Nobody Likes You, and Your Feet Stink

[Five Tango]

I am usually fully clothed in mine so there is not a great deal of skin to fabric contact.I don't sweat much at night in summer either and definitely use the underquilt at some point during the night then too.

[Brooklyn]

Your hammocks smell like you regardless of whether or not clothing or baby wipes, etc. Breath, body odor, skin cells, hair, where your clothing has been or what they’ve touched. The hammock fabric does not smell like new. Your hammock smells like your friends’ house; the assisted living center, your clothes hamper, your campsite, that rainy and muggy trip that saturated your quilts and mixed together that funk like a salad dressing.

[Trail Runner]

I sleep full-time in a bridge hammock and it gets washed on the gentle cycle using a mild detergent (Woolite works good) every other week. My camping hammocks generally get washed after each trip.

[Rolloff]

I sleep in a hammock every night. Gets washed before every trip, and in between, once per month....unless it starts to smell.
If you have any breeze and can hang it outside, almost takes less time to dry than it does to give it a good soak and a scrub.

I'll use dawn dish soap, but prefer just a little of Dutch's RejuveX Sil/Down cleaner in a 5 gal bucket. Keeps the sling clean and restores a little DWR.

[Marmaduke]

That, good sir is the best question since “pee or not to pee from a hammock”. And come to think of it, I don’t think I have ever washed any of my hammocks and I went to hammocks about 5-6 years ago. This is going to get interesting.


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Nah, that was never a good question. If you pee from your hammock, you're a sick individual. haha.

[Need2noCallahan]

Nah, that was never a good question. If you pee from your hammock, you're a sick individual. haha.

Ya, real men stand when they pee!


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[deadeye]

Wash your hammocks, especially if you’re selling. No really.

Yes, please! I've made several purchases of backpacks & other "soft" goods on e-bay and other forums. No more - I've received too many things that either smelled musty or hiker-funky, and either spent way too much time cleaning, or spent time returning.

[oldgringo]

If hammocks were white (like sheets) y'all might view this differently. I just throw mine, minus hardware, in my top loader, and wash the critter. Hot (125f) water and whatever detergent I have at the moment. For netted hammocks, consider a mesh laundry bag for peace of mind.