I have not tried sleeping in a hammock for decades but, in light of some recent research and reasoning, have decided I want to try it out anew. One of my hopes is that I will be able to use a hammock during some bicycle touring I plan to do in the coming years. I even wonder whether I might not end up using a hammock in the home, in place of my current bed. But for now I'm trying to determine, given my almost complete lack of recent experience, where to begin.
After a fair amount of reading and thinking, I've come up with the following plan of action. I want to buy a really inexpensive, no-frills hammock that I can set up in and possibly outside my home so as to begin to get a handle on how they're constructed and set up, as well as this affording me an opprotunity for testing out their sleepability. Both the wife and I can try taking some naps in the hammock, testing whether it seems we can both acclimate to it--perhaps later even spending a whole night or more in the hammock. Should that initial testing prove successful, I would then begin looking into getting a much better camping hammock system.
So, to begin, does that seem to more experienced hammockers here a good way to start? I think the validity of the test might be largely dependent on getting a good "test bed" hammock--one that is both adequately affordable and acceptably comfortable--which may prove a tricky balance between economy and comfort.
If it seems my approach is sound, then I'd like to request recommendations for an economical test-hammock. I've found on Amazon, for example, the Yes4All Ultra Light Hammock (http://www.amazon.com/Green-Ultra-Li...ywords=hammock) for less than $20. Would something like that provide an adequate example of what hammock sleeping, construction, and set-up might be like? $20 seems a good price point for this initial testing of hammock-sleeping's viability: can I expect to get a hammock for around that amount that will give me a real feel for what hammock construction, set up, and sleeping are really like?
Your input will be appreciated.
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