Single layer VS Double???

[Grinder]

I have made and bought lots of hammocks. First a single.

I hated sleeping on a pad directly. Tried to make SPE's but they always flopped around and were hard to get set on.

Made a double and thought it was great. Used it for two years. It was a bit heavy, since it was made from taffeta.
So, I made one from 1.1 ripstop as a weight reduction project. The thing about mosquitos is true. the florida bloodsuckers will drill right through a single layer, but two layers stops them cold.

The pad insertion is kind of a black art. I settled on carrying 1 1/2 pads and criss crossing the shorter piece. This made centering a lot easier. BUT still kind of fidgety.

and then I began to develop a of case underquilt envy. It ate at my guts for a year or so. Recently I broke down and made a down underquilt. Based on a few nights in it, it is the bomb!! clip it on and jump in.

I would suggest you make a double layer Hennessy clone. See Headchange4U writeup (Why isn't this indexed in articles?? I always have to search by his name to find it) just add the second layer . I have to agree that the hennessy end fold seems to give a superior flat lay

Good luck and I bet you can't make just one!!!

[UberSquid]

"Good luck and I bet you can't make just one!!!"

Already working on the second one! The first is for the wife and used it to see how much longer I should make one for myself. Hopefully will be finished tomorrow.

Then onto stuff sacks, under quilts, top quilts, bug screens, pea pods, tarps, maybe a pack... It's never going to end, is it?

[Highbinder]

I hear ya. If I'm backpacking I'll use my GT Ultralight with a pad and it's fine, not as nice as using the pad in a double-layer (which is not as nice as UQ-only), but fine.

Just makes more sense to me. The change was prompted by me started to use the hammock in winter. Mine had an integrated bugnet which I wasn't using. That plus the second layer meant I was carrying three times as much material as needed!

The only time I think I'd use a double is in the summer with an integrated bugnet as it's harder for skitos to bite through two layers. However! I'll be using my hammock with a fully enclosed bugnet so it makes that point moot..