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    What do you dislike about using a hammock?

    This is a response to the post on what you like best about using a hammock. I'm curious if anyone has any dislikes when it comes to hanging or if it's all peachy keen.

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    Dislikes - Can not make one to lie as flat and as big as my king size bed at home. Still working on that one.
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    "A night above ground makes the next days ride even more enjoyable"

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    Pretty peachy-keen in my neck of the woods.
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    • At home I like laying on my stomach with my head on my folded arms.

      that position just ain't happening in a normal hammock. The only way I know to make it possible is with a DIY bridge hammock with a much-wider-than-normal spread at the top. Can be done, but it's not worth it. In the hammock I sleep in different positions than at home in bed, and am comfortable in the hammock in ways I'm not at home, particularly being on my back for extended periods of time.
      but I do miss the "standard position"....
    • I don't like that normally to hang in a hammock I have to have trees. Don't laugh! Many places one wants to to camp don't have trees. This can be solved with trail-worthy stands (e.g. using ski poles in place of trees) but I've not yet enough experience with that to have confidence in my ability to pull it off.
    • I don't like it that I've not found a 2-person-hammock solution available to me that would make Mrs Grizz happy. Maybe I'll cough up the $$ for one of dblhmmk's mosaics and he'll throw in one of his two-person bridge hammocks...
    • I don't like it when I hang a hammock in a camp where people in tents are also, they come nosing around asking questions wait a minute, that's not true...


    Grizz

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    I don't like that I don't have an enclosed place to keep my dogs. If I carry a separate tent for them, I worry that they will get out of it during the night, probably to look for me, and I don't like the idea of leaving them laying out on the ground where various critters can get to them.

    If I had a couple of big German Shepherds or something, it would be less of a concern, but my little Corgis aren't exactly the most capable at defending themselves in the woods.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mustardman View Post
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    If I had a couple of big German Shepherds or something, it would be less of a concern, but my little Corgis aren't exactly the most capable at defending themselves in the woods.
    just train them to use some of those knifes you pack, man

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    I don't like that I can't share my hammock with a chainsaw snoring friend, and can move away to a safe, quiet location. And that the same chainsaw snoring friend doesn't roll off his pad in the night, waking me up when he bumps into me and then shuffles back over to his pad.

    Oh wait, that is why I LIKE hammocks!

    Seriously, the only thing that I don't like is that if someone does share a hammock with you, they are awfully close!

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    What I don't like about hammocks is the attitude of some park rangers and others, when they feel compelled to declare that hammocks are not allowed, or have to be put within 20' of the fire ring... or whatever complaint, for whatever reason.
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    Not being able to setup on balds, rocks, in shelters, or on beaches without doing something crazy. I like the idea of throwing my stuff down and sleeping where ever.
    Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
    The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mustardman View Post
    I don't like that I don't have an enclosed place to keep my dogs. .....

    Dog tent - I have one similar that I take when it is realy cold for the dogs.

    http://www.mightymitedoggear.com/dogtent.html
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