Kid Hammock

[68torino460]

My son is asking to go camping with Daddy. What should I get him? He is 5 years old and about 3 feet tall. I have seen stuff on here about tadpole hammocks. What are my option here?

[nimbus37]

Randy at Dream Hammock, made my two kids custom length hammocks for indoor use. We got them at 7 and 5. They have worked great for the last three years as bed replacements. I am sure if you emailed him he could help you out.
Nimbus37

[Cory Hess]

Jared at Simply Light Designs makes a trail lair in a kids version. I haven't yet gotten one for my kids, but am considering it.

[goobie]

The original grand trunk skeeter beeter hammock at 9'x4' would work well, and fit him until he's a teenager. I have 2 if you're interested.....

[Pheonix6579]

Started the hammock brain washing with my son at age 5 as well. We started off with a Grand Trunk Nano. 20 bucks from amazon out the door. Lasted him until I eventually got the DIY Bug and built him a custom one myself.

[68torino460]

Thanks guys! I'm going to track all these down.

[Trail Troll]

I made a DIY 10.5' hyper D 1.6 for my kiddo (4). I got the kit from ripstop by the roll. Easy to build and I felt Awesome seeing his face when he got it on his birthday. I'm sure I'll have to replace it long before he hits the teen years, but I believe it will be extremely durable. It also matches my hammock in length so it makes it much easier set up when we hang bunk style or side by side.

[NarlocB]

My girls use one of mine when we go camping. However to see if they liked it, i first bought a cheap nylon one off of amazon for my youngest at the time think she was 7 and it cost like $18.95. She loved it. Then i made 2 DIY, one for each girl to hang in the rooms permanently.

Now this is only based on my use case. When i go hiking, its noramly just me or me +1, so them using one of mine is no big deal. And that +1 is more often my wife. So i decided against child size they grow out of. I spend so much on clothes they only got to wear for 6 months before out growing it, i figured it was best to buy adult size hammocks. This way when they leave the nest, they can take a set with them. My oldest is 17 and a senior. This time next year he will probably be in college and i'm hoping he takes a complete hammock set with him.

just some thoughts.

[kattdogg]

I would definitely not get a high dollar hammock for your kid, the skeeter beater is a definite good choice. Also check out woot.com they have a deals on hammocks that would probably be great for your kid.

[Chesapeake]

Here's a quick vid I just did of the one I made for my 5yo daughter. Nothing special , just polyester fabric, 550 cord and 75# rated UST carabineers to attach the RL. I used a Beckett Hitch to attach it to the 1.5" poly straps.....

https://youtu.be/8V4LchgVz58