Somebody tell me if someone's tried this already, or if there are any obvious drawbacks I've overlooked:
The idea came to me from a banana that had triangular cross section (must've been in the middle of the bunch)
A bugnet made of three segments--Two trapezoidal (long side is cat-cut to follow the ridgeline) side panels that converge at the suspension points, and a narrow floor panel that tapers at each end to the same suspension points. The floor panel is only about 30+ wide or so. The sides are kept from drooping in on the occupant by two hiking poles or spreader bars laid in the bottom of the netting. Some judicious reinforcement of the bugnet, and the poles would holds the sides out and the bug net in place with their own weight. The net could swing independently of the hammock, or it could be guyed to a tarp to keep it steady. I figure if the wind is high enough to blow it into you, the bugs will have a hard time getting around as well.
Obviously, different hammocks would require different entry methods. My hammock has a Hennessey-style center-line entrance, so I'd split the netting in that area, and add a couple overlapping baffles that will pull closed over each other under the weight of the poles in the net.
Anyone tried something like this?
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