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I have the Byer Moskito hammock.

I'm 5'8" and I have plenty of room in it.

When people talk about "Car Camping" they don't mean that you need to bring a tent big enough to put your car in. :D

Great starter set up.

Besides the bulk the poly tarps are very noisy in the wind or rain. But I used my Parrot Bay under a blue poly tarp for a week at scout camp last summer.

I picked up a...

I'd never heard of it either.

Found this on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8FXRJldcpE

I've always done the rope between 2 trees or rope between 2 trees and a carabiner in the...

Camping there this weekend with the scouts.

Just wondering if anyone has ever hung their hammock there or knows the parks policy?

It is a national park and they have 3 different types of...

20 ounces????

Tarp and guy lines weigh that much. Whole thing is 61 ounces.

One option no one has mentioned,

If you get a hammock with integral netting like the Byer Mosquito Traveler, and you don't want to use the netting, just turn the hammock over and let the netting...

The Parrot Bay hammock is $25 shipped.

http://ewins.com/items/11253345/EWINS%252010433/Parrot_Bay_Key_Largo_Deluxe_Camping_Hammock_-_Orange

Some rope or straps to hang it and a cheap poly tarp...

SG does have a smaller tarp, it's 7'x9' for $34.97, lsited as weighing 1lb 5oz, but a reviewer says it weighs 14.5 oz.
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Little bit of everything is how I have camped in the past.

So far with a hammock it has only been car camping, but I'm setting up for back packing trips 1-5 nights long, also will probably do a...

I spent last week sleeping in my Parrot Bay at scout camp with the kids. It worked just fine.

The first couple of nights I used a foam pad for insulation, then I just took it out and slept on top...

Redbank,

Here are a couple of pictures of mine set up. Nothing fancy for a suspension system, just some rope, I use a cheap blue poly tarp to keep my dry and closed cell foam pad for a bit of...

So far I have just used a foam pad underneath me. It seems to work pretty well.

That and I grew up in Minnesota. I don't remember 50 degrees at night this time of year. Maybe in the mid to high...

I'd spend the $25 and get it for her.

My 13 year old son tried mine out for a short time and liked it. He also liked the Byer Moskito Traveler that he slept in for one night.

Why raise the hammock up?

Why not just un-hook one end of the hammock and move it out of the way?

You mean like Gilligan and the Skipper????

Shipping is free, just order another one.

Durability is unknown at this point. I've only slept in mine one night. I don't think we can say anything about durability until it gets used some more. But it's a $25 hammock. If it lasts a...

I can only speak for myself,

But as a pretty recent convert to hammocks, Price was the factor in choosing my first hammock, and my 2nd one too for that matter.

I'm still a newbie and playing...

My son and I spent Saturday night sleeping in the front yard. (best trees are there) Neighbors already knew I was nuts.

My 13 year old son slept in the Byer and I took the Parrot Bay. My son is...

Well mine just arrived a few minutes ago.

I didn't bother measuring it, but it is definitely larger than my Byer Moskito Traveler.

Here are the 2 of them hanging in my front yard.
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Maybe that should be our slogan:

Hammock Forums, Where Everyone Is Well Hung.

Practice setting up your hammock before going out camping.

Well with all those hammocks at least you are well hung.

My 4 kids got to go to my College Graduation.

terrasomnifobia (fear of sleeping on the ground)

Here's my beginner set up:


Byer Moskito Traveler - $39 16 ounces with bugnet
10x12 Blue Poly Tarp $10
4 Aluminum backpacking tent stakes, $1.95 ea from REI $8
Suspension system is home...

I placed my order at after 10:00 PM last night. Had a confirmation e-mail waiting in the in-box this morning and a shipping e-mail with Fed Ex tracking number a few hours ago. Fed Ex doesn't show...

How about:

Hammock Acquisition Malady with Obsessive Credit Card Charging HAMOCCC for short.

VA state parks say not to hang lanterns on trees, but no mention of clothes lines, tarps or hammocks.

http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/faq.shtml

I just ordered one too, in orange.

It looks like it's a bit larger than the Byer Moskito I used this past weekend. Also rated for a bit more weight.

I checked the first option in the poll, because I did read around here quite a bit.

But,

I went out and bought a Byer Moskito because it was about the cheapest option I could find.

So I also...

Is it a Byer Moskito Traveler?

I just used one this weekend.

If so see my thread http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9018

Well I did my first weekend camping in a hammock.

I've been hanging out here for few weeks. I started looking at hammocks after a 3 day backpacking trip on the AT with my sons scout troop. My 45...

I'd suggest swinging south from Perth and hitting Albany. It's home to the last whaling station in Australia that closed in 1979.

Someplace along there is also Wave Rock.

I know your time is...

As easy as it is to take down and pack a hammock, if you are just using it in hotel rooms, leave the tarp back in the US and take your hammock down every morning and bring it with you like you would...

How did I become a "Hanger",

Well I'm not, not yet anyways.

I did a lot of backpacking in my younger days. Then things like the Army, a wife and kids came along. Now the kids are teenagers...

Hennessy gives discounts to registered scouts and leaders.