Greetings! New guy here and unlike many of you, I’m not a camper (at least not since childhood). However, I am a full-time hammocker – replaced my bed several years ago and haven’t looked back. I’m about to chose my next hammock and would appreciate input. My first hammock was a cotton Brazilian. Comfortable enough to convince me of the virtues of hammock sleeping and to donate my bed to charity. However, not big enough for complete comfort (got the shoulder squeeze if on my back and even at my non-imposing stature of 5'4", felt a bit cramped overall). I think when I measured it, I saw it was much smaller than advertised and chalked that up to normal variance in natural materials. My next hammock was a Mayan, much larger and very comfortable. However, I chill easily and the Mayan is, well, breezy. Plus, I thought it was all cotton when I ordered, but it’s a scratchy blend and not all that comfortable where there’s skin contact. Still a good sleep for a couple of years. Over time however it developed an ever widening hole straight down the middle that probably started with a snag and that’s pretty much put it out of commission. So in the interim I’ve gone back to the Brazilian, but definitely need an upgrade. I’ve read great things about the BIAS Camper XL and am considering that. I’m not sure how I feel about going from cotton to nylon (which is obviously preferable if you’re backpacking). I’ve been on a nylon hammock and thought it was OK, but not sure how it would be for long term. I live in Los Angeles, so I’m not dealing with extreme cold, but evenings in the 50s. What I’ve been doing is sleeping in a thick bathrobe with a couple of light weight blankets and then half way through the night if needed I turn on my panel style space heater at a very low setting (at a suitably safe distance away from the hammock of course). I’m thinking with the BIAS Camper XL I would get the double layer and a pad and that would alleviate my need for the heater – anyone in similar climate have this work for them? I have also seen a link to a giant cotton Brazilian in older threads about hammocks as bed replacements and that looked really great, but finally determined my bedroom just isn’t big enough! The set-up I have now with screws in the wall is a distance of 11.8", so that’s pretty much what I have to work with. So my questions specifically: Any thoughts on the comfort of nylon for nightly sleeping? If I get the BIAS XL, would you recommend the under layer and knotty mods? Without the under layer, temperature wise, would nylon sleep more like a Brazilian or a Mayan? Are there any large cotton Brazilians that would fit in my set-up that are worth a look? Thanks for any thoughts!
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