs to my knees as it was the only part that was not touching the “underquilt”. My torso up to my neck was warm. Testing during 9C with a moderate breeze coming directly behind me, so that I could definitely feel the cold air within minutes of getting settled. I imagine that by having my tarp setup, I would not feel that breeze.
Filed under Camping Hammocks by on Jul 15th, 2010. 11 Comments. 
Proof that this is a tough little hammock. Bought it on line about 0 it is worth that. It is an emergency shelter in the event of hurricane we can evacuate and I can have a good place to rest as long as I have two spaced trees. Have you ever slept in a tent on the ground? Even with an air mattress, it sucks! Well this way you are off the ground you have a self induced breeze by way of rocking, lightweight, stores quickly, barely know you have a tent on your back, can be set up on trees, cars, poles, anywhere you can safely tie off to you could tie off over water if you want. Paddle out to a site with an inflatable tie off get your rest no body to bother you especially the police they love to hassle you if you are homeless. Paddling to a place like this gets you away from all the crazies too if you think about it. I will get larger netting so I can save on the Deet hate to put that stuff on it makes you hot. Hope this is helpful ask any question you wish I will answer it. There are many versions and brands of tent hammock google tent hammock and you will see plenty of them some people blog about them and give you their opinion of their time with their product I want to see Cabalas carry these or Bass Pro. This is not a proper setup. It is for demonstration purpose only the trees on my property are not spaced enough if they were the swing would be better. The rain fly came with it should be taught again demonstration only not set up correctly it is a great looking …
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