My husband decided after getting in mine for 5 minutes that he needed one too. We both got try them out Friday night in Farmington, NY. The good news is we stayed off the ground all night and slept MUCH better than we would ever sleep on the ground. The bad news is my four year old wanted in my hammock. Weight wise we were more than fine...sleeping wise..she is a starfish and wiggled a bit much for my liking. More bad news...it rained and rained and rained more when we needed to break camp and head on to Maine. It wasn't too bad packing up the hammocks...the kid's tent is another story....