For all of you out there that we can call "Hammock Vets," I'm looking for some general questions answered for a fun little project I'm doing. Don't want to spoil it yet, though. Here are my questions. (Many of these are an opinion, but I'm just looking for the general best answer. Not trying to start any crazy heated debate here! )
1. What is the most lightweight option to go in terms of a hammock?
I'm thinking Grand Trunk Nano 7?
2. What's the utmost durable hammock one can buy?
Clark? I have no experience with them so I don't know.
3. What is the cheapest way to get yourself in a hammock?
DIY if I presume correctly.
4. What is the best "all-around" hammock?
Warbonnet Blackbird? Hennessy?
5. What are the main ways to set up a hammock suspension?
Whoopie Slings, Straps with Cinch Buckles/Descender Rings, that it?
6. What is the best "max coverage/winter" tarp available?
Superfly?
7. What is the cheapest tarp option available?
Walmart Tarp? One of those cheap nylon ones?
8. What is the lightest tarp option available?
Cuben Fiber anything? Maybe custom Micro from OES? Not sure of all the companies working with cuben yet.
9. What is the best "all around" tarp option?
OES Standard/Deluxe, Warbonnet Edge/Mamajamba?
Anything else I missed? I'm trying to consider all the potential routes someone may want to go when looking for their first hammock/tarp combo. (Insulation is a different issue for a different day.) Trying to think about the different mindsets someone may have: light/ultralight backpacker, car camper, cost-effective camper/backpacker, average joe camper/backpacker. Let me know what else I may have missed, as well as your opinions on the questions above. Thanks!
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