Me & My Mom Outfitters proudly presents 😁 This thing has been in the making for a whole year with a lot of difficulties encountered, but it’s finally done. The one thing I miss when hammocking is the protected lounging quarters of a tent. But here it is now!
We have a waterproof floor that pegs to the ground, ultralight mosquito net for walls and the roof bit out of monofil fabric. The roof has slots for spreader poles, which I’m still to make out of aluminium. Branches work too. Zipper entry is reinforced with monofil. The tent is supported by the hammock ridgeline and suspension alone, so setup is quick and effortless. The vibe upstairs is rather psychedelic without a tarp on top :D
The hammock is also self made, with a monofil inner layer to carry the load and a slightly longer silnylon outer layer to stop wind and form a little air gap that holds body heat.
Summer vacation has just begun – adventures await…
@tasankovasara Looks good.
I do things like this also. Ground sheet from reinforced clear plastic tarp, Hammock a DD hammock, tarp a standard 3x3, normally in diamond configuration, mosquito net some sort of off-the-shelf garden lounge extra; hung from string above the hammock, under the tarp.
I see all the commercial everything-in-one solutions, and I don’t like them. I don’t need mosquito net in the early afternoon. And maybe I want to use a bigger tarp for a grand awning, or something.
These things are important to consider, yesyes, and all-in-ones… aren’t flexible.
On the other hand I have to use lots and lots of string, so I guess there’s that .
I like the idea of a double-layered hammock where you intentionally made the bottom layer slightly larger, adding that warmth.
My DD hammock is a double-layered one. Same size layers. I can put a nice warm blanket in between and it zips up nice, but when I lay down, I flatten the blanket because the layers are the same size, sabotaging the insulation effect.
So frustrating, opportunity wasted :>